Finextra Research: Latest fintech news, analysis, interviews, features and opinion by industry experts

BNP Paribas 'teleports' property investors to future home

BNP Paribas is inviting property investors to don a virtual reality headset to meet with brokers and take a 3D tour of prospective house purchases.

29 March 2018

Company update/Mortgage processing

Landbay opens Seedrs round to new investors

Specialist mortgage marketplace lender Landbay today announces it is opening its latest equity funding round to new investors through the Seedrs platform.

29 March 2018

Company update/Mortgage processing

Ellie Mae to implement Finicity digital mortgage product

Finicity, a provider of real-time financial data aggregation and insights, and Ellie Mae® (NYSE: ELLI), the leading cloud-based platform provider for the mortgage finance industry, today announced an integration agreement to provide Finicity’s digital Verification of Assets (VoA) solution through Ellie Mae’s Encompass digital mortgage solution.

20 March 2018

Company update/Mortgage processing

Digital mortage startup Property Master breaks £250k crowdfunding target

A round of crowdfunding begun in January by Property Master, the digital start up that uses algorithms to match the requirements of individual landlords against the entire buy-to-let mortgage market, has already beaten its £250,000 target.

15 March 2018

News/Mortgage processing

JPMorgan-backed FinLab competition calls for applications from women and people of colour

The Financial Solutions Lab (FinLab), an innovation programme backed by JPMorgan Chase, is looking to make fintech a little less male and white, calling on entrepreneurs of colour, women and people with disabilities to take up its latest challenge to develop products that can support under-represented communities - and, in the process, bag a slice of a $3 million prize fund.

01 March 2018

Company update/Mortgage processing

CBA partners with real estate agent comparison service LocalAgentFinder

Commonwealth Bank partners with LocalAgentFinder to help customers with managing or selling their property.

26 February 2018

News/Mortgage processing

Santander InnoVentures joins $25m Roostify funding round

San Francisco-based digital lending platform provider Roostify has closed a $25 million Series B financing round joined by Santander InnoVentures, Cota Capital and Point72 Ventures.

15 February 2018

Company update/Mortgage processing

Nuvo chatbot promises mortage in principle within 15 minutes

SAVVY house hunters will soon be able to get ahead in their house hunt with the release of a new online journey that finds them the right mortgage in just 15 minutes.

13 February 2018

News/Mortgage processing

Lenders to allow Airbnb income on mortgage refinancing applications

A group of US financial institutions are set to allow homeowners to count the income they earn from renting out their properties on Airbnb on their mortgage refinancing applications.

12 February 2018

Company update/Mortgage processing

NAB Ventures invests in PropTech startup

NAB Ventures, NAB’s corporate venture capital arm, has invested in Melbourne-based real estate proptech company ActivePipe, as part of a $5.9 million Series A funding round.

07 February 2018

Company update/Mortgage processing

AHML and Tinkoff Bank create e-platform for mortgage loans

The Agency for Housing Mortgage Lending («AHML») and Tinkoff Bank have signed an agreement to set up a joint venture to offer mortgage lending on a special electronic platform.

01 February 2018

Company update/Mortgage processing

M&S Bank moves into mortgages

M&S Bank has today (26 January 2018) launched its first mortgage range. In addition to a number of fixed and tracker options available to home movers and customers looking to remortgage, M&S Bank has also developed a first time buyer range to support those trying to get a first step on the property ladder.

26 January 2018

Company update/Mortgage processing

Mortgage monitor Trussle goes live

A pioneering mortgage monitoring service provided by online broker Trussle is today being made available to all UK homeowners.

26 January 2018

News/Mortgage processing

Nuvo unveils AI-powered mortgage broker chatbot

UK fintech startup Nuvo has launched an artificial intelligence-powered Facebook chatbot that helps people find the best deals on mortgages.

18 January 2018

Company update/Mortgage processing

RBS creates mortgage innovation role; appoints Dan Salmons

A new Director of Mortgage Innovations has been appointed by RBS.

19 December 2017

Company update/Mortgage processing

Roostify integrates with Black Knight loan origination system

Roostify, a provider of automated mortgage transaction technology, today announced that it has signed an agreement with Black Knight, Inc. (NYSE:BKI) to integrate its platform with Black Knight’s LoanSphere Empower loan origination system (LOS).

05 December 2017

News/Mortgage processing

NAB embeds in property search market

National Australia Bank is working with online property finder realestate.com to integrate financing options with housing searches.

12 October 2017

Company update/Mortgage processing

First Complete invests in buy-to-let mortgage startup

Property Master, a new digital buy-to let mortgage start up, has announced a minority investment by First Complete, part of LSL Property Services plc, a leading provider of residential property services including estate and letting agency services through brands which include Your Move and Reeds Rains.

12 October 2017

Company update/Mortgage processing

Tic:Toc selects MuleSoft to drive home loan approval system

MuleSoft (NYSE: MULE), the leading platform for building application networks, today announced that financial services startup Tic:Toc has selected MuleSoft's Anypoint Platform™ to power it’s real-time home loan approval system.

10 October 2017

News/Mortgage processing

ANZ acquires proptech startup REALas

ANZ has acquired a startup that uses data analytics and crowdsourced market chatter to provide prospective home buyers with accurate predictions of property price momentum in Australia's fervent real estate market.

03 October 2017