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Bank Systems & Technology
August 1, 2007
Maria Bruno-Britz
Lenders Focus on Customer Relationships Lenders are challenged to find ways to grow revenue in a more risk-averse climate. As always, technology is playing a key role in their efforts to adapt to the new market conditions. mark for My Articles similar articles
Bank Systems & Technology
November 26, 2007
Maria Bruno-Britz
Lending Tech Vendor Space to See Realignment As lenders find themselves in the throes of the credit crunch, the ill effects are trickling down to the lending technology vendors, ushering in a realignment in the space. mark for My Articles similar articles
Bank Systems & Technology
November 1, 2006
Maria Bruno-Britz
Banks Redoubling STP Efforts in Lending Practices Banks finally have been able to start automating and streamlining their loan processes to the point where, one day perhaps, there will be virtually no paper or human intervention. mark for My Articles similar articles
Bank Systems & Technology
April 1, 2005
Cynthia Ramsaran
Echoes of the Mortgage Boom With more institutions vying for the business of fewer customers, it's more important than ever for mortgage players seeking to grow revenues to improve service by offering new and differentiated mortgage products, such as Web-based offerings. mark for My Articles similar articles
Bank Systems & Technology
August 24, 2006
Maria Bruno-Britz
Digitization and Automation Will Yield Great Returns In Mortgage Biz As the refinance boom fizzles, mortgage lenders should reassess their processes, according to BearingPoint. mark for My Articles similar articles
Bank Systems & Technology
June 2, 2004
Kristi Nelson
The Holy Grail of Loan Processing Online lenders have a jump on unlocking the potential of straight through mortgage processing. mark for My Articles similar articles
Bank Systems & Technology
March 7, 2005
Cynthia Ramsaran
Easing Lenders' Growing Pains While many banks are searching for innovative vendor solutions to update internal systems, others are staying ahead of the rapid growth in lending by teaming with service providers. mark for My Articles similar articles
Bank Systems & Technology
May 8, 2007
Maria Bruno-Britz
IBM Launches Loan Fulfillment Company Lender Business Process Services provides lenders with technology and business process assistance for their mortgage operations. mark for My Articles similar articles
Bank Technology News
January 2007
Glen Fest
Mortgage: Platforms Bearing Wholesale Changes For financial institutions, improving the mortgage channel's visibility and speed can attract more third-party brokers and lay the groundwork for better customer data. mark for My Articles similar articles
Bank Systems & Technology
February 21, 2008
Maria Bruno-Britz
Banks Scrutinize Lending Technology and Underwriting Practices Following the Credit Crisis With so many lending technology solutions at their disposal, how was it that bankers and other industry participants did not foresee the gloom to come? mark for My Articles similar articles
Bank Technology News
May 2010
John Adams
Tech Providers Pitch Mortgage Processing in the Cloud First American has granted worldwide exclusive rights to Dorado, giving the firm, which offers collaborative cloud computing solutions to financial services clients, the ability to combine First American's data and analytics engines with its own collaborative transaction processing technology. mark for My Articles similar articles
This Old House
Sid Davis
Here's How to Finance Your Remodel Financing a remodeling project doesn't have to be a crap shoot. Here's a game plan for choosing the best deal. mark for My Articles similar articles
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Jul/Aug 2010
David C. Hannah
Community Banks Step Into a New Role Banks can band together with other similarly situated community banks to share the credit risk through a loan participation or syndication arrangement. mark for My Articles similar articles
Bank Systems & Technology
November 1, 2006
Maria Bruno-Britz
Lending Players to Create Standards for Commercial Loan Space This fall, players in the lending space joined forces to create the Open Loan Technology Standards Working Group (OLTS), whose mission is to establish open standards in the commercial lending area. mark for My Articles similar articles
U.S. Banker
March 2011
Tim Grace
Mortgage Buybacks Point To Need for Better Analytics With mortgage fraud rising, the need for consistent, industry-wide fraud controls are a fundamental building block for improved loan quality. mark for My Articles similar articles
Bank Technology News
September 2006
John Adams
Mortgage: Making Every Transaction Count As the market cools off, technology is helping mortgage players improve lead generation, closing time and telecommunications to gain new customers and boost performance. mark for My Articles similar articles
Bank Technology News
March 2006
Michael Grebb
Cutting To the Chase New rules under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act require lenders to collect and reveal data on a loan applicant's race, sex and income. Institutions must also share how they determine rate spreads for different applicants. mark for My Articles similar articles
