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.

Jane Mason, CEO and founder of Clarifire, St. Petersburg, Fla., brings process capabilities to businesses in multiple industries, particularly mortgage servicing.

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.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Dec. 3 issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking clarifying its Remittance Rule to provide more flexibility to smaller lenders and credit unions.

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).

The Financial Accounting Standards Board, Norwalk, Conn., delayed the effective date for its new lease accounting standard by one year.

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.