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News from PCLender * PCLender Announces SAS70 - 02/08/2007 * PCLender Announces Equity Financing - 9/13/2006 Press Releases * PCLender.com Launches Information On-Demand Website - 04/07/2008* PCLender.com Completes SAS 70 Type II Audit - 04/03/2008* PCLender Adds G. Lynn McGee as Eastern Division Sales Manager - 03/17/2008* CitiMortgage Extends Affinity Relationship with PCLender - 01/10/2008* Loan-Score Decisioning Systems Integrates with PCLender - 11/07/2007 * PCLender.com Adds Integrated Document Imaging and Management - 10/09/2007 * PCLender.com Selects DepthPR for Full Service Public Relations - 06/19/2007 Vendor News * DocuTech and PCLender.com Form Strategic Alliance, Streamline Mortgage Documents Processing - 06/20/2007 February 8, 2007, Honolulu, HI PCLender.com Inc., has successfully completed its annual SAS70 audit for InHouse Mortgage (IHM) and PCApproved mortgage banking automation systems. Completing the SAS70 audit continues to underline the importance PCLender places on its ability to securely manage sensitive data for its customers. "Historically this has been important to our bank and credit union customers," says Lionel Urban, President of PCLender.com. "We are finding more interest from mortgage bankers who have concerns regarding their ability to meet Gramm-Leach-Bliley and Sarbanes Oxley requirements." PCLender takes pride in providing automation systems that are one of the most secure in the industry with dual authentication, thin-client/ASP architecture and robust data and access controls. Please contact a PCLender representative for more information. PCLender Announces Equity Financing September 13, 2006, Honolulu, HI - PCLender.com Inc., a Honolulu-based software company, announced yesterday that it obtained $3 million in equity financing to fund a planned expansion on the mainland. The company, which has 35 employees in Honolulu, the Philippines and the mainland, produces mortgage banking software for credit unions, community banks and mortgage companies. Lionel Urban, PCLender's chief executive, said the company is well-positioned to help mortgage lenders operate more efficiently amid a downturn in the real estate industry. "Our software is specifically designed to streamline the mortgage process, from loan origination to secondary marketing," he said. Sennet Capital LLC provided financial and advisory services for the deal. Source: Star Bulletin 09/13/06, Honolulu, HI PCLender.com Launches Information On-Demand Website Enterprise solutions provider emphasizes search visibility for Internet generation (April 7, 2008) Honolulu, HI — PCLender.com, a fully hosted web based software and services solutions provider to mid-sized mortgage bankers and financial institutions, has completed the “re-visioning” and rebuild of its primary corporate website, http://pclender.com. Debuting on April 7, 2008, the site expands PCLender's commitment to “on-demand” tools via its investment in lender-centric website and Internet strategies. PCLender's corporate website serves mortgage lenders who are weighing operational options such as the selection of mortgage lending automation solutions. “PCLender wants to serve the entire mortgage lending industry, including lenders that may only be “kicking the tires” for useful comparative information about their business and operational systems,” said PCLender vice president of sales and marketing Sean Dugan. “Similar to how our on-demand enterprise lending platform, InHouse Mortgage, brings the benefits of SaaS to its users, our corporate website now better accommodates Internet-savvy shoppers for mortgage lending automation solutions.” Through search engine analytics and keyword mapping, PCLender ensures that lenders' use of Internet search tools such as Google is accommodated with accurate, relevant and timely content that offers clear and convenient self-paced opportunities to learn more about its solutions. Information rich, the PCLender website includes access to multi-media presentations, white papers, lender testimonials, detailed product specifications, and easy-to-access information request forms. The firm conducted in-depth research into its Internet visibility relative to lenders' demonstrated on-line interest in search phrases such as LOS, enterprise lending platforms, investor compliance, information security, loan level profitability and data management, while monitoring its web traffic and web activity patterns. PCLender's discoveries included:
Based on its analysis PCLender developed a new integrated marketing plan that not only included re-branding and traditional marketing elements, but also incorporated search engine optimization and professional PPC support, viral Internet marketing and a website re-design that would effectively support all of these efforts using current web design techniques, usability data and SEO best practices. The new design:
“Mortgage businesses are increasingly reliant upon the Internet to find, analyze and gain consensus on resource selection and management,” said PCLender president Lionel Urban. “Vendors that are committed to serving the industry are generous with information and thoughtful about how they deliver it. PCLender has always been a “service on demand” provider, which makes the expansion of our lender-centric approach via our corporate website a natural.” About PCLender Honolulu-based PCLender has for more than a decade helped mortgage bankers accelerate business performance goals through technology-enabled best practices guidance, services and solutions. PCLender’s fully hosted enterprise mortgage lending platform InHouse Mortgage™ eliminates traditional “barriers to entry” for mortgage bankers seeking business process improvements on par with the Fortune 500. For more information about PCLender contact Lionel Urban at lurban@PCLender.com. PCLender.com Completes SAS 70 Type II Audit Receives independent certification for technology, security and customer service (April 3, 2008) Honolulu, HI — PCLender.com, a fully hosted web based software and services solutions provider to mid-sized mortgage bankers and financial institutions, in Q1 2008 successfully completed a service auditor's review, commonly known as a SAS 70 Type II audit, of its InHouse Mortgage (IHM) and PCApproved applications. The audit was performed by SAS 70 Solutions, a nationally recognized independent auditing firm, and was completed in January, 2008. Included in the scope of the audit were PCLender.com, Inc.'s customer service control activities, as well as the general controls that support these activities. SAS 70 is an acronym for the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) Statement on Auditing Standard (SAS) No. 70, titled “Reports on the Processing of Transactions by Service Organizations.” SAS No. 70 defines