BankStride vs. Blend

BankStride has saved us a tremendous amount of time and has been a key driver of growth and productivity within our company. The platform makes it easy for borrowers to submit documents, so the number of loan exceptions across our portfolio has decreased substantially. As a result, we can quickly identify pockets of risk within our loan portfolio and take appropriate steps to address areas of concern. It also makes regulatory audits and reporting much easier

I have not experienced any other system that can do what Blend does as easily as Blend. It's very well suited for the mortgage industry and its ability to communicate with Encompass. I don't think it would be a great CRM tool for a company that doesn't need multiple touch points to a client, for instance, if you simply need a name, phone number, and email address Blend would be overkill. Blend is designed specifically to capture a lot of specific details about a client's financial position.

Incentivized

• automates document collection
• automates loan monitoring
• automates risk reporting
• loan portfolio management
• construction loan monitoring
• loan draw management
• loan processing
• secure document collection
• loan exceptions management
• vendor management
• OCC compliance
• Regulatory reporting
• regulatory compliance

• Easy to use
• Transfers between Blend to Encompass easily
• Runs employment verification

Incentivized

• Wish it was free

• Adding non occupant co-borrowers can be challenging
• I wish we could mirror the client's screen in real-time so we can see where they are in the application
• The user side can be a little challenging, some fields are required to be filled out even though they are not important to the application

Incentivized

nCino does not offer the automation features that BankStride does, which is why we went with BankStride. nCino is much more expensive (and requires Salesforce) and seems to lag a bit. It's a heavy lift for banks to implement, whereas BankStride can be implemented immediately. I believe BankStride can integrate with nCino which could be helpful, but in my opinion, BankStride is a stand alone product.

• $17,400 saved per user per year on average
• Approximately 290 hours saved per user per year

• Blend allows me to manage my pipeline easily without having to resort to Excel
• Captures things like birthdays allowing me to have a reason to call clients
• Clients love that it's a secure portal, no more replying to emails with sensitive documents

Incentivized