Black Knight completes year-end processing for 57 million loans

The year also saw a new high for clients using loan servicing system

Black Knight completes year-end processing for 57 million loans

Mortgage software, data, and analytics provider Black Knight has announced its completion of yet another round of year-end loan processing for its mortgage and home equity servicing clients, which have now reached a record number for the company. On January 1, 2023, Black Knight finished processing the month-end, quarter-end, and 2022 year-end needs of 93 clients and circa 57 million active and inactive loans serviced by Black Knight’s MSP loan servicing system without any downtime for clients.

Year-end processing is an annual crunch time for mortgage servicers, who must meet internal and regulatory reporting requirements, including prior-year account information to the Internal Revenue Service and the Department of the Treasury. It has also grown to become a period of specialization for Black Knight.

To sustain its track record, Black Knight departments across the company get to work early in the year to compile and update their servicing clients’ loan information, generate balancing reports, and create annual borrower statements. Black Knight additionally offers a range of early training for clients to familiarize themselves with and complete the tasks necessary on their end for a smooth year-end process. These inter-department efforts then come together in a single day of year-end processing.

In 2022, Black Knight clients could also opt in for an automatic email notification system for when year-end processing had begun and ended, to do away with the need for clients’ staff staying up just to confirm whether the processing had started or was finished.

“This talented Black Knight team, working with our valued clients, continues to execute year-end processing flawlessly, and it’s because of all the hard work and preparation they do months in advance for this important event,” said Black Knight CEO Joe Nackashi. “Our staff’s deep industry knowledge, system expertise, and ability to exceed customer expectations with events like year-end processing are some of the many reasons why our clients continue to rely on Black Knight for exceptional servicing performance and support.”

MSP is the company’s software system that transforms mortgage-servicing operations. It supports first mortgages and home equity portfolios on a single system to improve the servicer’s compliance and reduce their operating costs while enhancing customer experience.

“The MSP system has long been considered the industry’s gold standard for servicing, and our new capabilities and integrations are part of why 38 new clients over the past three years have agreed to implement MSP,” Nackashi said. “Black Knight remains committed to ongoing investments in MSP and our other technologies, so our clients can continue to benefit from innovations that can keep driving their businesses forward.”