“I think the core thing is you [have] to focus on data first. This is absolutely a data-first strategy, because automation doesn’t happen without understanding your data.” --Kiran Sahota, Executive Vice President for Technology at Freedom Mortgage, speaking at the MISMO Summit in San Francisco

Shmulik Fishman has an infectious enthusiasm about goings-on and growth at Argyle, a six-year-old financial services company based in New York City that has developed a trusted payroll connectivity platform for frictionless, automated verification of income and employment (VOIE).