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RSS mortgageIntuit buys bricks-and-mortar mortgage lender
News Financial software company, Intuit, has announced plans to buy US mortgage lender, Rock Financial for $370m. The deal is due to close in December, but Intuit will continue to promote third-party mortgage... [11 Oct 1999]
Egg offers first virtual mortgage
News The Prudential's online banking arm, Egg, looks set to be the first mortgage lender to process entire applications online. But it has commissioned decision-making software from Marlborough Stirling to process... [15 Jul 1999]
Pensions advisor develops online customer support
News Mortgage, pensions and insurance advisor, John Charcol, has added a PhoneMe button to its Web site to allow customers with specific enquiries or needing personalised advice to speak to an agent. It will put all customer... [30 Jun 1999]
Equifax to utilise authorisation database for ecommerce
News He told Silicon.com: "Consumers who want to secure a mortgage or a personal loan have to give consent for Equifax to use their data for credit decisions, fraud prevention and debt tracing. Credit rating agency, Equifax,... [11 Jun 1999]
Redwood dismisses euro mortgages
News His opinion goes against the forecasts made by financial institutions offering euro-mortgage products. Redwood told Silicon.com: "Given that we are not currently planning to join the single currency, it is very difficult... [14 May 1999]
MoneyWorld boosts search facility
News Muscat's linguistic inference technology allows visitors to search on a simple definition of the area they are interested in - for example, mortgage rates - and then matches these concepts with probabilistic modelling... [28 Apr 1999]
Online health insurance gets cash boost
News Internet brokers in other industry sectors, such as mortgage provision and travel agencies have proved successful and the investors expect eHealthInsurance.com - founded in 1997 - to follow suit. US-based... [27 Apr 1999]
ICL and Nomura call off asset talks
News Several Nomura mortgage finance executives left its property finance subsidiary, Capital Company of America, after it announced a half-yearly loss in September of $275m. Talks between ICL and Nomura have been called off... [23 Nov 1998]
UK laws to pave way for electronic land-buying
News Ian Holbrook, mortgage manager, administration and collections at Stroud & Swindon, claimed the system makes the register much more efficient, with the turnaround time for dispatches being reduced from seven days to... [02 Sep 1998]
In brief: Energis provides network for Northern Rock
News National Grid subsidiary Energis has won a contract with Northern Rock to provide a WAN link between the mortgage lender's 135 sites. The project will begin in August and is scheduled for completion by the end of the year. [31 Jul 1998]
In brief: AT&T picks up $40m communications contract
News The US telco will improve internal and external communications networks to the mortgage lender's business and consumer customers. In brief: AT&T picks up £40m communications contract Countrywide Home Loans has awarded a... [17 Jul 1998]
