Keith Soura of Blend on the Future of APIs and MISMO

Keith Soura is a Platform Engineer with Blend, San Francisco, responsible for development of Blend’s core platforms, including APIs and event-driven architecture that power customer and partner integrations.

Sherwood Lawrence: Does the LO Have a Future in the Digital Mortgage World?

The digital mortgage revolution doesn’t take sides, but that doesn’t mean there won’t be casualties. The march toward efficient loan transactions will permanently redefine the roles of the mortgage lender and loan officer, radically transforming the entire production line of mortgage origination.

Lori Brewer: The Road to Recovery Will be Paved with Data

In a time when everything spells uncertainty, data gives lenders something to hold on to — and a path forward. What performance metrics are most critical for lenders to keep an eye on right now to help their businesses survive the recession and what’s likely to be a protracted recovery?

Lori Brewer: The Road to Recovery Will be Paved with Data

In a time when everything spells uncertainty, data gives lenders something to hold on to — and a path forward. What performance metrics are most critical for lenders to keep an eye on right now to help their businesses survive the recession and what’s likely to be a protracted recovery?

Clint Salisbury: For eClosing Success, Fine Tune Implementation

Our industry’s reliance on technology is deepening every day as never-before-experienced demands emerge. For example, in a world that demands distance, the ability to perform an eClosing has evolved from nice-to-have to “essential worker” status. Lenders entering this uncharted territory may find setting internal and external eClosing protocols daunting. Whether you adopt a hybrid process or go fully digital, there are best practices consistent for each option that can ensure your successful eClosing implementation.

Michael Farris of Origence on Adapting to Disruption

Michael Farris is Vice President of Strategic Solutions with Origence, Irvine, Calif., developer of the Origence origination platform, an end-to-end platform that powers mortgage, consumer and home equity lending for financial institutions.

John Walsh: Tax Service – A New Era

For decades, tax service has gone unchanged. There are many efforts to change this dynamic; layering in new technology for servicers to engage with their tax vendor and improving transparency in a historically monochromatic space.