The Mortgage Bankers Association and MBA NewsLink are accepting nominations for the MBA NewsLink 2020 Tech All-Star Awards. Nominations will be accepted through Friday, Jan. 10.

In an industry accustom to regulatory guidance and rigidness, there are growing crack in the traditional dogma focusing on innovation as customer drivers. While innovation is important, 2020 will usher in introductory trends which will comprehensively reshape the mortgage industry.

MISMO, the mortgage industry standards organization, seeks industry participation in an effort to reduce friction due to the use of non-standard electronic documents (eDocs).

Last Thursday, Congress passed, and the president signed into law, another short-term continuing resolution to fund the government until December 20. On Tuesday, FHFA announced plans to repropose the agency’s rule on capital requirements for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in 2020. And on Nov. 24, the mortgage loan originator temporary authority law went into effect.

New American Funding, Tustin, Calif., appointed Marlene Veal as Vice President of its Western Builder Division, responsible for creation and development of teams to support home builders and their buyers.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency will extend, from Dec. 19 to Jan. 21, 2020, the deadline for interested parties to provide input on potential changes to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Uniform Mortgage-Backed Security pooling practices.