Bank Technology News
December 2008
Rebecca Sausner
Modifying Home Loans Depends On Past Tech Investments The nation's largest banks are offering sweeping modifications on millions of mortgages. But how efficiently loans can be reworked will depend in part on how heavily institutions have invested in loan technology. mark for My Articles similar articles
Bank Technology News
April 2007
Glen Fest
Mortgage Lending: New E-Standards Expand Although the mortgage industry has stalled in the wake of a once-white-hot housing market, the momentum for expanding electronic mortgage servicing and delivery capabilities is showing signs of peaking. mark for My Articles similar articles
Bank Systems & Technology
February 21, 2008
Jim Eckenrode
Exclusive TowerGroup Research Report: Bank Tech Spending in 2008 In light of the current market turmoil, North American banks appear to be approaching technology planning and budgeting for 2008 with caution. mark for My Articles similar articles
Bank Systems & Technology
March 7, 2005
Cynthia Ramsaran
Imagine Imaging Loans Faced with constantly changing lending regulations, keeping up with the demands of compliance while maintaining a cost-efficient system to manage loan documents can be a major challenge for any bank. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Real Estate Investor
February 1, 2007
Ben Johnson
Small Banks, Big Risks In the new era of commercial real estate lending, federal regulators are pressuring even the smallest banks to upgrade their portfolio analysis capabilities to avoid the pitfalls of past downturns. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
January 22, 2007
Nathan Parmelee
Can Japanese Consumer Lenders Survive? There is little reason to think the fortunes of Japanese consumer lenders will improve. Investors, take note. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
October 16, 2006
Joseph Khattab
Peer-to-Peer Lending Makes Waves A new trend in online lending challenges traditional banking. Peer-to-peer lending sounds like fun and games, but there's always risk involved with lending. mark for My Articles similar articles
Bank Technology News
January 2007
John Adams
Paperless Mortgages: The Broker Pens Her Own Program Hawaiian mortgage broker Donna Iwane was frustrated by cumbersome processing, so she developed a Web application that creates loan proposals in less than a minute. mark for My Articles similar articles
Bank Systems & Technology
June 24, 2008
Ann Grochala
In the Aftermath of the Credit Crisis, Some Banks See a Silver Lining The current problems in the credit markets bring both challenges and opportunities to banks. Many community banks still have plenty of liquidity and capital, and they all have ready access to the Federal Home Loan Bank system. mark for My Articles similar articles
Bank Systems & Technology
November 1, 2005
Phil Britt
Quicker Cash in Hand TD Banknorth's challenge to deliver loan documents electronically to branches is met with a Web Posting Service and online document hub from eLynx. mark for My Articles similar articles
Bank Systems & Technology
February 10, 2004
Cynthia Ramsaran
Banks Apply Themselves to Applications Loan approval times can be shortened with better back-office processes. mark for My Articles similar articles
Bank Systems & Technology
March 29, 2006
Maria Bruno-Britz
Originating Relationships Mortgage bankers are mining and analyzing data to get a bigger bang for their relationship buck. mark for My Articles similar articles
Bank Technology News
November 2007
Anthony Malakian
Loan Origination: Making Gains in Times of Turmoil Glenview State Bank and Washington Trust Bank are centralizing several mortgage processes into a single platform that can be integrated with other lending operations. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
August 11, 2008
Morgan Housel
Fannie Mae's Return Policy Fannie Mae is going to start honing in on mortgages it bought that disintegrated, retracing the steps to look for any fraudulent lending practices by the lender who originated the loan, and -- if there was an issue -- going back to retrieve some of the loss. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Real Estate Investor
September 1, 2006
Parke M. Chapman
Mortgage Industry's Digital Divide Not all segments of the commercial mortgage industry are embracing technology at the same rate. A study last year found that many firms still rely on time-consuming faxes, certified mail and reams of FedEx-delivered paper to process, close and monitor their loans. mark for My Articles similar articles
Bank Technology News
June 2009
John Adams
Rebuilding Trust in Mortgage Lenders The bad times that remain in the consumer lending market are partly born of a sense of betrayal - secondary market investors simply no longer trust lenders. mark for My Articles similar articles
U.S. Banker
January 2008
Michael Sisk
The Rise of Lending Communities Peer-to-peer lending holds valuable clues to the nature of lending and borrowing. mark for My Articles similar articles
Bank Technology News
October 2010
Sausner et al.
