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Virginia Credit Union (VACU), a $7B credit union with over 500,000 members, has expanded its partnership with Blend to implement their full Consumer Banking suite. Following four years of successful mortgage collaboration, VACU has now integrated Blend's unified digital application system for deposit accounts, credit cards, and consumer loans.

The implementation has yielded significant improvements in member experience metrics:

• 70% of member debit cards are funded upon account creation
• Member support satisfaction increased from 70% to 90%
• Process completion satisfaction improved from 77% to 83%

Frank Macrina, Senior Vice President of Products & Channels at VACU, highlighted that Blend's platform has enabled them to break free from siloed applications and create a comprehensive digital ecosystem. The partnership leverages Blend's flexible platform with pre-built core integrations and partner network, allowing VACU to customize its approach and maintain competitiveness.

Blend Labs (NYSE: BLND) has announced a strategic partnership with Prove Identity to enhance digital banking solutions through direct integration of Prove Pre-Fill® into Blend's Consumer Banking platform. The integration aims to streamline deposit account, credit card, and consumer loan applications.

The partnership offers key benefits including:

• Nearly 80% faster customer onboarding and verification
• Automated pre-population of application forms with verified identity information
• Reduced manual data entry and form abandonment
• Enhanced fraud prevention through mobile device authentication
• Improved data accuracy and security measures

The collaboration strengthens Blend's partner ecosystem, enabling financial institutions to deploy lending and deposit account opening solutions more efficiently while maintaining high security standards.

Blend Labs (NYSE: BLND) announces a significant milestone as seven of the top ten U.S. credit unions now utilize its platform. In 2024, financial institutions processed nearly $1.2 trillion in loan applications through Blend's platform.

The company's unified platform offers digital solutions for loan origination, account opening, and consumer onboarding, including a Mortgage Suite and Consumer Banking Suite. Success stories include:

• Langley Federal Credit Union ($5.3B in assets) achieved 37% increase in digital deposit account openings
• Baxter Credit Union ($6B in assets) saw conversion rates increase from 40% to 60%
• Randolph-Brooks Federal Credit Union experienced 12% increase in submitted applications within first month

Blend's platform features AI-powered automation, omnichannel experience, pre-approval capabilities, and regulatory compliance expertise, positioning it as a leading infrastructure provider for the future of banking.

Leader Bank, a Massachusetts-based community bank with over $4 billion in assets, has expanded its partnership with Blend, making it their primary technology partner for digital banking solutions. The partnership establishes Blend as Leader Bank's single origination platform across digital and retail channels.

The collaboration aims to streamline lending operations through key features:

• Automated follow-ups and document synchronization between loan systems
• Enhanced co-borrower experience with Asset Connectivity feature
• Simplified loan processing with LO Toolkit for complex scenarios
• Direct integration with financial institutions for asset statements meeting Fannie Mae's Day 1 Certainty and Freddie Mac's AIM requirements

This strategic move supports Leader Bank's national growth strategy while focusing on delivering seamless, personalized lending experiences.

Blend Labs (NYSE: BLND) has announced a strategic partnership with Talk'uments to expand its multilingual mortgage solutions. The integration enables lenders to provide mortgage documents, disclosures, and communications in multiple languages through Blend's digital banking platform.

The partnership aims to enhance mortgage accessibility and streamline the lending process for diverse borrower communities. By incorporating Talk'uments' language support capabilities into Blend's mortgage technology suite, financial institutions can deliver more inclusive lending experiences while improving operational efficiency and compliance.

The collaboration focuses on removing language barriers in the mortgage journey, enabling clearer communication between lenders and borrowers from different linguistic backgrounds.

Blend Labs (NYSE: BLND) reported strong Q4 2024 results with total revenue increasing 15% year-over-year to $41.4 million. The company achieved non-GAAP income from operations of $5.2 million, marking its most profitable quarter yet.

Key highlights include:

• Consumer Banking Suite revenue grew 48% YoY to $9.5 million
• Mortgage Suite revenue increased 6% to $18.2 million
• GAAP loss from operations improved to $1.8 million vs $21.9 million in Q4 2023
• Non-GAAP operating margin reached 13%

The company welcomed several new customers, including PHH Mortgage and a top 10 U.S. bank. For full year 2024, total revenue was $162.0 million, with Consumer Banking Suite revenue growing 42% to $33.7 million. The company ended 2024 with $105.8 million in cash and no outstanding debt.

Blend Labs (BLND) and Truework have announced a strategic partnership to integrate income and employment verification solutions across home lending and consumer banking platforms. The collaboration aims to streamline lending processes by embedding Truework's verification service directly into Blend's borrower and loan officer experience.

The integrated solution provides comprehensive verification capabilities with 75% completion rate, enabling faster borrower approvals and broader income and employment coverage. The system automatically pulls income and employment data from multiple sources based on borrower inputs, populating the application with fully vetted income reports.

Blend customers can submit income and employment reports to Freddie Mac's Loan Product Advisor® (LPA®) and Fannie Mae's Desktop Underwriter (DU) for representation and warranty relief assessment. The partnership addresses market challenges by reducing costs and improving operational efficiency across mortgages, deposits, and consumer loans.

Blend Labs (NYSE: BLND) has launched Rapid Home Lending, a new software suite designed to transform refinance and home equity lending. The solution aims to help lenders achieve up to 1.5x higher pull-through rates and reduce closing time by over 50%.

The platform addresses current market challenges where homeowners have an average of $315,000 in tappable equity, with 24% of mortgage holders paying interest rates of 5% or higher. The solution features seamless data connectivity, personalized offers, and automated workflows on a single integrated platform for both refinance and home equity products.

Early results show the traditional 30-45 day home equity process has been reduced to 5-10 days, with over 60% of borrowers utilizing in-workflow debt consolidation. The first refinance types available include conventional cash-out and FHA Streamline, with VA IRRRL and conventional rate/term refinances planned for release in H1 2025.

Blend Labs has joined the Jack Henry™ Vendor Integration Program (VIP), enabling integration of Blend's digital platform with SilverLake System® and Symitar® core banking systems. The partnership provides Blend direct access to Jack Henry's technical resources and testing environments.

The integration works through jXchange™ for banks and SymXchange™ for credit unions, maintaining data integrity through a managed service layer. This collaboration aims to streamline deployment of Blend's solution for lenders using these core systems, allowing financial institutions to modernize their deposit account opening operations more rapidly.

The integration enables banks and credit unions to leverage data for personalizing applicant journeys and improving operational efficiency. According to Srini Venkatramani, Head of Product, Technology, and Client Operations at Blend, this partnership demonstrates their commitment to developing proven integrations for seamless banking operations.