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Volume 15 - Number 5

March 4, 2011

Servicers in Crisis Reluctantly Embrace Technology

The mortgage servicing industry – overwhelmed by the tidal wave of foreclosures and under intense scrutiny by lawmakers and regulators – is for the most part investing more in automation tools to find solutions that will help them survive in the new business environment, report tech vendors. The consensus forming...

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