Monthly Archives March 2020

  The response to the novel Coronavirus in the mortgage industry has been justifiably rushed. Unfortunately, as lenders move quickly to ensure business continuity by moving to work from home (WFH) environments, vulnerability to bad actors has been amplified like never before. Wire fraud and regulatory compliance violations have risen by an additional 62% within the last 10 business days alone. It is crucial to take the necessary steps to prevent wire and title fraud with FundingShield’s fintech solutions- now more than ever. During this volatile time, leveraging an API driven digital strategy is paramount to success. FundingShield’s partnership with
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FundingShield is a fintech firm offering plug-and-play, scalable, cloud-based risk, compliance and fraud technology solutions to protect the mortgage, real estate, title, and legal industries from wire fraud, social engineering attempts, injection attacks and regulatory and compliance risk with third parties. Using its customized APIs, FundingShield provides actionable transaction-level intelligence. The company emphasizes clear communication and uses a binary pass/fail intelligence. $6 billion closings halted by clients or redirected More than $530 billion closing value monitored $90 billion flagged for closing deficiency or inconsistency
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By Sabrina Park Ike Suri and Adam Chaudhary of fintech firm, FundingShield, talk wire and title fraud prevention in the mortgage industryÔÇöa new target for hackers with sophisticated technology designed to sidestep internal fraud controls. Less than 6 months ago, we were having a conversation with a reverse mortgage lender who had personally experienced a fraudulent attack on a $200,000 wire transfer. The lost funds were never recovered. When you get right down to it, law enforcement can’t keep up with the rapid pace at which internet crime is rising. And with fraudulent reports increasing by 1,100%, the FBI has
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