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National Mortgage News presents the second annual Best Mortgage Companies to Work For — a survey and awards program dedicated to identifying and recognizing the industry's best employers and providing organizations with valuable employee feedback.

Rooted in increased regulations and general customer backlash, there is a growing emphasis on collecting consent and ensuring privacy of customer data, especially following enactment of the California Consumer Privacy Act.

Non-QM lending is expected to grow again in 2020, but it has some obstacles to navigate. Altisource CRO John Vella shares his insight into the sector and other hot topics.

IBM called for rules aimed at eliminating bias in artificial intelligence to address concerns which range from identifying faces in security-camera footage to making determinations about mortgage rates.

Blend, a vendor that outfits some of the biggest banks and other lenders with consumer-facing digital mortgage technology, has released a new mobile application for mortgage professionals.

Under terms of the settlement approved by a Georgia court Monday, Equifax may also have to pay an additional $125 million if the initial amount doesn't cover all the claims.

Mortgage lenders' uptake of innovations in artificial intelligence, big data and other technologies has been relatively slow. It's an approach that may not be tenable in 2020.

In another sign of state officials trying to outdo the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, governors in California and New York want greater authority to license and oversee the debt collection industry.

A recent earthquake is adding to servicing challenges in Puerto Rico caused by multiple natural disasters, power outages and some companies' insufficient use of technology, according to one vendor.

ClosingCorp, a San Diego-based provider of closing cost data, has purchased the WESTvm mortgage loan order management technology from West, an affiliate of Williston Financial Group.

WeWork co-founder Adam Neumann's family office is in discussions to put additional capital in Peach Street Inc., a startup focused on mortgage servicing.

Some security experts have warned that Iranian hackers may go after U.S. targets, including financial services companies, in retaliation for the U.S. government's assassination of Iranian military leader Qassem Soleimani.

Quicken Loans, which has a history of advertising its Rocket Mortgage digital application with high-profile Super Bowl promotions, is doubling down on its ties to the National Football League event.

Sagent Lending Technologies has agreed to buy ISGN Corp. in a deal that would enlarge the company's loan servicing division.

There are no statutory restrictions on the books in any state prohibiting lenders from conducting mortgage closings electronically or remotely.

Fitch may use a new Structured Finance Association framework aimed at prioritizing only riskier TRID errors to assign grades to loans sold into residential mortgage-backed securities, reducing rating-related compliance burdens.

Better.com saw huge growth in mortgages to traditionally underserved customer bases in 2019 and believes digital applications led to the avoidance of discriminatory lending.

Figure Technologies appears to be one of the few companies to find a viable use case for blockchain in the financial industry — cutting down the costs associated with loan origination.

The SoFi co-founder said Figure Technologies is working with national banks to employ its distributed ledger tech for loan originations.