Technology

For a limited time, Chase Mortgage is partnering with Chase Sapphire to offer Sapphire customers 100,000 reward points on their credit cards when the purchase a home loan with Chase Mortgage, according to an announcement Monday.

Arch Mortgage Insurance Company, a Greensboro, North Carolina-based private mortgage insurer, announced an integration with Lender Price, a California-based big data technology provider. Arch MI’s RateStar quotes will now be available through Lender Price.

Regions Bank, one of the top 20 U.S. banks, renewed its agreement to use LoanSphere MSP on its first mortgage loans and will also be converting home equity loans and lines over to LoanSphere MSP.

Alitsource Portfolio Solutions, a mortgage and real estate technology provider, announced today that its Vendorly platform, which manages vendor oversight for financial institutions, is now available to all across the market. Previously, Vendorly was only available to members of the Lenders One Cooperative, a national alliance of independent mortgage professionals.

Factual Data, a Loveland, Colorado-based company providing mortgage credit and verification services to mortgage lenders, announced this week 4506-T IRS tax transcript verification services through Fannie Mae’s Desktop Underwriter, part of the GSE’s Day 1 Certainty program.

CBCInnovis, a Columbus, Ohio-based mortgage credit and data validation services provider, announced this week it is now an “authorized report supplier” for Fannie Mae’s Day 1 Certainty program.

DataVerify, a risk mitigation, data verification, and decision management provider for the mortgage industry, announced this week it is now an “authorized report supplier” for Fannie Mae’s Day 1 Certainty program, which exempts lenders from representations and warranties and helps expedite the lending process.

Optimal Blue recently announced a partnership with Total Expert Inc, a relationship which Optimal Blue hopes will increase productivity and drive revenue with contact and database management tools for every facet of a user’s business.

ATTOM Data Solutions, a national property database, and Auction.com, an online real estate marketplace, announced Tuesday that Home Disclosure Reports created by ATTOM Data will be available for all properties for sale on Auction.com.

Thomas Curry, the federal comptroller of the currency, spoke at a fintech conference Friday, where he extolled the virtues of tech innovation in banking. But he also warned of the need for secure and responsible advancements. To democratize financial services through technology is the goal, but to guard against criminals and terrorists is a necessity.