MBA Honors 2020 Tech All-Stars

The Mortgage Bankers Association announced its Tech All-Star Awards to five visionary leaders in the mortgage technology industry.

MBA 2020 Tech All-Star Julie Felts: Driving Force Behind Amrock’s eClosing Domination

Like many homebuyers, Julie Felts and her husband did not have a positive experience at the closing table. With mounds of paperwork and a seller in tears sitting just across from them, the close was nightmarishly long, inconvenient, stressful and emotionally draining. “I just remember thinking there should be a better way to do this; we shouldn’t have to be in the same place at the same time,” she says.

Sens. Cramer, Warner Introduce Federal Remote Online Notarizations Bill

Sens. Kevin Kramer, R-N.D., and Mark Warner, D-Va., yesterday introduced legislation that would allow immediate nationwide use of Remote Online Notarizations, a step long-advocated by the Mortgage Bankers Association and the American Land Title Association.