Accenture Acquires BeesPath’s ClosingBridge Platform
April 18, 2017
Accenture has extended the capabilities of its Mortgage Cadence subsidiary with the acquisition of BeesPath Inc.’s ClosingBridge platform, which facilitates communications and file exchange for real estate finance transactions.
The ClosingBridge platform will be provided under the Mortgage Cadence product suite and will be branded as Collaboration Center. In its first phase, the platform—which manages the communications between borrowers, co-borrowers, real estate agents, sellers, attorneys, lending staff, title agents and settlement agents on mortgage transactions—will be offered as a standalone product. In subsequent releases, Collaboration Center will be incorporated into Mortgage Cadence’s existing product portfolio.
Todd Hougaard, president of BeesPath, will join the Mortgage Cadence team to help speed the integration and to spearhead product advancement going forward.
“Taking an innovative approach to a long-standing challenge in mortgage – unsecure communications involving borrower data and information—BeesPath has created an elegant, all-digital solution that securely connects all parties involved in the closing process,” said Michael Detwiler, Mortgage Cadence’s chief executive officer. “ClosingBridge is another strategic addition to our forward-looking Mortgage Cadence platform.”
Founded in 2004, BeesPath provides web-based tools designed to bring all the people, workflow and information related to a loan transaction into one secure place, facilitating the efficient closing of loans by enabling easy communication, delivery, sharing and tracking of all loan details. BeesPath developed and released the ClosingBridge platform in 2015 to facilitate data exchange for real estate finance transactions.
“Thanks to this exciting acquisition, our lenders will be able to provide their borrowers with the peace of mind that all collaboration regarding their transaction is being handled swiftly and securely for better compliance, efficiency and structured communication between all parties,” said Trevor Gauthier, Mortgage Cadence’s president and chief operating officer. “In addition to accelerating our digital strategy, this asset acquisition puts more functionality into our clients’ hands sooner, enabling them to close loans more quickly while having the assurance that the loan communications are secure.”
Since the TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure (TRID) Rule took effect in October 2015, the added time needed to ensure the borrower has its closing disclosures within three business days of closing has created new pressure for lenders, title agents, and settlement agents. The acquisition of BeesPath’s ClosingBridge platform brings an immediate solution to the Mortgage Cadence product suite to help address the need for these parties to securely communicate, share documents and transfer data.
“Collaboration Center is highly complementary with Mortgage Cadence’s successful loan origination technology suite, and Mortgage Cadence is the company best positioned to get this into the hands of lenders and title agents, who will benefit tremendously from this solution,” Hougaard said.
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