the professional standards used by a service auditor to assess the internal controls of a service organization and issue a service auditor's report. "A Type I report describes the service organization's description of controls at a specific point in time (e.g. June 30, 2003). A Type II report not only includes the service organization's description of controls, but also includes detailed testing of the service organization's controls over a minimum six month period (e.g. January 1, 2003 to June 30, 2003). "In a Type I report, the service auditor will express an opinion on (1) whether the service organization's description of its controls presents fairly, in all material respects, the relevant aspects of the service organization's controls that had been placed in operation as of a specific date, and (2) whether the controls were suitably designed to achieve specified control objectives. "In a Type II report, the service auditor will express an opinion on the same items noted above in a Type I report, and (3) whether the controls that were tested were operating with sufficient effectiveness to provide reasonable, but not absolute, assurance that the control objectives were achieved during the period specified." In order to complete the audit, PCLender.com, Inc. management developed control objectives for the significant areas of internal control that support the InHouse Mortgage enterprise lending platform and PCApproved online applications. The control objectives in the 2008 report addressed Computer Operations, Information Security, Application Development and Maintenance Activities, Data Communications, and Customer Service. The service auditor performed extensive testing of the control activities implemented by PCLender.com and, following this rigorous examination, the auditing firm was able to issue an unqualified opinion. PCLender.com, Inc. management recognizes that Sarbanes-Oxley legislation has placed an increased focus on the internal controls of valued business partners. The SAS 70 audit report is designed to provide clients with a certain level of assurance regarding the controls that are maintained by PCLender.com, Inc. management. The auditor's SAS 70 report addresses all five components of internal control outlined in the Sarbanes-Oxley legislation, namely the control environment, risk assessment activities, control activities, information and communication systems, and monitoring activities. “PCLender.com management understands the ever increasing importance of corporate governance, as well as the impact of our services on our clients' system of internal controls,” said PCLender.com founder and president Lionel Urban. “The successful completion of the 2008 SAS 70 Type II audit is only part of PCLender.com’s continued commitment to maintaining a high level of internal control. PCLender.com, Inc. has engaged its service auditor to a long-term contract whereby PCLender.com, Inc. will undergo a Type II audit on an annual basis.” About PCLender Honolulu-based PCLender has for more than a decade helped mortgage bankers accelerate business performance goals through technology-enabled best practices guidance, services and solutions. PCLender’s fully hosted enterprise mortgage lending platform InHouse Mortgage™ eliminates traditional “barriers to entry” for mortgage bankers seeking business process improvements on par with the Fortune 500. For more information about PCLender contact Lionel Urban at lurban@PCLender.com. PCLender Adds G. Lynn McGee as Eastern Division Sales Manager InHouse Mortgage enterprise lending platform, SaaS Driving Growth (March 17, 2007) Honolulu, HI — PCLender, a technology-enabled provider of best practices guidance, services and solutions to the mortgage industry, has named G. Lynn McGee Eastern Division Sales Manager. She will spearhead strategies to demonstrate PCLender solutions and services to eastern U.S. regional mortgage lenders that want to improve performance and profitability through quality lending practices. Specifically, she will introduce mortgage bankers, community banks and credit unions to the benefits of PCLender InHouse Mortgage, the enterprise lending platform delivering the advantages of software-as-a-service (SaaS) in an end-to-end solution. Most recently, McGee was national sales manager for a mortgage software hosting company, where she built its major accounts sales strategy and national sales team. Her mortgage industry sales background includes the role of senior sales executive with enterprise loan origination technology provider MortgageFlex. An experienced mortgage lender, McGee has held the positions of loan registration analyst, securities settlement analyst and mortgage loan closer, providing her with an in-depth comprehension of the complex and multi-faceted mortgage lending process. “Mortgage industry sales executives that possess G. Lynn McGee's scope and expertise are a real asset both to PCLender and to our customers,” said PCLender founder and president Lionel Urban. “She has a rare 360 degree perspective on mortgage lending and sophisticated lending automation, including how to achieve quality lending operations while reaching profitability goals.” “Selling technology solutions and business support services to the mortgage industry is a mutual education process that becomes the linchpin of a future relationship,” said PCLender Eastern Division Sales Manager G. Lynn McGee. “I personally believe mortgage lenders know what they need to accomplish to succeed, but can be vulnerable to sales rhetoric that may not clearly or honestly address their business needs.” McGee attended Maryville University, St. Louis, MO. About PCLender Honolulu-based PCLender has for more than a decade helped mortgage bankers accelerate business performance goals through technology-enabled best practices guidance, services and solutions. PCLender’s fully hosted enterprise mortgage lending platform InHouse Mortgage™ eliminates traditional “barriers to entry” for mortgage bankers seeking business process improvements on par with the Fortune 500. For more information about PCLender contact Lionel Urban at lurban@PCLender.com. CitiMortgage Extends Affinity Relationship with PCLender PCLender's InHouse Mortgage LOS delivers compliant, quality portfolios to the secondary market via CitiMortgage partnership (Janaury , 2007) Honolulu, HI — PCLender, a technology-enabled provider of best practices guidance, services and solutions to the mortgage industry, and CitiMortgage, a member of Citi, the leading global financial services company, have extended their Affinity agreement. This agreement enables PCLender InHouse Mortgage customers to do business with CitiMortgage's investing arm via PCLender's secure lending platform, and provides real time updating and compliance screening capabilities for loan portfolios. “We are