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Santander and NatWest to trial Mortage Engine

Mortgage Engine – a new fintech which uses Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) to connect lender back office systems to distributors in a single, accessible platform – has today launched to the market.

27 November 2019

Company update/Mortgage processing

Online mortgage broker Trussle hires Todd Zino as chief technical officer

The UK’s first online mortgage broker, Trussle, has made another executive appointment, hiring Todd Zino as Chief Technical Officer, it announced today.

27 November 2019

News/Mortgage processing

Nationwide opens API sandbox for mortgage broking industry

Nationwide Building Society has opened an API sandbox for third party developers to pilot applications to help speed up mortgage processing for brokers.

25 November 2019

Company update/Mortgage processing

Mortgage technology firm snapdocs raises $25 million

Snapdocs, Inc. is a leading real estate technology platform on a mission to transform the homebuying process from slow and painful, to a quick and celebratory experience, thanks to its industry-leading AI and centralized platform.

12 November 2019

Company update/Mortgage processing

Mojo Mortgages partners with Credit Kudos

Online mortgage broker, Mojo Mortgages, has partnered with Credit Kudos to announce the launch of MortgageScore, a market-first service for thousands of first time buyers who want to get on the property ladder.

12 November 2019

News/Mortgage processing

Australian neo bank 86 400 rolls out digital mortgage offering

Just nine weeks after going live to the general public, Australian neo bank 86 400 has entered the mortgage business, offering entirely digital home loans through a network of brokers.

12 November 2019

Company update/Mortgage processing

Habito partners with specialist mortgage broker Impact

Habito, the online mortgage broker and lender, today announces a partnership with Impact Specialist Finance.

08 November 2019

Company update/Mortgage processing

Sandstone rolls out home loan top-up application for Australian lenders

Sandstone Technology, a market leading financial services technology company providing digital acquisition, loan origination, settlement management, internet banking, mobile banking and online financial management, today announced their newest market offering, Loan+.

29 October 2019

News/startups

NAB joins A$70m funding round for digital mortgage startup Athena

NAB Ventures has joined a A$70 million Series C funding round for Australian digital home loan platform Athena Home Loans.

24 October 2019

News/startups

Santander InnoVentures invests in Roostify

Santander InnoVentures has led an expansion funding round for San Francisco-based digital mortgage lending platform Roostify. The size of the round has not been disclosed.

23 October 2019

News/Mortgage processing

Mortgage down-payment startup Proportunity raises £2 million

Anthemis and Axel Springer have invested £2 million in UK startup Proportunity, a tech-driven mortgage lender that helps first-time buyers get on the property ladder by removing their biggest barrier to homeownership – large down payments.

17 October 2019

Company update/startups

Habito to fund cash advances for first-time buyer mortgages

Habito is launching ‘Habito Go’, a brand new home-financing service designed to give first-time-buyers the advantages and negotiating power usually only enjoyed by cash buyers.

14 October 2019

Company update/Mortgage processing

Skipton speeds up mortgage processing with Experian Open Banking tech

Skipton, the UK’s fourth largest building society, will save mortgage applicants from the hassle of gathering their paper bank statements by adopting Experian’s Open Banking technology.

09 October 2019

Company update/Mortgage processing

Sberbank puts mortgage applications on mobile app

Sberbank Online mobile app has a new Apply for Mortgage feature that enables clients to submit an application for a mortgage at Sberbank and choose a good apartment using the DomClick service.

02 October 2019

Company update/startups

LoanMonkey launches digital mortgage platform

LoanMonkey, the first purpose-driven digital mortgage company, today announced that potential and current homeowners will now be able to purchase and refinance their homes through LoanMonkey’s online platform.

01 October 2019

Company update/ai

Finastra unveils Fusion MortgageBot Data Insights

Finastra has launched Fusion Mortgagebot Data Insights – a powerful new tool that benchmarks mortgage borrower behavior and demographics for banks and credit unions against that of more than 1,400 other Fusion MortgagebotPOS users.

01 October 2019

Company update/retail

Mortgage Brain names Neil Wyatt sales and marketing director

Leading mortgage technology expert, Mortgage Brain, has appointed Neil Wyatt as Sales and Marketing Director.

11 September 2019

Company update/retail

Equifinance inks five-year deal with Phoebus Software

Specialist, second charge mortgage lender Equifinance has entered into a five-year contract with Phoebus Software Limited (PSL) for the provision of a replacement mortgage servicing platform at its Headquarters in Leytonstone, UK.

03 September 2019

Company update/Mortgage processing

Affinity Mortgages to boost efficiency with Mortgage Brain

Mortgage adviser, Affinity Mortgages have chosen Mortgage Brain as its partner to help drive efficiency across the business.

27 August 2019

News/startups

AmEx, Citi and Goldman invest in digital mortgage startup Better.com

Home-financing startup Better.com has raised $160 million in a Series C funding round joined by financial services giants including Citi, American Express and Goldman Sachs.

19 August 2019