HeyJaredFintech Hunting
The podcast host will be Michael Hammond JD, CMT, keynote speaker, author and founder of NexLevel Advisors.
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AI Is Coming for Mortgage. But Are Lenders Automating the Wrong Things? (opens the original)
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Everyone in mortgage is talking about AI. But what happens when you put powerful AI on top of a broken process? You don’t necessarily create transformation. You may just make the problem faster. In this episode of the FinTech Hunting Podcast , Michael Hammond sits down with Ruth Lee and Eric Kujala of ICE Mortgage Technology for a candid conversation about artificial intelligence, automation, mortgage technology, operational efficiency, and what real transformation in lending actually requires.
Fewer Touches. Faster Underwriting. More Capacity. | Naren Krishna, Balerion AI (opens the original)
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What if lenders could identify issues before a loan ever reaches underwriting—and give underwriters more time to focus on the decisions that actually require their expertise? That’s the opportunity Naren Krishna and the team at Balerion AI are bringing to the mortgage industry. In this episode of the FinTech Hunting Podcast, Michael Hammond sits down with Naren, CEO and Co-Founder of Balerion AI, for a fascinating look at how purpose-built AI is changing mortgage manufacturing—not by removing th
Fewer Touches. Faster Underwriting. More Capacity. | Naren Krishna, Balerion AI (opens the original)
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What if lenders could identify issues before a loan ever reaches underwriting —and give underwriters more time to focus on the decisions that actually require their expertise? That’s the opportunity Naren Krishna and the team at Balerion AI are bringing to the mortgage industry. In this episode of the FinTech Hunting Podcast , Michael Hammond sits down with Naren, CEO and Co-Founder of Balerion AI, for a fascinating look at how purpose-built AI is changing mortgage manufacturing—not by removing
You Bought the AI. So Where’s the ROI? | The Mortgage AI Adoption Problem (opens the original)
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ou bought the AI. You implemented the technology. So why isn’t the ROI showing up? In this episode of The FinTech Hunting Podcast , Michael Hammond sits down with Suha Beidas Zehl, CMB, CEO of Z Technologies , for a candid conversation about one of the biggest challenges facing mortgage and financial services leaders today: turning AI investment into actual business results. The technology may no longer be the biggest obstacle. Adoption, leadership, data, governance, and organizational readiness
MISMO’s Warning: Mortgage AI Can’t Go Ungoverned (opens the original)
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Mortgage AI is already inside lender workflows, vendor platforms and employee tools. But if a regulator, investor or business partner asked where AI is being used, who owns the risk and how those decisions are governed—could your organization provide a clear answer? In this episode of the FinTech Hunting Podcast, Michael Hammond sits down with Brian Vieaux, President of MISMO, to examine the growing gap between AI adoption and responsible AI governance in the mortgage industry. They discuss: Why
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