very pleased to announce the continued partnership between PCLender and CitiMortgage,” said Lionel Urban, founder and president of PCLender. “Our mission is to empower lenders to deliver the highest quality loan product both to the consumer and the capital markets. We believe that expertise and quality lending practices equate to the highest level of success for lenders. Our continued relationship with CitiMortgage in the midst of current market conditions speaks to the level of trust PCLender’s compliance and quality assurance solutions have earned throughout the industry.” PCLender combines as many as eight key components of the loan origination process in a seamless configuration that fully supports complex compliance requirements and offers an ideal data security environment. Through this partnership, PCLender and customers gain access to unique synergies that result from combining PCLender's cutting edge, Web-based mortgage compliance and technology solutions with CitiMortgage’s industry leading lending expertise and secondary market presence. Some of the unique benefits to lenders through this partnership include:
“Land/Home has always experienced exceptional loan processing functionality and customer service from PCLender, its affinity program with CitiMortgage underscores our confidence in its enterprise LOS platform.” said Land Home Financial Services, Inc, COO, Brenda Usher. “When market conditions include a great deal of uncertainty, our vendor partnerships can be invaluable, especially when they deliver improved incentives and services from major investors such as CitiMortgage.” About PCLender Honolulu-based PCLender has for more than a decade helped mortgage bankers accelerate business performance goals through technology-enabled best practices guidance, services and solutions. PCLender’s fully hosted enterprise mortgage lending platform InHouse Mortgage™ eliminates traditional “barriers to entry” for mortgage bankers seeking business process improvements on par with the Fortune 500. For more information about PCLender contact Lionel Urban at lurban@PCLender.com. Loan-Score Decisioning Systems Integrates with PCLender Seamless automated underwriting services accessible through enterprise LOS IRVINE, CA, November 7, 2007 - Loan Score Decisioning Systems LLC, an emerging leader in enterprise-class automated underwriting solutions for lending institutions, has completed a comprehensive, “7-point” integration with PCLender, a Web-based software and service solution provider for mortgage bankers. The integration provides PCLender's client base with seamless access to Loan-Score's automated underwriting system (AUS) directly from its loan enterprise lending platform. Loan-Score's AUS decisioning solution delivers instant product eligibility, pricing and automated underwriting approvals complete with all possible conditions to the point-of-sale (POS) for the wholesale, retail and correspondent/conduit lending channels. Once a 1003 is entered into Loan-Score's system and the loan is decisioned, data elements are automatically matched and populated into the appropriate fields in PCLender's LOS, thus eliminating the need to re-key data and reducing costly errors. The integration also allows for the flow of loan-level details and real-time status between back-end processing staff and loan officers at the POS web portal. “In today's volatile mortgage market it is pivotal that lenders accurately price and underwrite loans of high quality,” said Scott Burgess, President of Loan-Score. “Whether evaluating A, B or C paper, the tight integration between our AUS and PCLender's enterprise lending platform offers its users assurance that their loan was approved in accordance with ever-changing secondary market conditions and investor guidelines. While there are many product and pricing engines available on the market today that purport to offer A/U, the vast majority of them do not come close to returning the complex, layered-risk analyses required of a true automated underwriting solution. The use of Loan-Score's AUS through PCLender ensures that loans unequivocally meet the many nuances of investor guidelines to find best-fit homes for loans, and that those loans are not later kicked back by highly discriminating investors on a trivial technicality.” “Expert underwriting is inseparable from quality lending, especially at a time when loan files are under close scrutiny and compliance is increasingly complex,” said Lionel Urban, President of PCLender. “Loan-Score's advanced AUS solution adds value to our customers who want to take advantage of true automated underwriting integrated directly from our loan processing system. The professional credit policy team at Loan-Score does an expert job of updating constantly changing investor guidelines and rates to ensure elevated quality control measures. We are pleased to make Loan-Score available to our growing client base.” This new integration also allows lender-controlled levels of information and pipeline visibility to easily be displayed for production staff using Loan-Score's broker, retail or correspondent/conduit portals. About Loan-Score Decisioning Systems Founded in 2000 and based in Irvine, California, Loan-Score Decisioning Systems, LLC offers the industry's most accurate eligibility/pricing engine that accompanies a true enterprise-class AUS on a software-as-a-service (SaaS) basis for all lending channels. Loan-Score maintains a comprehensive, up-to-date library of investor guidelines and pricing to ensure eligibility is met and market conditions are adjusted to deliver precision-based underwriting that results in fundable loans. The company's solutions are engineered to deliver swift, cost-effective implementations that integrate with existing LOSs and avoid inflexible programming efforts and high maintenance costs. Through Loan-Score's unique approach to customer service, the company's on-demand SaaS model offers clients the option to utilize its extensive library of investor guidelines, or the ability to manage unique program guidelines themselves. Loan-Score's solutions are in production with small, medium and large lending institutions. For more information, visit www.loan-score.com or call 949-450-0102. About PCLender PCLender.com provides web based software and services solutions to mid-sized mortgage bankers. Its mission is to empower lenders to deliver expert mortgage banking services while delivering the highest quality loan product both to the consumer and the capital markets. PCLender.com believes that expertise and quality lending practices equate to the highest level of success for lenders, and our systems and solutions are designed to help them. PCLender.com maintains a secure SAS70 certified data center and operations, and includes security and access rights management tools in its platform. Low