W.R. Starkey Mortgage is now using Black Knight Financial Services' Empower loan origination system (LOS) to support its retail banking operations.
Additionally, the lender is using Black Knight's SalesEdge solution that integrates both lead management and customer relationship management (CRM) capabilities in a single solution.
‘We were looking for a comprehensive LOS that would offer greater scalability to accommodate our growth strategy,’ says Jim Clapp, president of Starkey Mortgage, in a release. ‘With its proven success and continuous updates to support regulatory requirements, we felt the Empower system was the right choice to help us expand our originations operations.’
Using Empower's robust, task-based workflow orchestration engine to automate the various processes involved in originating a loan, Starkey Mortgage expects to increase staff productivity and decrease risk by minimizing the number of manual processes.
Empower, which is available as both an ASP- and lender-hosted loan origination and Web portal solution, supports retail, wholesale and consumer direct channels and helps lenders electronically capture, process and close loans, Black Knight reports.
SalesEdge, meanwhile, offers lead management capabilities that help lenders manage high volumes of incoming leads from various online and direct marketing efforts. Using the solution's configurable workflow and rules engine, lenders can control how leads are distributed and assigned.
In addition, SalesEdge's CRM functionality gives lenders the ability to develop and manage their long-term referral sources, classify partners by productivity levels or business type, and monitor the status of any referred lead, as well as create and schedule marketing campaigns.