The long-time title and mortgage technology industry executive wants to reduce the number of public company boards he serves on.

There are plans to incorporate the code into the Encompass eClose product, which will allow for secure storage of digital mortgages and notes.

With the Colonial Pipeline attack still in the news, bank CEOs testifying at a recent hearing cited cyber risk as the biggest threat facing the industry. But members of Congress did not share those concerns, and instead were more focused on criticizing banks about overdraft fees and their level of investment in minority communities.

A new public-private network is pursuing a more comprehensive approach than other states to cultivate a strong financial technology industry by uniting banks, insurance companies, startups, government agencies, investors, universities and students.

In addition to earning ancillary fee income, it provides originators with an opportunity to connect with current and potential clients mired in student loan debt.

In the aftermath of 2020’s historic year of mortgage originations, lenders are concerned with keeping employees and insulating themselves from the negative effects of the boom and bust cycle, according to a survey from The Mortgage Collaborative.

The digital title insurance, closing, escrow, and recording services provider has now raised a total of $110 million in funding.

Despite decades of corporate talk and experimentation, digitization strategies remain largely piecemeal, unfocused, and ineffective. Is change finally coming?

This is the multi-hyphenate company’s sixth deal since the start of 2020 — a series of acquisitions in a variety of sectors within the industry, ranging from analytics to artificial intelligence.

Rather than completing another equity raise, the five-year-old mortgage technology company went looking for a partner.

Average days to close dropped closer to pre-pandemic levels in April, according to ICE Mortgage Technology.

The cloud-based mortgage closing platform’s Series D round earned $150 million for the company.

The deal adds to the burgeoning technology stack at the Houston-based title underwriter, which added NotaryCam in December.

Financial institutions said they needed more time to weigh in on issues such as how they use artificial intelligence for fraud prevention and underwriting.

While COVID-19 pushed digitization to the forefront of lending, a majority of borrowers still want some degree of human interaction, according to a survey by ICE Mortgage Technology.

What are the most exciting trends in financial technology today, and which startups are poised to win?

Juliet Weissman of New York City's Cornell Tech campus discusses the role of higher education and partnerships in luring startups and their workforces.

COVID-19 has shown us that technology can rapidly evolve to meet customer needs, in areas from contactless payments to digital banking to mobile wallets. However, we still see great disparities when it comes to the use of contactless and digital banking by low- to moderate-income (LMI) workers. The question is, will emerging tech in the post-COVID economy provide an opportunity to include new people in the financial system-- or leave them even further behind?

Also, per-loan compensation keeps dropping due to the persistence of refinancing in the mix but it could rise as the purchase share of the market increases.

The digital transformation of payments has reached its next phase — with banks and fintechs leading the way. Avoiding the one-size-fits-all approach to deliver the experience customers want is key.