A tech roundup of recent items includes credit assistance forunderserved consumers, robotics, e-sign help for credit unions, ananalytics accelerator, a new lender pricing program, and newbusiness banking functionalities.

Pompano Beach, Fla.-based ACES RiskManagement launched ACES Automated Document Manager,which uses robotic process to automate the core activities lendersundertake to reduce gross loan defects. ADM uses robust opticalcharacter recognition technology to automatically identify,bookmark and organize loan documents, as well as to alert users ofany missing documents associated with loan files. ADM can parsehundreds of PDF files in minutes using advanced robotic processautomation.

Duluth, Ga.-based Arya, VSoft’s openarchitecture digital services platform for both personal andbusiness account holders, revealed new business bankingfunctionalities, including business bill pay and cash managementservices that support positive pay. Arya combines both mobilebanking and digital banking with built-in features, including afull suite of cash management services. The platform providesbusiness users with a complete view of their accounts through thesolution’s analytics tools and allows management of ACHdisbursements and wire transfers through the comprehensiveplatform.

Omaha, Neb.-based D3 BankingTechnology, announced its partnership with Zelle, aperson-to-person payments network from bank-owned Early Warning. Aspart of the partnership, D3 enabled its platform with a direct,API-based connection to Zelle, which combined with D3’s existingpayment capabilities offers financial institution customers a wayto send and receive money to almost anyone with a U.S. bankaccount.

Through a new reseller agreement, Tulsa, Okla.-basedEnacomm, which provides authenticationtechnologies for banks, credit unions and credit card companies, isnow a preferred partner of Ann Arbor-basedClinc, creators of Finie, aconversational artificial intelligence platform for banking.Clinc’s platform uses AI to understand natural human language anddelivers timely, personalized responses, from spending advice tobalance information and complex transaction details.

Salt Lake City-based Finicity,unveiled Finicity Reports, an online platform that lets lendersorder, manage and monitor digital verification reports. FinicityReports, according to a press release, streamlines the creditdecisioning experience to deliver loan approvals faster and withless chance for fraud than traditional methods. The first type ofreport available: verification of assets.

Brookfield, Wis.-based Fiserv,launched Pricing Program Advantage, which allows lenders to provideborrowers with tailored rates and financial informationconsistently across all channels when shopping for auto financing.Pricing Program Advantage simultaneously gives lenders faster response time and greater control over theirfinancial programs, according to Fiserv. Pricing Program Advantagecontains a lender configurable tool and a single system offering,which also makes reporting and adherence to change managementpolicies easier to govern.

Washington, D.C.-based FS Card Inc.,an emerging financial services leader for underserved consumers,announced it has raised $150 million in financing to fund futuregrowth. FS Card will expand access to traditional credit and createan on-ramp into the financial mainstream for small-dollar loancustomers. One product launch set for later this year, FinancialServices: Accelerator for Credit Union Operations, containspre-built content including an executive dashboard and a reportgenerator for non-technical users to create their own reports, andprovides key metrics to determine the health of the institution andtrends within member, branch, and lending performance.

Rahway, N.J.-based IMM announced therelease of IMM eSign for Credit Unions, which providesadvanced features and functionality that further enhance theoverall member experience, while maintaining security thresholdsand boosting back-office processing efficiencies. Included: astreamlined in-person signing ceremony, support for the Wacom 1031,1141 and 1152 pen-based display devices; and a“Widgets-To-Workflow” solutions pack

New York City-based InformationBuilders launched a set of pre-configured analyticalcapabilities. With the launch of WebFOCUS Accelerators, InformationBuilders said it is further strengthening its self-servicecapabilities by packaging accelerators with the platform andenabling companies to lessen the time to value of their BI andanalytics investments. WebFOCUS BI and analytics platform’s designenables all user groups, regardless of their degree of technicalsavvy, to execute smarter decisions from trusted data.