Episodes

Summary In this episode of FinTech Fridays, Brian Vieaux talks with Jeff Walton, the CEO of InGenius, a data analytics platform for recruiting mortgage loan officers and prospecting for realtors. They discuss the importance of the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) and how it is now relevant to non-depository lenders. They also explore the business opportunities in underserved communities and the profitability of originating loans in these markets. Jeff explains how InGenius provides data on loan ...

SummaryIn this episode, Brian Vieaux interviews Michael Neef, the CEO and founder of Pre-Approve Me app, to discuss the influence of technology on the mortgage industry. They explore the importance of consumer engagement and staying relevant in a changing landscape. Michael emphasizes the need for mortgage companies and loan officers to meet customers where they are, leveraging technology to provide value and answer their questions. They also discuss the role of technology in maintaining consum...

Summary In this episode of FinTech Fridays, Brian Vieaux interviews Amit Ghole, the founder and CEO of Inflooens. They discuss how Inflooens fits into the lender's tech stack, the challenges of implementing new technology, and the importance of relationship-based experiences in the mortgage industry. Amit shares how Inflooens aims to reduce tech spend by consolidating systems and providing a unified infrastructure. They also explore the role of loan officers and the potential for AI to enhance t...

Summary In this episode, Brian Vieaux interviews Spencer Dusebout, the founder and CEO of Aidium, a solutions provider to the mortgage industry. They discuss Aidium's products and philosophy of helping customers provide a best-in-class experience to their clients. Spencer shares his entrepreneurial journey and the inspiration behind starting Aidium. They also explore the importance of engaging first-time home buyers and nurturing prospective home buyers in a challenging market. The conversation ...

On today’s Fintech Fridays #podcast, Brian Vieaux is joinedby David Maland, Chief Marketing Officer at Noteflow, Inc., to discuss mortgage servicing. Tune in to this insightful podcast episode for a deep dive into the innovative technologies and workflow processes used in managing performing and non-performing non-QM loansfor asset managers, investors, mortgage lenders and servicers. 🎧 Listen now 👉 #mortgage #mortgageservicing #mortgagetechnology https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-maland-85b8a0...

On today’s Fintech Fridays #podcast, Brian Vieaux is joinedby Branden Cobb, a Fractional Chief Marketing Officer with MarketingExec.us.Branden shares how real estate and mortgage companies that are growing or haverecently downsized can leverage the services of a fractional CMO to gainstrategic perspectives on rebranding, market expansion, and demand generationwithout the overheads of a full-time permanent CMO. Branden delves into actionable tactics for real estateagents and mortgage compan...

On today’s monumental 100th episode of the Fintech Fridays #podcast 🎙️ Brian Vieaux is joined by Ginger Bell, the Founder and CEO of Edumarketing. 📣Listen to this insightful discussion for practical tips on using #AI and getting started on social media, video marketing and podcasting to build relationships that lead to more customers for your mortgage or real estate business. 🎧 Check out Mortgage Influencers for more insightful podcasts from Ginger, plus Scott Schang and Steve Richman 👉 https://...

On today's Fintech Fridays #podcast 🎙️Brian Vieaux talks with Katherine Campbell, Founder of Leopard Job, and Kyle Draper, CEO of KyleDraper.com and Creator of Content Compounding, about Kyle's game-changing book, "Rethink Everything You Know About Social Media." 📚 This is an absolute must-read for every next gen loan officer who is looking to attract, educate, and engage with next gen homebuyers. 🚀 You'll gain valuable insights on why it's time to shift your focus away from simply amassing foll...

Interested to know how your mortgage company stacks up against the competition? On today’s Fintech Fridays podcast 🎙️ Brian Vieaux is joined by Rutger van Faassen, Head of Market Strategy with Curinos. Discover the secrets to success as Rutger unveils how mortgage lenders, banks and credit unions can effectively acquire and analyze competitive intelligence. This episode dives deep into benchmarking your company based on critical factors like cycle time, application and locks pull-through rates, ...

Want to learn how to take a 10 minute video recording and get a month’s work of video content for your social media?On today’s Fintech Fridays podcast 🎙️ Brian Vieaux is joined by Ben Treadway, Head of Sales for SocialCoach, which helps mortgage loan officers automate their social media presence. They share tips for using your mortgage experience to create social videos that get attention, attract the next generation of homebuyers, build your network, and strengthen the relationships with your...

Want to optimize your lead management? On today’s Fintech Fridays podcast 🎙️ Brian Vieaux is joined by Scott Payne, Chief Product Officer of Shape Software. Drawing on his experience as a mortgage originator, Scott explains the benefits of the lead management platform that he developed for companies, including mortgage lenders, to efficiently manage leads they’ve obtained from multiple sources, whether they’ve been obtained organically, acquired or reactivated past customers, to improve conversi...

