Technology

Fintech and marketplace lender LendingHome is getting more than $450 million in investment and funding from different channels to help support mortgage production growth and technology improvements.

Entrepreneurs like LendingHome's Matt Humphrey are upending mortgage finance with tactics borrowed from fintech, marketplace lending and the traditional mortgage playbook.

The latest version of Ellie Mae's Encompass loan origination system includes new features for Home Mortgage Disclosure Act compliance and digital mortgages.

Recently exposed security vulnerabilities in an Equifax tool used extensively in the mortgage industry are raising new questions about the reliability and veracity of the beleaguered credit bureau's employment verification service.

With issuance of marketplace securitizations now exploding — rising 300% cumulatively in the past two years — the idea of online lending as a niche is quickly deteriorating.

The legislative response to the Equifax breach is increasingly bipartisan, but will congressional proposals actually reduce the threat to consumers?

Quicken Loans Mortgage Services and Calyx Software developed a version of the Point loan origination system that's preconfigured with tools for small mortgage firms to work with the Detroit lender's TPO division.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were not affected by a hacking incident against the accounting giant Deloitte, the companies said Tuesday, after a British newspaper alleged a server containing emails from government agencies was compromised.

CFPB Director Richard Cordray is using the Equifax breach to suggest the CFPB be given power to examine credit reporting agencies for potential cybersecurity lapses.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Wednesday that it would give mortgage servicers more time to notify distressed borrowers who have asked not to be contacted about the collection of their debts.