Technology

Mortgage fintechs are attracting investor attention and dollars with agentic AI processes in new origination-focused platforms and assistants.

Technology and customer service were the two largest categories within operational expenses last year, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Bright partnered with real estate data and analytics platform HouseCanary to deliver exposure on Google at no additional cost or operational efforts.

The lawsuit is the third against a California-based mortgage company this month after revelations of another early-2026 incident at a wholesale lender.

ICE launched a fraud detection tool for underwriters, Newrez partnered with Matic and Rate announced a free home equity monitoring tool this month.

If approved, the deal can provide relief for the approximately 662,000 individuals affected by an incident at the mortgage vendor last November.

Cybersecurity platforms said infiltrators gained access to terabytes of data with a wealth of personal information, but the lender disputed reported numbers.

The change aims to address hurdles in the onboarding process, which many have cited as a point of friction in mortgage servicing.

Freedom alleged the executive, who was at the company for nine months, used proprietary data to build his own product he expected to net more than $1 million.