Industry Briefs, Oct. 10, 2025
PartnerOne to Acquire Mortgage Cadence
PartnerOne, Riverside, Calif., entered into an agreement with Accenture, Chicago, to acquire Mortgage Cadence, Denver.
PartnerOne will provide Mortgage Cadence with a long-term platform for growth, innovation and customer-centric excellence.
Joining PartnerOne will allow Mortgage Cadence to develop new capabilities, integrations and automation tools, the companies said.
Completion of the acquisition is subject to customary closing conditions and terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
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MeridianLink Announces Enhancements Across MeridianLink One Platform
MeridianLink, Irvine, Calif., announced a series of third-quarter enhancements for MeridianLink Consumer and MeridianLink Mortgage across the MeridianLink One platform.
The enhancements include MeridianLink Insight for Mortgage, an intelligence and analytics solution tailored for mortgage lending. It combines powerful analytics, real-time benchmarking and deep borrower insights from a single mortgage LOS platform. It offers instant access to 60-plus pre-built dashboards and hundreds of customizable data views.
There’s also MeridianLink Insight for Collect. It combines real-time data with advanced tools like the Propensity to Pay index, performance dashboards and virtual Collector. It provides financial institutions with real-time consumer data and advanced analytics.
Additionally, there are new features in MeridianLink Access and MeridianLink Opening to enable financial institutions to expand their reach digitally while helping costumers easily access products, including second chance product support, business account opening experiences and special deposit accounts including minor, trusts, memorial and estate accounts.
MeridianLink also now offers expanded cross-sell support with a new feature in MeridianLink Access that enables financial institutions to instantly present applicants with seamless, personalized product offers.
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FICO Score Mortgage Simulator Available Via Credit Interlink
FICO, Bozeman, Mont., announced the FICO Score Mortgage Simulator is available through Credit Interlink, Chicago, and its reseller partners: Partners Credit & Verification Solutions and Advantage Credit.
It’s built by FICO data analytic scientists and powered by the FICO Score algorithm, providing mortgage-specific accuracy and interactive scenario modeling.
It supports simulations on one, two or three bureaus and models potential changes to the classic FICO scores used in mortgage lending.
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NewDay USA Launches NewDay Home
NewDay USA, West Palm Beach, Fla., has launched NewDay Home, a new product to empower veterans and service members to achieve homeownership.
The product was created for veterans and service members who have steady employment, strong credit and solid income but who might not have the savings needed to cover closing costs.
Through NewDay Home, qualifying borrowers can secure a fully underwritten, credit- and income-approved mortgage with no money down at competitive rates. NewDay Advantage–which provides a combined loan structure that finances closing expenses over five years, with no interest if repaid in full within one year–is also an option.
This will allow the borrowers to compete like cash buyers and close in as few as 15 days.
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Arrive Home Expands Eligibility for Earned Equity Program
Arrive Home, Salt Lake City, has enhanced the qualifications for its Earned Equity Program to help borrowers with temporary U.S. Visas and valid Employment Authorization Documents purchase a home.
The program enables participants to enter into a homeownership agreement with monthly payments controlled by a 40-year Homeownership Agreement, with the intention of eventually transitioning to more traditional financing.
Lenders working with Arrive Home can now assist the large segment. Borrowers must also have proof of their ability to repay, a credit score of at least 600, two years of documented income history and a documented 12-month housing history.
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Enact Mortgage Insurance Enters Into Forward XOL Reinsurance Transaction
Enact Holdings, Raleigh, N.C., announced its flagship legal entity–Enact Mortgage Insurance Corp.–has secured $170 million of additional excess of loss reinsurance coverage.
The credit risk transfer transaction covers a portion of expected new insurance written for the 2027 book year and is effective Jan. 1, 2027.
Reinsurance coverage is provided by a panel of reinsurers each currently rated A- or better by Standard & Poor’s or A.M. Best Company or rated A3 or better by Moody’s.
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Financial Data Transparency Act Webinar Nov. 12
Longtime MBA NewsLink contributor Mark Dangelo will participate in Accelerating the U.S. Journey Toward Standard Business Reporting (SBR), a webinar hosted by the Data Foundation and DFIN on November 12.
The session will explore how the Financial Data Transparency Act (FDTA) is reshaping data standards, regulatory reporting and innovation across U.S. financial markets. Dangelo and other technology leaders will discuss how these developments connect to emerging global models and what they mean for agencies, data providers and financial institutions.
Learn more and register here: https://datafoundation.org/events/view/financial-regulatory-data-series-accelerating-the-u-s-journey-toward-standard-business-reporting. A detailed leadership brief will be released this week discussing actionable steps and proactive designs for “Submit once, use everywhere: The FDTA & structured business reporting are redefining compliance,” an advanced subset.