upfront costs and transaction-based pricing help eliminate traditional “barriers to entry” for mortgage bankers seeking business process improvements on par with the Fortune 500. CONTACT: PCLender.com Adds Integrated Document Imaging and Management Virtual file allows lenders to store and track loan documents from pre-qual to post closing (October 9, 2007) Honolulu, HI -- PCLender.com, a web based software and services solutions provider to mid-sized mortgage bankers, has added integrated imaging and document management to its InHouse Mortgage Enterprise Lending System, providing lenders new levels of efficiency for loan processing, underwriting, investor delivery, and file archiving. PCLender's imaging component includes web based document storage allowing all users with access to the InHouse Mortgage system to load and view documents via a completely hosted system. All stored document images are linked both to loan status and conditions specific to a loan's requirements. The system allows management to assign security rights to view, load or clear documents based on a user's role in the transaction. Users of PCLender's document imaging and management component will experience the following benefits: *Originators can easily link images such as pay stubs, W-2's or bank statements for centralized review by the processing and underwriting departments “Due to the rigorous demands of the real estate lending marketplace, and the need to streamline processes, lenders of tomorrow will require document imaging and management to be successful,” said Bridgelock Capital COO Brent Houston about the firm's decision to implement the PCLender tool. “The PClender component allows me to quickly identify and assign accountability to each of my staff members throughout the entire process.” “Lenders need document imaging and management tools to function seamlessly from loan application through post closing and secondary marketing,” said PCLender founder and president Lionel Urban. “The imaging module of PCLender's InHouse Mortgage system allows lenders to create a virtual file at loan prequalification and through it to manage all relevant documents across the loan lifecycle.” User tools include easy drag and drop, or icon features to organize and approve documents in the virtual loan file. In addition, document images may be viewed on a Clipboard basis to create a virtual file while working within a loan transaction. For long term storage, lenders may archive document images either online or on their on their own system. About Bridgelock Bridgelock Capital is the NextGEN Subprime Lender incorporating common sense underwriting for borrowers and/or properties that do not meet conventional underwriting guidelines. With over 30 years of experience, Bridgelock Capital incorporates technology and autonomy, to ensure that each transaction is successfully completed in a timely manner. About PCLender.com PCLender.com provides web based software and services solutions to mid-sized mortgage bankers. Its mission is to empower lenders to deliver expert mortgage banking services while delivering the highest quality loan product both to the consumer and the capital markets. PCLender.com believes that expertise and quality lending practices equate to the highest level of success for lenders. It designs systems and solutions to help them. Built from the ground up with increasing compliance and security requirements in mind, the PCLender.com fully hosted enterprise mortgage lending platform, InHouse Mortgage, integrates the functionality of up to eight different systems*, offers guaranteed on time implementation, and ensures a best-of-breed experience end-to-end. Its browser-based thin-client architecture secures data at the server, away from laptops and storage devices, allowing mortgage bankers to sleep at night. InHouse Mortgage enables experienced and emerging mortgage bankers to adapt rapidly in an always-evolving marketplace, managing the complexities of investor compliance while ensuring optimum pricing for a diverse product mix. Further, PCLender maintains a secure SAS70 certified data center and operations, and includes security and access rights management tools in its platform. Its low upfront costs and transaction-based pricing help eliminate traditional “barriers to entry” for mortgage bankers seeking business process improvements on par with the Fortune 500. * point of sale, processing, underwriting, finding, initial disclosures, closing documents, programs and pricing, secondary marketing, warehouse line management, loan reconciliation, interim servicing, data checks/workflow, integrated vendor interfaces, integrated retail/wholesale websites, and integrated online application. PCLender.com Selects DepthPR for Full Service Public Relations June 19, 2007, ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE) --Depth Public Relations, an Atlanta, Georgia, provider of public relations and marketing strategies has signed PCLender.com, a web-based software and service solution for mortgage bankers. "PCLender.com wanted to work with a strategic public relations provider that knows how to convey our firm's value proposition to the mortgage industry," said PCLender.com COO Joe Goebel. "We selected DepthPR based on its industry expertise and the reputation of its principal strategist." "PCLender.com is an ideal DepthPR client," said DepthPR principal and founder, Kerri Milam. "Its business model focuses on delivering real innovation to the mortgage industry through its expert services, the InHouse Mortgage enterprise lending platform and its leadership in the Quality Lending Alliance." PCLender.com, which has recently announced alliances with Optimal Blue, idsDoc and DocuTech, in June launched its warehouse line and loan reconciliation feature for mid-size mortgage lenders that want to ensure profitability is not eroded by inefficient or inaccurate loan processing activity. Depth Public Relations was formed in 2006 to leverage its founder's more than 25 years' experience in providing a full range of PR and marketing services to the financial services and housing development industries. The firm is providing services to a select clientele in those industries and others. Depth Public Relations is a member of the Mortgage Bankers Association. PCLender.com Simplifies Compliance and Security Issues for Lenders December 4, 2006, Honolulu, HI - PCLender.com Inc., a leading provider of enterprise software and services for the mortgage banking industry, announces it is simplifying compliance and security concerns for lenders. As scrutiny by regulators and secondary marketing investors continues to increase in the mortgage industry, the company is the first to provide mortgage professionals with a secure system of software and table management that manages and secures data so that they