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Bank Systems & Technology March 7, 2005 Cynthia Ramsaran	Easing Lenders' Growing Pains While many banks are searching for innovative vendor solutions to update internal systems, others are staying ahead of the rapid growth in lending by teaming with service providers.
Bank Systems & Technology February 21, 2008 Maria Bruno-Britz	Banks Scrutinize Lending Technology and Underwriting Practices Following the Credit Crisis With so many lending technology solutions at their disposal, how was it that bankers and other industry participants did not foresee the gloom to come?
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Bank Systems & Technology August 24, 2006 Maria Bruno-Britz	Digitization and Automation Will Yield Great Returns In Mortgage Biz As the refinance boom fizzles, mortgage lenders should reassess their processes, according to BearingPoint.
Bank Systems & Technology June 24, 2008 Maria Bruno-Britz	Not Too Early for Lenders to Regroup and Think Ahead Yes, lenders must clean up the mess left by the credit crunch. But, after all, for every down cycle, there's a recovery, too, and they will want to make sure they're ready with the right strategies and technology for the next upswing in the market.
Bank Systems & Technology September 20, 2007 Maria Bruno-Britz	Sub-Prime Lending Mess Not Technology's Fault Experts say technology and good decision-making go together in avoiding loan risk.
Bank Technology News May 2010 John Adams	Tech Providers Pitch Mortgage Processing in the Cloud First American has granted worldwide exclusive rights to Dorado, giving the firm, which offers collaborative cloud computing solutions to financial services clients, the ability to combine First American's data and analytics engines with its own collaborative transaction processing technology.
Bank Technology News January 2006 John Adams	Wholesale Mortgages: UBOC's Broker Road Becomes Automated The lender's strategy is heavy on implementing electronic loan execution. The goal? Cutting cost and time-and eliminating paper from desks of customer-facing partners.
Bank Technology News October 2009 John Adams	IT Cleanup in the Home Equity Aisle Two risky strategies of the past -- high-cost home equity loans made without tax and insurance escrow accounts, and the use of tech platforms siloed between different types of real estate lending -- are coming back to bite mortgage lenders via tough new regulations.
Bank Technology News February 2005 John Adams	Mortgage: Lenders Smooth The Bumpy Volume Road Originators like DiTech and Boeing's credit union are using automation to alter how they market real estate finance options to customers, as well as better manage their workforce deployment
Bank Technology News March 2006 Michael Grebb	Cutting To the Chase New rules under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act require lenders to collect and reveal data on a loan applicant's race, sex and income. Institutions must also share how they determine rate spreads for different applicants.
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U.S. Banker January 2008 Michael Sisk	The Rise of Lending Communities Peer-to-peer lending holds valuable clues to the nature of lending and borrowing.
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Bank Systems & Technology June 24, 2008 Ann Grochala	In the Aftermath of the Credit Crisis, Some Banks See a Silver Lining The current problems in the credit markets bring both challenges and opportunities to banks. Many community banks still have plenty of liquidity and capital, and they all have ready access to the Federal Home Loan Bank system.
Bank Technology News December 2007 Michael Sisk	The Rise of Community P2P is no threat to banks -- yet -- but the rise of these exchanges, which cut out banks and allow people to lend directly to each other is a phenomenon worth studying. Are P2P exchanges the credit unions of the Internet age?
National Real Estate Investor September 1, 2006 Parke M. Chapman	Mortgage Industry's Digital Divide Not all segments of the commercial mortgage industry are embracing technology at the same rate. A study last year found that many firms still rely on time-consuming faxes, certified mail and reams of FedEx-delivered paper to process, close and monitor their loans.
Bank Technology News November 2007 John Adams	Mortgage: How to get "More" accurate with Loans The mortgage tumult has made lenders renew their focus on firmly understanding the true creditworthiness of their leads.
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Commercial Investment Real Estate Sep/Oct 2003 Peltin & Swibel	Lenders Tighten Loan Standards in Reaction to Uncertain Economy With interest rates at record lows, demand for new mortgage loans remains strong. However, in today's anemic economic climate, lenders face increased risk of making non-performing loans. Commercial lenders have implemented new safeguards and follow stricter policies to minimize exposure.
Bank Technology News January 2007 John Adams	Paperless Mortgages: The Broker Pens Her Own Program Hawaiian mortgage broker Donna Iwane was frustrated by cumbersome processing, so she developed a Web application that creates loan proposals in less than a minute.
U.S. Banker March 2009 John Adams	Automating Refi's: They'll be Careful This Time Automated origination platforms are busy again. But today's more sober underwriting environment and skittish capital markets that have rediscovered risk should prevent a rash of bad Web-enabled loans.
Bank Technology News November 2007 Anthony Malakian	Loan Origination: Making Gains in Times of Turmoil Glenview State Bank and Washington Trust Bank are centralizing several mortgage processes into a single platform that can be integrated with other lending operations.
Bank Systems & Technology November 1, 2006 Maria Bruno-Britz	Lending Players to Create Standards for Commercial Loan Space This fall, players in the lending space joined forces to create the Open Loan Technology Standards Working Group (OLTS), whose mission is to establish open standards in the commercial lending area.
Bank Technology News December 2003 John Adams	Closing Faster RBC Mortgage is betting the best way to boost mortgage volume in a cooling market is by making friends with brokers. So it's offering them access to its Internet technology.
Bank Technology News January 2008 Glen Fest	Risk Without Reward The subprime mess has exposed how fragile banks are today to market pressures, and how much can fall on the shoulders of risk officers. Finding a path forward from the ashes will require stronger leadership overseeing risk.
Bank Technology News September 2006 John Adams	Mortgage: Making Every Transaction Count As the market cools off, technology is helping mortgage players improve lead generation, closing time and telecommunications to gain new customers and boost performance.
Bank Systems & Technology January 1, 2007 Nancy Feig	Bank of the West Sticks to Fiserv for Lending Following Acquisition The San Francisco-based bank grew its mortgage lending operations through the acquisition of Commercial Federal Bank and adopted the firm's UniFi PRO mortgage processing solution as well as its MortgageServ servicing app.
U.S. Banker March 2007 Lee Conrad	Catch and (Accidental) Release: Capturing Approved Loans Banks are losing potential revenue even after going through the work of approving loan applications. But is more automation the automatic answer to solve the "breakage" conundrum?
Bank Technology News March 2005 John Adams	Mortgage: E-standards Alliance Attracts More Allies There's a growing list of tech companies that hope mortgage lenders will look for the MISMO label when searching for vendors, as firms which sell hardware, software and platforms fight for position in the paperless home loan finance market.
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The Motley Fool May 15, 2007 Dan Caplinger	Borrow Now or Borrow Never If you're thinking about buying a home, do your homework. Find a lender or mortgage broker early in the process, and get preapproved for a mortgage that will work for you.
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Bank Technology News June 2007 Michael Sisk	America's Great Divide About 73 million people in the U.S. are unbanked or underbanked, a marketplace that is as diverse as it is unknown. Banks will find a bevy of new risk tools to help reach out to this emerging credit market.
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