Industry Spotlight

Calyx Software, a leading provider of comprehensive mortgage software solutions for banks, credit unions, mortgage bankers, wholesale and correspondent lenders and brokers, announced today that Path, its cloud-based mortgage loan origination software (LOS), has been integrated with Land Gorilla, the leading construction loan management software provider.

Navy Federal Credit Union has been named the most reputable company in financial services by Reputation Institute’s 2019 US RepTrak 100. In its 12th year, the study measures the public perception of companies throughout the country using seven key elements of reputation to evaluate companies: products/services; workplace; citizenship; performance; innovation; governance; and leadership.

Mid America Mortgage, Inc. (Mid America) recently hired Kerry Webb as its executive managing director of business development, meaning he will be responsible for recruiting, managing and motivating teams of mortgage professionals to meet and exceed productions goals that align with the overall company’s strategic volume growth and profitability goals.

FormFree recently joined the Financial Data Exchange (FDX), a non-profit group that promotes information sharing and security standards for the financial sector.

Mortgage document preparation vendor International Document Services, Inc. (IDS), has augmented its flagship doc prep platform idsDoc to include full eClosing capabilities through a new service called ClickToClose, the company announced.

Closepin recently launched a tool designed to assist mortgage lenders in conducting fully-digital closings, which allows lenders to search for eClosing-enabled title agents. Closepin was created by Westcor Global to perform automated compliance validation and wire instruction verification products.

Plaza Home Mortgage, Inc. recently announced its new one-time close construction-to-permanent loan program geared toward mortgage brokers and their borrower and builder clients.

MTS Software Solutions recently integrated its IntellaLend automated loan quality management and auditing technology, into Ellie Mae’s Encompass digital mortgage solution using Ellie Mae’s Encompass Partner Connect API technology. The integration allows lenders to more efficiently and securely share data between IntellaLend and Encompass to drive quality and efficiency in the loan origination process, according to a press release.

SocialSurvey named mortgage lender Embrace Home Loans first-place in customer satisfaction in its Top Mortgage Companies rankings. The rankings were based on customer satisfaction data among nearly 200 mortgage companies nationwide, according to a press release.

A partnership between Floify, a mortgage point-of-sale solution, and Plaid, a technology platform and data network used by numerous fintechs, will enable lenders and loan originators to order and receive Plaid’s Asset Reports from the Floify point-of-sale solution by having consumers connect their bank account through Plaid.