remain compliant with regulations, while remaining one of the easiest and most affordable solutions available. "Our goal is to help lenders manage the complexity of the industry as an integrated solution. With this process compliance is much faster and easier to implement. With so many moving parts in the areas of compliance and security, and regulations continuously increasing, originators can find themselves spending more time on regulatory concerns and less on closing loans," said Lionel Urban, President of PCLender.com. "Our holistic approach allows us to assist with the maintenance of their LOS thereby simplifying the process of compliance for much lower costs. As a result, we not only eliminate the need for lenders to buy additional technology hardware and service, but we also help them improve productivity." Many of PCLender's customers are banks, already under increased scrutiny from regulators. PCLender's data centers are SAS-70 compliant, bringing additional comfort to lenders concerned with their data security and compliance risks. Comprehensive approach Some of the compliance and security issues that PCLender manages include: * State licensing tracking for employees and vendors Laptops at risk Additionally, one of the greatest risks for data loss involves the storage of consumer information on laptop computers or remote work stations. A host of news stories in recent months have illustrated the danger of this practice, due to the ease with which laptops can be stolen or many security systems can be breached. PCLender eliminates these concerns and protects the privacy of customer data for lenders by providing the following: * Data is stored in PCLender's SAS-70 approved data center secured by biometric access and high speed servers which reside behind multiple firewalls and are monitored 24 hours a day, seven days a week "Regulations are increasing, and so is the risk of data theft. The truth is, if lenders are non-compliant it can mean fines, lawsuits or even jail time," stated Urban. "Already, 34 states have passed legislation that requires lenders to notify consumers if a breach occurs and personal data is compromised. At PCLender, our customers do not worry about data security risks and have more time to focus on building revenue." Read article from Originator Times website Greystone Residential Funding, Inc. Announce Strategic Alliance October 18, 2006, Middleton, WI - Greystone Residential Funding, Inc. announced the formation of a strategic alliance with PCLender.com, a Honolulu-based provider of front-to-back end mortgage technology solutions. This new alliance combines the power and knowledge of the two companies, bringing together Greystone's mortgage industry experience with the technology expertise of PCLender.com. The result is a comprehensive, yet simple, solution for building and managing mortgage operations. "PCLender.com's loan origination software (LOS) is distinctive, well-defined and easy to use. We're excited to be able to offer it to our clients," said Dan Rotert, President and Chief Executive Officer of Greystone Residential Funding, Inc. "Through this alliance, we will be able to provide a streamlined front-to-back technology solution with seamless third party vendor integration. Coupled with our mortgage expertise, we can provide a solution for every need a credit union or community bank may have. We are able to support a number of unique business channels utilizing the same system." PCLender.com's application service provider (ASP) system offers financial institutions a practical alternative to purchasing and implementing complex technology systems themselves. The InHouse Mortgage (IHM) solution enables credit unions and community banks to control more precisely the total cost of technology ownership through a fee-structure based on closed loans. In addition, with data processing performed off-site by a third-party provider, they have more time to concentrate on customer service and their core expertise. "Our technology is designed for mortgage professionals who demand high quality software in an easy-to-understand format," said Lionel Urban, President of PCLender.com. "We're pleased to have this opportunity to team up with Greystone Residential Funding as they continue to find new ways to help their clients save time and enhance productivity." Source: Origination Times DocuTech and PCLender.com Form Strategic Alliance, Streamline Mortgage Documents Processing June 20, 2007, IDAHO FALLS - DocuTech Corp., a leading provider of compliant mortgage documents and services, announced today its strategic alliance with Honolulu-based PCLender.com, a web based software and service solution. The alliance integrates DocuTech's compliant documents with the PCLender.com enterprise mortgage lending system. PCLender's fully hosted on-demand enterprise lending system, InHouse Mortgage, is scaleable both for small and mid-sized originators and mortgage lenders, delivering real-time electronic loan folder sharing to all parties working on a loan. The integration of DocuTech's ConformX with InHouse Mortgage creates a Web-based solution that transforms an Internet connection into a 24-hour loan origination or closing office. This alliance ensures that users will enjoy secure loan processing with documents that are compliant with all state and federal regulations while enabling an origination and closing process that is quick and accurate for both brokers and lenders. "PCLender.com was interested in selecting a document provider whose technology could both seamlessly integrate with our enterprise lending system and provide the assurance of compliant and secure document delivery," said Lionel Urban, president of PCLender.com. "ConformX is 100 percent compliant with all government regulations and the company's products are backed by a solid reputation of providing the industry's highest quality loan documents." DocuTech offers the distinct advantage of enabling PCLender.com customers to create custom document sets for 'generic' loan products, enhancing their secondary marketing delivery options, Urban added. Paperless processing and seamless integration allow lenders and brokers using InHouse Mortgage with DocuTech's ConformX to benefit from the increased speed with which loans can be originated and processed. This new alliance also makes DocuTech's compliant documents available to brokers, giving them affordable access to the same systems used by larger banks. "The PCLender.com enterprise lending system enables brokers and lenders to easily input and manage loan data in one easy to use system," said Monte Larsen, CMO of DocuTech. "DocuTech helps customers increase productivity and loan volume with the added security of web-based compliant documents. This alliance will help brokers and lenders close more loans with greater accuracy, and