The National Association of Mortgage Brokers (NAMB) announced that Mutual of Omaha Reverse Wholesale has become the exclusive sponsor of NAMB’s Certified Reverse Mortgage Specialist certification. The partnership is intended to expand access to training for mortgage professionals seeking expertise in the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage program and other reverse mortgage products.
Newrez will deploy ValonOS, an AI-native operating system from Valon Technologies, across its servicing portfolio, according to an announcement from Rithm Capital, which owns the Pennsylvania-based lender and servicer. Newrez will transition to the new platform starting in 2027, with the aim of modernizing servicing operations and reducing costs.
Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp. announced a partnership with the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (NAIFA) to provide mortgage-related education and resources to the association’s members. The collaboration focuses on training NAIFA members to integrate home equity strategies into retirement planning for senior clients.
Rate announced a multiyear collaboration with Alianza, in which the retail lender will become the official mortgage partner for the national grassroots Hispanic soccer program. Spanning the 2026 and 2027 seasons, Rate will provide bilingual homeownership education and financial guidance to attendees at Alianza events across eight U.S. markets.
Click n’ Close has selected the Dara platform from Sagent to manage its loan servicing operations, spanning core, consumer and default servicing. The multiyear agreement replaces legacy systems with Dara’s unified, cloud-native architecture, which Sagent claims is the industry’s first end-to-end platform to synchronize data in real time.
In other Sagent news, the Idaho Housing and Finance Association expanded its partnership to deploy the fintech company’s Dara platform across its entire mortgage servicing operations. The decision follows a four-year evaluation of servicing technologies and the successful implementation of Dara Claims.
For-sale-by-owner platform FSBO.com announced it has been acquired by a newly formed ownership group led by Mike Kortas, CEO of NEXA Lending. The group plans to overhaul the site with AI-driven tools designed to guide consumers through real estate transactions, from contract generation to negotiation.
FICO has partnered with lending software provider MeridianLink to expand access to the FICO Mortgage Direct License Program. The integration will allow participating tri-merge resellers using MeridianLink’s Mortgage Credit Link technology to generate and deliver FICO scores directly to lenders within their existing workflows.
Clear Capital announced it has integrated its AI-driven collateral analyzer, AURA, into the automated service ordering feature within ICE Mortgage Technology’s Encompass platform. The update allows lenders to establish custom rules that automatically trigger AURA to assess appraisal risk within their existing workflows.
Beeline Holdings has entered an agreement with Stellar Innovations to integrate its proprietary quality control solution, BLINKQC, into ICE’s Encompass platform. The partnership will allow lenders using Encompass to trigger BLINKQC’s automated compliance checks directly from their underwriting workflow.
OptifiNow announced an integration with InGenius, a provider of mortgage origination intelligence, to stream broker and loan officer data directly into its customer relationship management platform. The partnership allows wholesale lenders to import detailed profiles of originators licensed with the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System, including funded loan volumes and product mix breakdowns for categories such as non-QM and government loans.
