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    ACUMA Inside Track webinar, sponsored by FundingShield. Wire & Title Fraud in 2025: Fraudsters & Cyber threats, Proven Defenses, and Why Risk Leaders Must Act Now   Wire & Title Fraud in 2025: Fraudsters & Cyber threats, Proven Defenses, and Why Risk Leaders Must Act Now: Wire & Title fraud is no longer a fringe concern — it’s a growing operational and reputational risk for credit unions and lenders nationwide. In Q1 2025 alone, nearly 47% of real estate transactions showed indicators of wire or title fraud, marking the highest level ever recorded. Fraudsters are leveraging AI-generated documents,
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Mortgage Industry Veteran and Technology Innovator, Karthik Kumar, Joins FundingShield Advisory Board Newport Beach, California, May 29th, 2025: FundingShield is pleased to announce that Karthik Kumar, an internationally recognized leader in mortgage technology and digital transformation, has joined its Advisory Board.    Karthik is a distinguished leader in mortgage lending, financial technology, and digital transformation, bringing decades of expertise in optimizing loan origination, fulfillment, and risk management through cutting-edge solutions.    Karthik Kumar has an extensive background in mortgage lending, tech stack optimization, automation, fintech innovation, and digital transformation. Before establishing LendArch, he served as the Global Mortgage Practice Head
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  FundingShield & OptiFunder enter into an integration agreement providing integrated wire and title fraud prevention solutions to clients NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. –(BUSINESS WIRE)– FundingShield, a market-leading fintech providing plug-and-play solutions to manage risk, compliance, and fraud prevention, has entered into an integration agreement with OptiFunder, the creators of OptiFunder WMS and Greyhound Warehouse Management System whose innovative solutions power automation from mortgage loan funding, through the warehouse and investor delivery process. The integration will further drive ROIs to independent mortgage bank and warehouse lending clients that OptiFunder and FundingShield serve delivering on their common goals of funding process optimization,
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  “Sanitize and Securitize” at the Mortgage Innovators #MIC24 FundingShield‘s CEO Ike Suri participated on the panel “Sanitize and Securitize” at the Mortgage Innovators #MIC24 alongside Anne Marie Pippin, Esq., CGFM (Federal Housing Finance Agency), David Coleman (MISMO), Chris Hilliard (Winnow Solutions, LLC) and led by Chris Joles (Planet Home Lending, LLC). The panel brought lender, regulator, technology, data expertise and solution providers into one forum to discuss reducing risk, increasing asset quality all while cutting costs. Verified data earlier in the mortgage origination and closing process can reduce time and effort from redundant data verification, review and boarding processes
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  FundingShield’s Partnership Demo’s with Corelogic and SitusAMC – Mortgage Innovators 2024 Check out the video below featuring FundingShield’s latest technology and partnerships showcased on stage at the Mortgage Innovators Conference 2024. Corelogic Showcases its consumer downpayment protection solution powered by FundingShield’s real-time, live, expensive ecosystem of vetted closing agents. SitusAMC walks through how Warehouse lenders benefit from integrated wire and payment verification solutions (utilizing FundingShield’s APIs) as part of automated and intelligent workflows.   Presenters: FundingShield Ike Suri (CEO) Adam Chaudhary (President) CoreLogic Steve Kalush (Principal Solutions ) Situs AMC Anthony Beshara (Managing Director, Head of Warehouse Financing and
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  “The Growing Cybersecurity Threat” – FundingShield Panel from Mortgage Innovators 2024 FundingShield’s CEO Ike Suri spoke on the Mortgage Innovators 2024 conference panel “The Growing Threat: Cyber Security Risks in the Mortgage Industry” alongside Chris Hilliard from Winnow Solutions, LLC, Eric Blumberg from Aster Key and led by RWM Home Loans’ Principal and Chief Strategy Officer Susanne Livingston. Securing data in transit, at rest, and among parties during critical interchanges is an important #cybersecuirty topic that will drive further discussion around regulations, digital identity, encryption and verification of data using 1st party data. #innovation from firms like these will
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  Mike Aberle, Mortgage Finance, Banking and Warehouse Lending Leader, joins FundingShield Advisory Board. Newport Beach, California, May 17th, 2024: FundingShield is pleased to announce that Mike Aberle has joined its advisory board. Aberle brings more than 20 years leadership experience in the mortgage industry including various roles in business development and mortgage finance. Aberle spent 20 years at Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) including 13 years as Director of Mortgage Finance for the warehouse division. In addition to relationship management, Aberle served as CFO of the Correspondent Lending and Warehouse Lending Divisions and later as SVP, Credit Risk Executive.
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  John Hedlund, Mortgage Industry Veteran & Operations Leader, Joins FundingShield Advisory Board. Newport Beach, California, April 24, 2024: FundingShield is pleased to announce that – John Hedlund has joined its advisory board. John Hedlund, founder of Adanac Advisory Group (AAG), a boutique advisory and consulting firm, recently retired from AmeriHome Mortgage, a Western Alliance Bank Company where John was Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director. John was one of the original founders (2013) of Amerihome and helped lead the sale to Western Alliance Bank in 2021. AmeriHome quickly grew from inception to become the 2nd largest Correspondent Lender in
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