allow every member of the team to work together." About PCLender PCLender.com provides web based software and services solutions to mid-sized mortgage bankers. Its mission is to empower lenders to deliver expert mortgage banking services while delivering the highest quality loan product both to the consumer and the capital markets. PCLender.com believes that expertise and quality lending practices equate to the highest level of success for lenders, and our systems and solutions are designed to help them. Built with increasing compliance and security requirements in mind, the PCLender.com fully hosted enterprise mortgage lending platform, InHouse Mortgage, integrates the functionality of up to eight different systems, offers guaranteed on time implementation, and ensures a best-of-breed experience end-to-end. Its browser-based thin-client architecture secures data at the server, away from laptops and storage devices - allowing mortgage bankers to sleep at night. InHouse Mortgage enables experienced and emerging mortgage bankers to adapt rapidly in an always-evolving marketplace, managing the complexities of investor compliance while ensuring optimum pricing for a diverse product mix. Further, PCLender.com maintains a secure SAS70 certified data center and operations, and includes security and access rights management tools in its platform. Its low upfront costs and transaction-based pricing help eliminate traditional "barriers to entry for mortgage bankers seeking business process improvements on par with the Fortune 500. About DocuTech Corp. Since 1991, DocuTech Corp. (DocuTech) has provided outstanding compliance services and documentation technology for the mortgage industry. To date, DocuTech has the largest, most complete document library in the industry with thousands of customized investor documents, federally and state compliant in all 50 of the United States. Also a provider of an all-in-one fulfillment center (DocXcel™) that helps companies to increase the number of compliant initial disclosures, printed and mailed, to prospective borrower within government-mandated deadlines. DocuTech's software interfaces with leading loan origination systems (LOS) and enables mortgage professionals to generate documents locally, which increases efficiency, reduces time, eliminates errors and omissions and provides added convenience to homebuyers. DocuTech manages and secures all information needed for a loan, guaranteeing accuracy, security and compliance. For more information, call 800.497.3584 or visit the company's Web site at www.docutechcorp.com. PCLender.com Integrates with IDS, Inc. HONOLULU--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PCLender.com a web based software and service solution has integrated with web-based document preparation system idsDoc, creating a functional advantage for mid sized mortgage bankers. Seamlessly integrated with PCLender's InHouse Mortgage enterprise lending platform, idsDoc benefits lenders through access to fully compliant initial and closing documents that meet federal, state and investor specific requirements. Through the idsDoc integration, PCLender.com customers can be confident in their mortgage documents, knowing that all forms are kept up to date by the IDS internal compliance department. Additionally, idsDoc can perform a compliance check called ComplianceAnalizer, powered by ComplianceEase®, a constantly updated, multi-jurisdictional review. This gives lenders a final check after all changes have been made to the loan. Beyond compliance, the PCLender interface transfers all data smoothly, allowing for all customizations, audits, reports and other value added resources included in idsDoc. "We sought the IDS integration because mortgage bankers need to provide fully compliant documents 100 percent of the time with confidence," said PCLender.com founder and president Lionel Urban. "idsDoc is a superior document ordering platform which integrates cleanly with the InHouse Mortgage platform, and provides user support resources in a manner on par with PCLender.com quality lending standards." PCLender's InHouse Mortgage fully hosted end-to-end enterprise lending platform combines up to eight key components of the loan origination process, including vendor integration and integrated retail/wholesale websites. Its seamless configuration fully supports complex compliance requirements in an ideal data security environment. InHouse Mortgage provides an integration-friendly environment allowing for guaranteed on time implementation, and ensuring a best-of-breed experience. "Compliant disclosures and closing documents have never been more critical to mortgage lenders," said Curt Doman, president and CEO of IDS, Inc. "We developed idsDoc to reflect the functionality of loan origination systems we feel particularly privileged to be an integration partner with a dynamic system such as PCLender.com." About IDS Inc. For 20 years, IDS Inc. has been a nationwide provider of mortgage closing documents. In this time, IDS Inc has become recognized in the industry for flexibility towards its clients. The idsDoc system is fully customizable to any legal, compliance, and automation requirements of each lender. In addition, IDS Inc. backs the system with unsurpassed customer service. For lenders looking for a flexible and accelerated document ordering process with 24hr support; visit our website at www.idsdoc.com or call 800-554-1872, and ask for a free trial of idsDoc. About PClender.com PCLender.com provides web based software and services solutions to mid-sized mortgage bankers. Its mission is to empower lenders to deliver expert mortgage banking services while delivering the highest quality loan product both to the consumer and the capital markets. PCLender.com believes that expertise and quality lending practices equate to the highest level of success for lenders, and our systems and solutions are designed to help them. Built from the ground up with increasing compliance and security requirements in mind, the PCLender.com fully hosted enterprise mortgage lending platform, InHouse Mortgage, integrates the functionality of up to eight different systems(a), offers guaranteed on time implementation, and ensures a best-of-breed experience end-to-end. Its browser-based thin-client architecture secures data at the server, away from laptops and storage devices, allowing mortgage bankers to sleep at night. InHouse Mortgage enables experienced and emerging mortgage bankers to adapt rapidly in an always-evolving marketplace, managing the complexities of investor compliance while ensuring optimum pricing for a diverse product mix. Further, PCLender.com maintains a secure SAS70 certified data center and operations, and includes security and access rights management tools in its platform. Its low upfront costs and transaction-based pricing