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Description

Mortgage brokers can enhance their business prospects with the Loansifter PPE, which serves as a portal to a vast array of investors and products. This platform is unique in that it facilitates best execution searches among over 120 wholesale investors, enabling top brokers to maintain their competitive edge while confidently implementing profitable lending strategies. You can quickly access rates within minutes thanks to an easy self-service setup that doesn’t require a demonstration. The Loansifter PPE efficiently determines BESTX™ eligibility and pricing for various financing situations across more than one hundred investors and thousands of offerings in mere seconds. With just one click, users can access a comprehensive pricing grid and guidelines from more than 120 wholesale investors. Additionally, you can save further time by configuring your own default search criteria or connecting directly to your LOS via Calyx Point®. The functionalities offered by the Loansifter PPE greatly enhance operational efficiencies, ensuring that you can consistently quote the most favorable execution. Ultimately, adopting the Loansifter PPE not only streamlines the process but also empowers brokers to meet client needs with confidence and accuracy.

Description

Plaid is a global fintech infrastructure platform that enables businesses and consumers to securely connect to financial data and services. Through APIs that connect to more than 12,000 financial institutions across 20+ countries, Plaid operates the world’s largest open banking data network. By removing the complexity of direct bank integrations, Plaid enables developers, financial institutions, and enterprises to build secure, user-friendly, and conversion-optimized financial products. Plaid powers payments, lending, identity verification, fraud prevention, and personal finance applications. Today, more than 100 million people worldwide, including half of U.S. adults, have relied on Plaid through their connections to over 7,000 apps and services. Plaid supports a wide range of industries and financial workflows, including: Banks & credit unions, Payouts streamline disbursements, and Pay by Bank supports direct consumer-to-business payments for recurring bills, subscriptions, and eCommerce, Mortgages & lending, Government & public sector programs, Property management, Gaming, Crypto & Digital Assets, Business finances, and Wealth Management. Customers include Venmo, Robinhood, Rocket, Carvana, Affirm, Invitation Homes, and many more. Plaid is built with enterprise-grade encryption, continuous monitoring, and regulatory compliance, including PSD2 in Europe and FCA requirements in the UK. Plaid does not hold funds but enables secure data transfer and payment initiation. Plaid provides trusted infrastructure across payments, identity verification, fraud prevention, account connectivity, and open banking. With scale, security, and mobile-first design, Plaid helps businesses create seamless and secure financial experiences for millions of consumers worldwide.

API Access

Has API No 

API Access

Has API Yes 

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Integrations

Adyen No 
Airbyte No 
Calyx Point Yes 
Centrex Software No 
Equals No 
Finix No 
FlowFi No 
Layer No 
Naologic No 
Ocrolus No 
Percent Pledge No 
Q2 No 
Slash No 
Sync No 
Teal No 
Totality No 
Truework No 
VoPay No 
Zillow Rental Manager Yes 
uLawPractice No 

Integrations

Adyen Yes 
Airbyte Yes 
Calyx Point No 
Centrex Software Yes 
Equals Yes 
Finix Yes 
FlowFi Yes 
Layer Yes 
Naologic Yes 
Ocrolus Yes 
Percent Pledge Yes 
Q2 Yes 
Slash Yes 
Sync Yes 
Teal Yes 
Totality Yes 
Truework Yes 
VoPay Yes 
Zillow Rental Manager No 
uLawPractice Yes 

Pricing Details

No price information available.
Free Trial No 
Free Version No 

Pricing Details

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Free Trial No 
Free Version Yes 

Deployment

Web-Based Yes 
On-Premises No 
iPhone App No 
iPad App No 
Android App No 
Windows No 
Mac No 
Linux No 
Chromebook No 

Deployment

Web-Based Yes 
On-Premises No 
iPhone App Yes 
iPad App Yes 
Android App Yes 
Windows Yes 
Mac Yes 
Linux No 
Chromebook No 

Customer Support

Business Hours Yes 
Live Rep (24/7) No 
Online Support No 

Customer Support

Business Hours Yes 
Live Rep (24/7) No 
Online Support No 

Types of Training

Training Docs No 
Webinars No 
Live Training (Online) No 
In Person No 

Types of Training

Training Docs Yes 
Webinars No 
Live Training (Online) No 
In Person Yes 

Vendor Details

Company Name

Optimal Blue

Founded

2002

Country

United States

Website

www2.optimalblue.com/product-and-pricing-for-mortgage-brokers/

Vendor Details

Company Name

Plaid

Founded

2013

Country

United States

Website

plaid.com

Product Features

Loan Servicing

Accounting Management No 
Amortization Schedule No 
Application Management Yes 
Auto Loans Yes 
Automatic Funds Distribution No 
Business Loans Yes 
Collateral Tracking No 
Collections Management No 
Compliance Management Yes 
Construction Loans Yes 
Customer Database Yes 
Fee Management Yes 
Investor Management Yes 
Loan Processing Yes 
Student Loans Yes 

Mortgage and Loans

Amortization Schedule No 
Client Database Yes 
Closing Documents Yes 
Commercial Mortgages No 
Contact Management Yes 
Credit Reporting Yes 
Customer Statements Yes 
Document Management Yes 
Electronic Applications Yes 
Government Loans Yes 
Loan Origination Yes 
Loan Servicing No 
Pipeline Management Yes 
Pre-Qualification Yes 
Refinance Management Yes 
Residential Mortgages Yes 

