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🍂 The Blend team wishes you a very Happy Thanksgiving! Enjoy a day of well-deserved rest and time with your loved ones. #Thanksgiving2025

Is your application process still asking customers for data you already have? The expectation has shifted. Asking a borrower for their loan balance when you service their loan isn't just frustrating, it’s a signal that can halt the application process. U.S. Bank's VP, Senior Product Manager, Christopher Saak, discusses how this shift is transforming digital banking experiences in this clip from #BlendForum2025. 👉 Ready to meet the new customer expectation and deliver applications borrowers can breeze through? Discover how the Blend Consumer Banking Suite leverages your existing customer data for smart autofill, instant approvals, and personalized offers that increase product adoption. https://lnkd.in/ejEiTPRR #ConsumerBanking #DigitalLending

See how the integrated strength of Blend and Alloy helps you secure rapid approvals while reducing manual review time. We'll show you how to automate real-time KYC/AML checks and cut costly operational overhead. Scale volume, contain fraud risk. Register for our joint webinar on Dec. 4th featuring Blend's John Jacobs and Alloy's Sara Seguin.

🔑 The key to your next stage of revenue growth isn't more leads, it's optimizing the demand you already have. According to executives at one of our #BlendForum2025 roundtables, up to 83% of borrower fallout happens before a single field of the application is even completed. That is the true performance gap. We compiled the strategies that banks and lenders are deploying right now to plug this top-of-funnel leak. They are converting existing demand into real revenue through strategies such as smarter channel orchestration and strategic verification. ➡️ Ready to build your Growth Engine 2.0? Read the full post: https://hubs.ly/Q03VQhTR0

If you're struggling to keep up with market changes, you're not alone. Blend’s Product Marketing Lead, Sara Maaske, explores why: the disparate nature of technology solutions creates data silos and tech debt, making it "really, really challenging" to operate quickly. 🎙️ Hear the full podcast with American Banker and learn how to simplify your tech stack and accelerate growth with Blend: https://lnkd.in/ervg-VpJ

It can be expensive and slow to originate a loan, and bolt-on AI tools only create more alerts and handoffs. The industry doesn't just need technology; it needs a new operating model that reduces cost and speeds up decisions in real time. Hear our Head of Product, Technology and Customer Operations, Srinivasan Venkatramani, on the American Bankers Association podcast explain how Blend's Intelligent Origination is changing this by building AI into the lending process itself. Not an afterthought, not a separate product. https://hubs.ly/Q03Vn_XR0 If you're ready for real-time speed and structural cost advantage, explore Intelligent Origination: https://hubs.ly/Q03Vp45b0 🚀 #AI #DigitalOrigination

What if your online and branch channels worked in harmony? That was the driver behind each conversation we had at Future Branches Austin. Highlights from the week: • Blend's Sara Maaske and California Credit Union's Jason Pugh leading an engaging session on modernizing digital origination • Showcasing live demos on how our single, intuitive platform simplifies online and in-branch banking experiences Thank you to everyone who stopped by! If you missed us, see how the Blend Platform can power every channel across mortgage, consumer lending, and deposit account opening: https://lnkd.in/ejNNWJ8n ⚙️

The true financial liability of loan quality control is the operational exposure of relying on a slow, reactive audit. Blend is helping lenders make the critical shift to intelligent, proactive, data-driven QC. In a recent demo with HousingWire, Blend's Sherry Yu breaks down the strategic move to mitigate this risk, and how your QC team can gain a strategic advantage over the process. Watch the full video to see how Intelligent Quality Control can help you identify and resolve high-risk issues before loan funding: https://hubs.ly/Q03VfKTS0

For decades, customer loyalty in banking was protected by inertia: the friction of switching accounts, refinancing, or moving money. That protective buffer is dissolving. Agentic AI will accelerate competition and move money at software speed, forcing banks and lenders to earn loyalty through superior execution. At #BlendForum2025, Tom Brown of Second Curve Capital shared how this shift is redefining deposit stickiness and loan retention, and what it means for your strategy. 💡 Read the full insight: https://hubs.ly/Q03T_hFM0 #AI #Banking

We are thrilled to recognize another group of employees who were spotlighted at this month's all-hands for their incredible impact across the company. 🎉 Please join us in celebrating our recipients for November: • Akhil Jalla, Senior Software Engineer & Donovan Hamrick, IT Manager: Both recognized for “Be A Dream Team.” Akhil was a key force behind intelligent Origination, helping bring AI-driven insights into our lending products. Donovan led the successful rollout of GleanAI, significantly enabling automation and operational efficiency company-wide. • David Andrews, Strategic Account Executive: Recognized for “Create Long-Term Customer Value,” David not only brought in new clients and expanded existing relationships, but also worked closely with customers from sale through launch, driving successful implementation. • Jacelyn Kuo, Product Compliance Manager: Recognized for “Act with Urgency,” Jacelyn consistently provides clear, practical guidance on product and regulatory questions, often on short timelines, while always keeping customer relationships front and center. Thank you for your commitment to excellence and for inspiring us all. Your dedication is building a better future for Blend and our customers! 👏 #BlendKind