help eliminate traditional "barriers to entry" for mortgage bankers seeking business process improvements on par with the Fortune 500. (a) point of sale, processing, underwriting, funding, initial disclosures, closing documents, programs and pricing, secondary marketing, warehouse line management, loan reconciliation, interim servicing, data checks/workflow, integrated vendor interfaces, integrated retail/wholesale websites, integrated online applications Source: Business Wire PCLender Integrates Optimal Blue Pricing Engine (April 9, 2007) Honolulu, HI - PCLender, a technology-enabled provider of best practices guidance, services and solutions to the mortgage industry, has integrated Optimal Blue's product eligibility and pricing engine (PPE) technology with its end-to-end hosted enterprise lending platform. Optimal Blue is the industry-leading provider for comprehensive, Web-based technology that couples decisioning technology with content management for the mortgage industry. The Optimal Blue integration allows PCLender users to experience improved efficiency and accuracy by eliminating the need for redundant keying of data. Optimal Blue's advanced mortgage automation system delivers product and pricing capabilities coupled with comprehensive, accurate content, enabling PCLender users to source, manage, price and lock loans in real time. In addition, Optimal Blue maintains thousands of complex mortgage products, creating time savings that result in faster loan delivery and greater profitability for PCLender's users. "Mortgage bankers rely heavily on robust pricing and product analysis to ensure portfolio marketability," said PCLender founder and president Lionel Urban. "Optimal Blue is the ideal integration partner for the PCLender platform because we have similar objectives for bringing value to our customers. We agreed at the earliest stages that Level I integration is essential for the kind of fully managed end-to-end lending solution that is increasingly attractive both to experienced and emerging mortgage bankers." PCLender combines as many as eight key components of the loan origination process, including vendor integration and integrated retail/wholesale websites, in a seamless configuration that fully supports complex compliance requirements and offers an ideal data security environment. Additionally, PCLender offers guaranteed on time implementation, and ensures a best-of-breed experience, while remaining affordable. "Optimal Blue provides more than just technology, we provide business solutions," said Larry Huff, co-CEO of Optimal Blue. "In today's mortgage environment, having a product eligibility and pricing engine is a necessity, as it enables mortgage bankers to source, price, manage and lock a loan within minutes. With the loan origination system being the core of the loan process, being able to integrate our solution seamlessly with PCLender offers tremendous benefits, as mortgage bankers can improve efficiency, closing more loans faster and accurately, which in turn increases profitability." Accumulating hundreds of investor rate sheets a day, Optimal Blue developed sophisticated automation tools to monitor pricing updates every five minutes throughout the business day to ensure timeliness and accuracy of investor information. Leveraging Optimal Blue's ability to manage the complexities of investor product guidelines in virtually real time, PCLender's platform enables mortgage bankers to adapt rapidly in the always-evolving mortgage marketplace. About Optimal Blue Founded in 2003, Optimal Blue is a Web-based provider of product eligibility and pricing engine (PPE) technology. Based in Plano, Texas, Optimal Blue has developed a comprehensive suite of products designed to give lenders the ability to automate the management and distribution of their products and pricing, enabling originators to then source, manage, price and lock loans in a way that is efficient, accurate and easy to use. Without having to be technology experts, Optimal Blue's solutions allow clients to leverage superior technology for a competitive advantage. For more information, please visit www.optimalblue.com. About PCLender Honolulu-based PCLender is a technology-enabled provider of best practices guidance, services and solutions to the mortgage industry. Founded in 1997, PCLender focuses on helping mortgage bankers accelerate business performance goals and achieve greater mortgage expertise. Built from the ground up with increasing compliance and security requirements in mind, PCLender's fully hosted enterprise mortgage lending platform integrates the functionality of eight different systems*, offers guaranteed on time implementation, and ensures a best-of-breed experience end-to-end. Its browser-based thin-client architecture secures data at the server, away from laptops and storage devices, allowing mortgage bankers to sleep at night. PCLender's platform enables experienced and emerging mortgage bankers to adapt rapidly in an always-evolving marketplace, managing the complexities of investor compliance while ensuring optimum pricing for a diverse product mix. Further, PCLender maintains a secure SAS70 certified data center and operations, and includes security and access rights management tools in its platform. PCLender's low upfront costs and transaction-based pricing eliminate traditional "barriers to entry" for mortgage bankers seeking business process improvements on par with the Fortune 500. AppIntell and PCLender Team Up to Expand Direct Access to Fraud Detection Services during the Loan Origination Process St. Louis, MO (July 21, 2004) AppIntell, Inc., the leading provider of data integrity, fraud prevention, risk assessment and mitigation tools for the residential lending industry, today announced its strategic partnership with PCLender, a respected provider of front to back end mortgage technology solutions. This relationship has culminated in the development of a direct interface between AppIntell's DISSCO fraud detection and prevention system and PCLender's In House Mortgage (IHM) loan origination program. As a result, IHM users will be able to quickly and easily submit loans from the loan origination system to AppIntell for fraud analysis. Clients originating mortgage loans using the IHM system are now able to directly export the loan applicant information to the DISSCO system without having to leave the system or re-enter the information. The DISSCO system analyzes the loan applicant information utilizing a wide variety of internal and external databases to identify misinformation. After the analysis is completed, an electronically formatted report is returned containing a single data integrity score based on thousands of data comparisons, along with specific recommendations on how to remedy the problems identified. "We realize most institutions