Technology

This year, the mortgage industry demonstrated an unlikely agility and willingness to learn, but 2020 also reinforced where the industry is weak and needs to adapt — quickly — to be able to compete, Capacity Senior Adviser John Heck says.

Industry watchers make their wildest guesses (more or less) about developments in real estate finance that could rock the industry in the upcoming months.

The Conference of State Bank Supervisors filed a complaint arguing that the unique bid by the San Francisco fintech is "merely a thinly veiled effort" to evade legal challenges to the federal regulator's chartering of nonbanks.

While it's no silver bullet, automation with careful monitoring and testing can help lenders eliminate racial bias toward potential borrowers, the developers say.

The company also acquired the maker of the ResWare title and escrow software.

Join Jim McKelvey, co-founder of Square as he offers his insights into where the Fintech industry is headed next year. Will a Biden administration insist on greater regulation? What will happen in the cryptocurrency markets? What will be the big IPOs in the sector? Will GooglePlex make a big splash? What new technologies or applications should we be expecting?

Two reports reveal how borrowers prefer to engage with lenders, with younger customers preferring an efficient digital experience and most seeking some form of human interaction.

Clear HOI — an encrypted, cloud-based tool that automates homeowners insurance underwriting — is getting released to the broader market by Rocket Mortgage’s sister company Nexsys Technologies.

Jeff McGuiness is stepping into an organization that just had its best quarter ever in origination volume.

The company’s proprietary platform is aimed at helping borrowers apply for home loans in as little as 15 minutes by automating immediate validation of bank information used in qualification.