Technology

In California, Platinum Data hired industry veteran Norm Koenig as its new SVP of sales.

The First National Bank of Long Island (FNBLI) is now using Fiserv's Common Origination Platform for its consumer, business, and mortgage lending needs, the companies announced jointly.

One of Title365's founders has been appointed president of Texas State Operations for the company. Vickie Crestani has more than three decades of industry-related experience and has an extensive working knowledge of commercial and residential closing transactions, real estate exchanges, and executive-level management experience.

Mortgage Returns, a St. Louis-based provider of marketing and customer relationship management (CRM) solutions for the mortgage industry, announced the launch of its Business Analysis Reports, an in-depth report offering information on production statistics, marketing return on investment (ROI), customer retention, and loan officer performance.

MortgageDashboard released version 5 of its flagship mortgage software, revealing a new interface designed to be simpler and more intuitive for lenders.

A new tool released Wednesday by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) provides heat maps and illustrative graphs that detail local mortgage market trends.

In Fort Worth, Axios Valuation Solutions now offers a Regulatory Review Program in its suite of services.

Tennessee's Acopia Home Loans announced the publishing of its lending library through AllRegs.

Genworth U.S. Mortgage Insurance (USMI) and the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) announced Tuesday that a redesigned training curriculum for CampusMBA's CRU Specialist Designation will soon be available.

The nation's economy added 169,000 jobs in August as the unemployment rate fell to 7.3 percent, the lowest level since December 2008, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported Friday. Economists had forecast payrolls would grow by 180,000 and that the unemployment rate would remain at July's 7.4 percent.