need additional support to verify the accuracy of the loan applicant information they receive," said Lionel Urban, President of PCLender. "Resources to assist lenders with the quick detection of fraud in mortgage loans are quickly becoming a necessity. After much research, we determined that AppIntell offers the most reliable fraud detection technology solution available. Partnering with them was the clear choice, as we are committed to developing vendor relationships that best meet our clients' needs." "While fraud detection solutions can be implemented during many phases of the mortgage loan process, they are most effective at minimizing loss when utilized during loan origination," said Stephen Gott, CEO of AppIntell. "We are very excited to have this opportunity to team up with PCLender to provide their clients with a comprehensive fraud detection solution early in the loan approval process." This new direct user interface resulting from AppIntell and PCLender's strategic alliance will be available to IMH customers by the end of July. Compliance Ease and PCLender Announce Strategic Partnership October 24, 2005, San Francisco & Honolulu - ComplianceEase®, a division of LogicEase Solutions Inc., a premier provider of regulatory compliance and risk management solutions, and PCLender.com, a leading provider of web-based loan origination software, today announced the companies' strategic partnership and seamless integration of ComplianceEase's automated compliance solution, ComplianceAnalyzer™, into PCLender's loan origination system, InHouse Mortgage (IHM). The integration of ComplianceAnalyzer into IHM allows PCLender users to obtain instant reviews of federal, state and local lending laws and regulations, including state license and consumer credit laws, entirely from within PCLender at the point of origination. Benefits include accelerated loan closing, increased loan quality, detailed analysis of loan compliance findings, and fewer complications with lending regulations. "Prior to using the integration to ComplianceAnalyzer from within IHM, users had to first export the file to the template and then import the file to the ComplianceEase website," said Jessica Gilbert, Technical Training for Residential Finance America. "In this process, many of the data fields were lost in translation due to the programming structure which then required users to take multiple steps in order to complete compliance on a file which was then very time consuming and at times frustrating to the user." "Now, with just a few clicks of a mouse, users can run ComplianceAnalyzer successfully without having to ever leave IHM," added Gilbert. "No more importing or exporting and definitely no loss of data between the interface and database. Correcting errors on a report is also much less work since you can immediately go to the trouble spot of your loan in PCLender and make the corrections on the spot." "We are excited at the opportunity to offer our customers ComplianceAnalyzer access through IHM," said Lionel Urban, President of PCLender. "ComplianceEase has been a great partner to work with and their workflow and collaboration features clearly differentiate them from the competition. By partnering with ComplianceEase, we can close the loop for our clients, add value to our business relationship, and make their internal processes even more efficient. We consider this to be a win-win-win situation for all parties involved." ComplianceAnalyzer is recognized as the industry-standard automated compliance solution and is used by a wide variety of mortgage banking institutions. ComplianceAnalyzer utilizes advanced rules-based decisioning technology to review loan data against an exhaustive and updated legal rules library. The solution organizes results of a compliance review into threshold and variance analyses; individual itemizations of points and fees tests; reasoning; calculations; and citations of relevant legislation in an easy-to-read report. PCLender is focused on providing automation solutions to streamline all stages of the mortgage banking process including origination, processing, approval, closing, and delivery of loans to the secondary market. It offers an enterprise class system that is ideal for small to mid-size mortgage lenders, banks and credit unions. PCLender's product suite captures all consumer entry points, thus creating simplified process for the consumer and the lender. Its systems are an all inclusive solution encompassing software, hardware, vendor interfaces, and table/data management to facilitate the implementation process of "Best Business Practices." "We are excited about our partnership with PCLender," said David Girling, executive vice president of ComplianceEase. "With this connectivity, users can seamlessly access our automated compliance solution from within the PCLender environment, via the click of a mouse or as an automatic trigger. This bypasses the integration challenges many lenders face, and enables them to immediately start auditing loans for compliance with ComplianceAnalyzer." About ComplianceEase(R) ComplianceEase, a division of LogicEase Solutions Inc., headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, is a premier provider of intelligent business solutions to the financial services industry. ComplianceEase's web-based platform -- ComplianceAnalyzer -- is the mortgage industry's leading automated compliance solution. The ComplianceEase expert system utilizes advanced reasoning and decisioning technologies as well as natural language processing to power beginning-to-end solutions in a fraction of the time and for a fraction of the cost of traditional approaches, while providing high levels of accuracy and integrity. ComplianceEase's significant and growing client base includes top tier mortgage lenders, banks, and Wall Street firms. Managed by a team of highly experienced and innovative mortgage professionals, the company is funded by the First American Corporation, the WI Harper Group, and the senior management team. For more information about ComplianceEase, visit www.ComplianceEase.com or call 1-866-212-Ease. About PCLender Founded in 1999, PCLender.com Inc. provides hosted software and services to the mortgage banking community. PCLender is focused on delivering low maintenance industry-compliant software solutions to banks, credit unions, and mortgage companies. PCLender empowers lenders to profitably deliver the lowest possible loan rates to consumers by integrating all of the major technology components through the Internet. This streamlines business processes for mortgage lending organizations through cost effective and easy-to-implement tools that provide immediate ROI. For more information about PCLender, visit www.pclender.com or call 1-877-536-6886. ComplianceEase
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