Blend Adds Ellie Integration for Digital Mortgage Disclosures: A new integration between Blend and Ellie Mae seeks to improve the use and accessibility of electronic mortgage docs, the latest in an industry effort to create a more simplified and consistent borrower experience.

Improving the borrower experience - and making it more consistent - is one of the primary motivations behind the recent development and adoption of digital mortgage technology.

Blend, developer of a consumer-direct point of sale system that enables automated borrower self-service mortgage applications, is introducing electronic disclosure delivery to its borrower interface in an effort to provide a more seamless, simplified and uniform user experience.

The new feature was developed through an integration with Ellie Mae's Encompass loan origination system. Essentially, a lender that uses Ellie Mae's document preparation software can generate electronic disclosures within Encompass and deliver them to the borrower through Blend's consumer-facing portal.

The integration will support a seamless flow of loan data and documents between parties and provide an enhanced experience for...