On today’s Fintech Fridays podcast 🎙️ Brian Vieaux is joined by Anthony Balsamo, Co-Founder of Vonk Digital, a website platform specifically for the mortgage industry built on top of WordPress. Anthony shares how the company has helped individual loan officers, mortgage brokers, small teams, and companies establish an online presence, generate traffic to their website, optimize conversion, and attract the next generation of tech-savvy homebuyers to your business. Learn more about the Pre-Framing...

Are you interested in making your loan processing more efficient? On today’s Fintech Fridays podcast 🎙️ Brian Vieaux is joined by Steve Sigaty, Enterprise Sales Expert with The Lender Toolkit. Steve explains how the platform provides training and tools, including 42 different plugins to power up your Encompass® mortgage software to streamline your loan processing and efficiently scale your business by automating repetitive processes so your loan officers and Ops team can focus onwhat they do be...

Would you like to learn about a personally proven home buying strategy that can change the game for your aspiring homeowners? 🏡 On today’s Fintech Fridays podcast 🎙️ Brian Vieaux is joined by Ryan Cotter, Divisional Leader with The Mortgage Corp, who shares how he is bringing actionable strategies to underserved markets in #Chicagoland who would otherwise not have the opportunities to build wealth through homeownership. Ryan shares the details of his 4-3-2-1 home hack strategy that you can take ...

On today’s Fintech Fridays podcast, Brian Vieaux is joined by Wendell Couch, Southeast Regional Manager and Parker Couch, Producing Branch anager with American Financial Network, to share their old-school lessons and new-generation tactics for attracting, engaging and converting prospective homebuyers. One of Parker’s tactics is financial education videos thatyou can check out on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@parkercouchloans #mortgagemarketing #mortgagetechnology #socialmediamarketing#bui...

Prepare for the Future of Mortgage Lending: How changing to VantageScore 4.0, FICO 10T & Bi-Merge will benefit mortgage lenders and consumers. This episode will help mortgage lenders and originators understand how credit risk will be assessed in the future and be prepared to explain the changes to their borrowers. #mortgagelending #mortgage #futureofcreditscoring #fico #vantagescore #creditscoring #creditscores #riskmanagement #homelending

On today's Fintech Fridays podcast, Brian Vieaux catches up with Fobby Naghmi, SVP with Homecomings Mortgage & Equity, who provides us with a preview of the new relationship-building CRM tool called Simpl, that he's been developing to streamline the recruiting process for multi-tasking producing managers. Listen to Fobby's own podcast, Laugh, Lend and Eat: https://laughlendandeat.com/ #mortgagetechnology #mortgagerecruiting#relationshipbuilding #loanofficers #mortgageoriginators https://www.lin...

Brian talks with Alex Levi

On today’s Fintech Fridays podcast, Brian Vieaux engages in a candid conversation about the state of the mortgage industry with Scott Groves, a successful Producing Branch Manager and in-house coach with Synergy One Lending. For the past 8 years, Scott has drawn on his wealth of experience to serve as a personal coach for loan officers and a compelling motivational speaker through his company, Consolidated Coaching. To help elevate your business to new heights, Scott shares the winning tactics t...

On this Fintech Friday’s podcast, Brian Vieaux talks with Eric Levin, EVP of Client Development with Model Match, a talent management software and relationship development and management platform for the financial services industry. Mortgage lenders can use the Model Match data platform toidentify mortgage originators, operations, and marketing talent they want to build relationships with to scale their business. Loan officers can also use the software’s MLS research to identify real estate age...

On today’s Fintech Fridays podcast, Brian Vieaux talks about real estate technology with Steve Gaenzler, SVP, Products, Data & Analytics at Radian, homegenius Real Estate, which leverages data science to create opportunities for consumers, agents, lenders, investors, and other participants in the real estate process to search, evaluate and transact residential properties.Steve shares how homegenius uses AI vision technology to increase personalization for consumers and investors. Consumers and...

On today’s Fintech Fridays podcast, Brian Vieaux talks about social media marketing with Greg Sher, Managing Director of NFM Lending and Co-creator of NFM’s Influencer Division. Greg shares how his team of Influencer loan officers used their personal brand to attract 65,000 people in 24 months and drive their realtor relationships by consistently posting on social media. He discusses the importance of having a strategy to turn leads into loans and nurture consumers for 6, 12, 24+ months until th...

On today’s Fintech Fridays podcast, Brian Vieaux talks with James Duncan, Director of Marketing with Thrive Mortgage, about connecting with Gen Z and Millennial first-time homebuyers on social media. They discuss consumer behavior trends and tactics to start using your authentic brand to consistently create engaging educational content that provides value to future homebuyers. #MortgageMarketing #FinancialEducation #SocialMedia #BuildYourDatabase

Student loan debt has become a major obstacle for many young individuals and families who dream of owning a home, with a staggering 61% of non-homeowning millennials saying that student loan repayments are delaying their ability to buy a home.As we approach the dates when student loan interest resumes (Sept 1) and payments will re-start (Oct), coupled with high mortgage rates and soaring home prices, it is evident that the impact on the mortgage and housing markets will be significant without a ...