Driving Adoption of Remote Online Notarization and Digital Real Estate Transactions
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Sally Taylor on September 14, 2022
The pandemic served as a great accelerator for innovation in how companies deliver products and services to their customers, including how title and settlement companies support the real estate transaction closing process. One major example of innovation is remote online notarization, or RON, a fully digital process in which the signer’s identity ...
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How Can Companies Foster a Collaborative Culture in Our Flexible Working World?
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Geraldine Ramezani on August 24, 2022
Earlier this year, First American unveiled a renovated building at its Santa Ana, California headquarters. The space has been a destination for collaboration on the corporate campus, leveraging innovative technologies while fostering the company’s people-first culture.
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How Innovation in Mortgage Technology Will Enable the Real Estate Transaction of the Future
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Nate Levin on July 20, 2022
Mortgage technology is one of the most important components of the real estate transaction’s digital transformation. Since real estate professionals and title and settlement providers work closely with lenders to facilitate transactions, staying close to and investing in mortgage technology provides insight into how each may need to evolve to ...
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Responding to COVID-19 – Closing Real Estate Transactions Amid the Pandemic
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Nancy Tarr on June 11, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has challenged businesses and organizations in the United States and around the world to adapt and innovate rapidly. Faced with the urgent need to protect employees, customers and the larger community, these creative solutions reveal a spirit of innovation and a willingness to overcome traditional limitations to provide ...
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Responding to COVID-19 – How First American rapidly mobilized employees to work from home and continue to serve customers
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Peter McGarahan on June 4, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has challenged businesses and organizations in the United States and around the world to adapt and innovate rapidly. Faced with the urgent need to protect employees, customers and the larger community, these creative solutions reveal a spirit of innovation and a willingness to overcome traditional limitations to provide ...
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The Nexus of Business, Technology and People – A CIO’s View of the Workplace
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Geraldine Ramezani on September 4, 2019
Companies that can trace their heritage back 130 years, like First American, are rare and for good reason. It takes a steadfast commitment to innovation to continually meet the needs of customers and remain ahead of the competition. Admittedly, title insurance, settlement services and risk solutions for real estate transactions does not conjure up ...
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