Vendor management

Fannie Mae is staging more pilot projects with lenders and vendors, including one that consolidates submissions of different types of loan data potentially eligible for immediate representation and warranty relief.

Fannie Mae is authorizing additional suppliers of reports that can give lenders immediate representation and warranty relief on certain data, diversifying beyond an exclusive partnership with Equifax in one category.

Banks that are customers of one or both vendors may look to leverage the situation to get better terms for certain products. But would small clients get enough attention from the global player the merger would create?

The private-equity firm Vista Equity Partners will acquire D+H in a deal valued at $3.57 billion.