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Fidelity National Financial expands its digital options to help prevent wire fraud

Housing Wire

Fidelity National Financial , a provider of title insurance and settlement services to the real estate and mortgage industries, is working to prevent wire fraud in today’s growing digital environment. And FNF is now expanding its startSafe offerings by allowing consumers to deposit their earnest money through the portal.

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The tough market mindset: Compete or combine forces?

Housing Wire

Improving the experience there would have ripple effects across the entirety of the industry, not just for brokers and agents, but for the buyers and sellers who work with them too. A transaction is the crux of real estate, the convergence point, where everything and everyone involved comes together for one collective goal.

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Fight Fraud, Don’t Fear it

GeekEstate

Consumers are trusting professionals in the industry to take care of them and the buying and selling of their largest assets, so we have to be prepared for deceit. This is only one story of many that has inspired us to make a change in the money transfer process in the real estate industry. Real estate fraud is terrifying.

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Closinglock Aims to Revolutionize the Transfer of Funds and Information in Real Estate 

Realty Biz

This investment, led by Headline and supported by LiveOak Ventures, RWT Horizons, and GTMfund, advances Closinglock's mission to "revolutionize" the information and funds transmission in the real estate industry. Protected Payments: Accept cash-to-close and earnest money deposits as Good Funds.​

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Creative Ways To Win A Bidding War In A Competitive Market

Easy Agent Pro

By writing a compelling offer letter, including flexible terms and contingencies, and offering a higher earnest money deposit, you can differentiate yourself from other buyers and increase the chances of your offer being accepted. Quick Response and Communication In a competitive real estate market, time is of the essence.

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From Startup to Industry Standard

RIS Media

This includes an automatic earnest money receipt once the buyer authorizes the transaction; a safe and secure digital transaction as each escrow holder in the closed Earnnest system goes through a comprehensive vetting process; and a cost-effective way to complete an earnest money deposit.

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Earnnest Recognized by FinTech Breakthrough Awards Program

RIS Media

. “It’s no secret that real estate transactions can be time-consuming and insecure and Earnest is delivering a breakthrough platform to deliver a beautifully simple process and stellar user experience,” said James Johnson, managing director, FinTech Breakthrough.