Product Features

Authentication

Biometric No 
Credential Management No 
Knowledge-Based Authentication No 
Mobile Authentication No 
Multifactor Authentication No 
Out-of-Band Authentication No 
Policy Management No 
Self Service Portal No 
Single Sign On No 
Social Sign On No 

Bank Verification

Plaid provides a comprehensive range of modular products designed to enhance account linking, risk management, and money transfer processes, ensuring that bank payments are more effective and scalable than ever before. The company features a complete lineup of Auth solutions, including instant Auth that covers 95% of U.S. bank accounts and database Auth for extended access. Additionally, Plaid's Identity tool helps confirm account ownership. The Signal platform, focused on payment risk, offers options for real-time balance verification or machine learning-based transaction risk assessments, all accessible via a hosted rules engine with a user-friendly no-code interface for immediate action on risk insights. Transfer, Plaid's versatile payment solution, accommodates various methods such as ACH, RTP, FedNow, and Request for Payment, with integrated risk decision-making through Signal. This all-in-one suite simplifies account connectivity, risk management, and secure money movement.

Banking

ATM Management No 
Compliance Tracking No 
Corporate Banking No 
Credit Card Management Yes 
Credit Union No 
Investment Banking Yes 
Multi-Branch Yes 
Online Banking Yes 
Private Banking No 
Retail Banking No 
Risk Management Yes 
Securities Management No 
Transaction Monitoring Yes 

Financial Reporting

"What If" Scenarios No 
Audit Trail No 
Balance Sheet No 
Cash Management No 
Consolidation / Roll-Up No 
Forecasting No 
General Ledger No 
Income Statements No 
Multi-Company No 
Multi-Department / Project No 
Profit / Loss Statement No 

Financial Risk Management

Compliance Management No 
Credit Risk Management No 
For Hedge Funds No 
Liquidity Analysis No 
Loan Portfolio Management No 
Market Risk Management No 
Operational Risk Management No 
Portfolio Management No 
Portfolio Modeling No 
Risk Analytics Benchmarks No 
Stress Tests No 
Value At Risk Calculation No 

Financial Services

Analytics Yes 
Branch Optimization Yes 
Channel Management Yes 
Compliance Management Yes 
Customer Engagement Yes 
Performance Management No 
Risk Management Yes 

Fraud Detection

Plaid provides an extensive suite of tools designed to verify identities and mitigate fraudulent activities. Its Identity Verification (IDV) feature empowers clients to authenticate their users through various methods, including document verification, liveness checks, and validation against reliable data sources. The Monitor service allows clients to identify if their users appear on government watchlists, employing screening for sanctions, politically exposed persons (PEPs), and other watchlists to ensure compliance with anti-money laundering regulations. Additionally, Plaid Protect serves as an AI-driven fraud detection platform that safeguards the entire user experience—from initial contact to transaction completion. Leveraging a network that connects over a billion devices across more than 7,000 applications, Protect equips businesses with the tools needed to combat complex fraud scenarios, such as account takeover (ATO), first-party fraud, and synthetic identity theft.

Access Security Management No 
Check Fraud Monitoring No 
Custom Fraud Parameters No 
For Banking No 
For Crypto No 
For Insurance Industry No 
For eCommerce No 
Internal Fraud Monitoring No 
Investigator Notes No 
Pattern Recognition No 
Transaction Approval No 

Identity Verification

Plaid provides a robust suite of tools designed to verify identities and minimize fraud risk. Their Identity Verification (IDV) service enables businesses to authenticate users through a combination of document validation, liveness checks, and verification against trusted data sources. Additionally, the Monitor feature assists clients in identifying customers who may appear on government watchlists, incorporating sanction, Politically Exposed Persons (PEP), and watchlist screenings to ensure compliance with anti-money laundering regulations. Moreover, Plaid Protect is an advanced AI-driven fraud intelligence system that aims to identify and prevent fraudulent activities throughout the entire customer journey—from initial engagement to transaction completion. Leveraging Plaid’s extensive network of over a billion device connections across more than 7,000 applications, Protect empowers businesses to combat serious fraud challenges, including account takeover (ATO) incidents, first-party fraud, and synthetic identity theft.

Loan Servicing

The Plaid Consumer Report equips lenders with FCRA-compliant cash flow information, delivering valuable insights into income, asset verification, and up-to-the-minute account activity to facilitate more assured decision-making. By utilizing Plaid’s distinctive network insights, lenders acquire a comprehensive understanding of a borrower's financial health that can be applied across the entire lending process. Featuring a market-ready risk assessment tool - Plaid LendScore - financial organizations can enhance their underwriting precision, approve more suitable applicants, and minimize losses through informed, data-centric evaluations.

Accounting Management No 
Amortization Schedule No 
Application Management No 
Auto Loans No 
Automatic Funds Distribution No 
Business Loans No 
Collateral Tracking No 
Collections Management No 
Compliance Management No 
Construction Loans No 
Customer Database No 
Fee Management No 
Investor Management No 
Loan Processing No 
Student Loans No 

Mobile Banking

Bill Payment No 
Biometric No 
Cash Management No 
Chat / Messaging No 
Cross Selling Functionality No 
Digital Wallet No 
P2P Payments No 
Remote Deposit No 
SMS Banking No 
Transaction Monitoring No 
Voice Banking No 

Online Banking

Brokerage No 
Cash Management Yes 
Chat / Messaging No 
Credit Card Management No 
Electronic Statements No 
Fraud Detection Yes 
Loan Management Yes 
Marketing Automation No 
Retail Banking Yes 
Single Sign On Yes 
Transaction Monitoring Yes 

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