Balancing Act Here's a look at three areas of mortgage lending -- origination risk, default management, and impending regulations -- and some of the answers on the table today. mark for My Articles similar articles
Bank Systems & Technology
June 24, 2008
Maria Bruno-Britz
Not Too Early for Lenders to Regroup and Think Ahead Yes, lenders must clean up the mess left by the credit crunch. But, after all, for every down cycle, there's a recovery, too, and they will want to make sure they're ready with the right strategies and technology for the next upswing in the market. mark for My Articles similar articles
Entrepreneur
February 2008
Crystal Detamore-Rodman
The Real Estate Deal Shopping for a commercial real estate loan can be tricky. Here's what you need to stay balanced. mark for My Articles similar articles
Entrepreneur
April 2007
Jennifer Pellet
One Step Ahead Options for buying a home when you can't prove income. mark for My Articles similar articles
Entrepreneur
April 2005
Crystal Detamore-Rodman
Just Your Size Don't make assumptions about a bank's lending methods based on size alone--here's how to find the bank that can help your business cash in. mark for My Articles similar articles
Bank Technology News
December 2007
Michael Sisk
The Rise of Community P2P is no threat to banks -- yet -- but the rise of these exchanges, which cut out banks and allow people to lend directly to each other is a phenomenon worth studying. Are P2P exchanges the credit unions of the Internet age? mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
September 25, 2007
Buz Livingston
Dump "Liar Loans" Many lenders have either shut down or reduced their subprime lending practices in the last few months. However, isn't this a bit like closing the barn door after the horse has escaped? mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
May 15, 2007
Dan Caplinger
Borrow Now or Borrow Never If you're thinking about buying a home, do your homework. Find a lender or mortgage broker early in the process, and get preapproved for a mortgage that will work for you. mark for My Articles similar articles
BusinessWeek
May 1, 2008
Navigating the Crunch A financial aid expert explains how borrowers can best ride it out. mark for My Articles similar articles
Bank Technology News
February 2011
John Adams
Mortgage Reboot: Rolling Thunder Looking to protect borrowers and score political points with consumers worried about foreclosures and underwater loans, Congress and regulators are unleashing an almost-constant barrage of new mortgage laws and regulations. mark for My Articles similar articles
Bank Technology News
February 2005
Shane Kite
Customer Service: Getting A Decision And $$ In One Step Firms like Provident are increasing loan volume, workforce efficiency and customer service by introducing straight-through processing to all aspects of the loan process mark for My Articles similar articles
Entrepreneur
July 2007
Crystal Detamore-Rodman
No Limits Choosing a bank with fewer lending limitations will keep you from hitting a credit roadblock when you need financing most. mark for My Articles similar articles
Bank Systems & Technology
September 29, 2005
Maria Bruno-Britz
People Who Need People (And Their Money) Imagine if private citizens in search of loans were able to go online and receive their money from lenders - who just so happen to be private citizens as well? This unlikely concept actually is being put into action in the U.K. by a company called Zopa. mark for My Articles similar articles
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Sep/Oct 2003
Peltin & Swibel
Lenders Tighten Loan Standards in Reaction to Uncertain Economy With interest rates at record lows, demand for new mortgage loans remains strong. However, in today's anemic economic climate, lenders face increased risk of making non-performing loans. Commercial lenders have implemented new safeguards and follow stricter policies to minimize exposure. mark for My Articles similar articles
Job Journal
March 4, 2007
Julia Hollister
Loan Officers Despite the slow housing market, loan and refinancing activity has lenders looking for help. mark for My Articles similar articles
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Nov/Dec 2002
Stephen V. Jacquemin
Understand Lender Criteria to Finance Manufactured-Housing Communities Manufactured-home community buyers have two main financing choices: long-term loans from institutional or conduit lenders or short-term bank loans. To obtain the appropriate financing for these investments, commercial real estate professionals should understand lender criteria for each type. mark for My Articles similar articles