Blend

Bringing simplicity and transparency to financial services. At Blend, we’re dedicated to improving customer experience across consumer banking and lending.

Customers include some of the largest banks and credit unions in the U.S., as well as leading mortgage servicers and home builders. We partner with banks and lenders to power frictionless, compliant, and more accessible lending— starting with mortgages. We’re motivated by the fact that our product won’t just affect the lives of a few people in the Bay Area— it affects people all over America. Foun

ded in 2012 by a group of former Palantir engineers, Blend is publicly traded as BLND. Reach out at [email protected].

05/29/2026

The "friction tax" is the invisible cost institutions pay each time a consumer hits unnecessary complexity. On their own, each friction point can seem minor, but they compound across every product line and every interaction.

In this clip from our recent Consumer Bankers Association webinar, Sara Maaske breaks down where the friction tax lives and what it's actually costing you.

Watch the full webinar 👇

https://hubs.ly/Q04jlML90

05/27/2026

Most lending data lives behind a ticket queue. Someone asks a question, a request gets filed, and the answer arrives two weeks later when the question has already changed.

The Blend Intelligent Analytics Agent changes that. 📈 Ask a question about your business data or how Autopilot is performing on your loans, and get an answer in seconds. Dashboards build themselves, and proactive notifications fire with context on what happened and which segments are affected the moment a metric crosses your threshold.

Week 12 also brings four new self-serve capability toggles in the Lending Config Center and VA/FHA guideline support that's now fully production-grade.

Full breakdown here 👉 https://hubs.ly/Q04j3BY70

05/26/2026

The future of homeownership is increasingly diverse. Are you leaving prospective buyers behind?

For many lenders, the mortgage industry's language barrier represents a massive opportunity cost. But the biggest hurdle to fixing it is the fear that adding language access will bring operations to a crawl.

It doesn't have to.

On June 9, Blend and Talk'uments are bringing together top industry voices to show you how to reach LEP borrowers without disrupting your existing workflows:

Josh Weinberg | President, Firstline Compliance, LLC.
Christie Smith | VP Lending Operations, Elevations Credit Union
George Baker | Managing Director, Talk’uments, LLC

Don't let the language gap slow your growth. Save your seat today. ➡️ https://hubs.ly/Q04hYVdk0

05/20/2026

Over the past two weeks, Autopilot expanded to Rapid Refi and Rapid Home Equity loans, plus VA and FHA guideline support. Week 11 is about making those launches stick.

Verified income now skips duplicate document collection, pre-underwriting starts before an LO is even assigned, and the accuracy infrastructure keeps getting stronger.

See all that shipped 👉 https://hubs.ly/Q04hnDSW0

05/19/2026

Your closers are switching between platforms on every transaction. One to prep the file, another for hybrid, a third for full RON.

That friction adds up in errors, suspenses, and deals that take longer to close than they should.

CrossCountry Mortgage consolidated everything onto Blend Close, and the results were immediate. Average closing times dropped from 2 hours to 45 minutes, post-closing signature errors hit 0%, and closers are now funding 85–120 loans per month.

"Closing is the last thing the borrowers remember. So it has to be smooth, fast, and a great experience." — Simone LaBorde, EVP of Closing and Strategic Initiatives, CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC

📣 Full announcement: https://hubs.ly/Q04h9r860
➡️ Case study: https://hubs.ly/Q04h9rCY0

05/15/2026

Heading to New York for the Mortgage Bankers Association Secondary & Capital Markets Conference?

Blend and Truework are hosting a cocktail reception Monday evening at The View Lounge – 48 floors above Times Square at the Marriott Marquis. It's a great opportunity to step off the conference floor and connect with peers in a more relaxed setting.

Space is limited, RSVP to secure your spot. https://hubs.ly/Q04gNHlz0

Want to connect at the conference? Grab time with our team in the comments. 👇

05/14/2026

Switching a loan from conventional to VA or FHA mid-process is common. But reconciling open requests, canceling conditions, and re-reviewing under new guidelines is tedious work that falls on the loan officer.

✨ Autopilot now handles it automatically.

Select a new product, and the agent reviews the loan under the correct guidelines and updates the borrower's task list in seconds.

See what else is new in week 10 👉 https://hubs.ly/Q04gFHPq0

05/12/2026

If your home equity origination process still relies on manual reviews, disconnected integrations, or borrower follow-ups that drag on for days, this one's worth an hour of your time.

We're joining The Mortgage Collaborative to show (not just tell) what a fully digital, end-to-end home equity experience looks like in action.

Thursday's session will cover why self-serve borrower engagement consistently outperforms traditional origination, and how the right integrations can help you deliver a firm offer in under five minutes.

There's still time to grab your spot. Link to register in the comments. 👇

05/11/2026

Most loan applications get submitted after hours, which means that the next morning is typically the earliest a member hears back, if everything moves quickly.

In this clip from our webinar with Cornerstone Advisors, Blend's Head of Digital Transformation, Reva Rao, explains how augmented intelligence, layered on top of the member data credit unions already have, can power 24/7 automated workflows that get the right offer in front of the right member before they start looking elsewhere.

Watch the clip 👇 and check out the full video: https://hubs.ly/Q04g4plN0

05/08/2026

Heading to MeridianLink LIVE! in San Diego? 📣

Hear Blend's Melissa Cohen on a panel that will dig into the behavioral forces shaping borrower decisions right now: what builds trust, what causes applicants to delay or disengage, and how lenders can respond.

Then stop by Booth #36 to find out how Blend and MeridianLink are helping banks and credit unions turn AI and data into faster decisions and smarter workflows.

Secure time with Blend in San Diego: https://hubs.ly/Q04fZ7-G0

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