The partnership will provide Unisys with innovative technology from Focus Solutions for use on their multi-channel mortgage origination platform. Unisys selected focus:technology after a strategic review of the leading technology suppliers in the market.

Based on Focus' experience of creating sales automation and advanced web based applications, Unisys is set to tap into this expertise to create a powerful straight-through processing model aimed at the major banks and building societies across the UK and Ireland, selling high volumes of mortgage related business.

Lenders for many years have been looking for a single solution from a single supplier in order to reduce the overall cost of ownership - this new partnership between Focus and Unisys will provide an innovative alternative.

Focus' technology is currently being used to power Trigold's Electronic Trading Centre and this partnership deal now enables a lender to develop an e-application process and deploy this across multiple channels including:

Branch

Intermediary portal

Trigold

Call Centre

Consumer portal

The same data is transferred directly into Unisys origination platform avoiding the need to re-key.

Richard Stevenson, Chief Executive, Focus Solutions Group plc, comments; "We are delighted to be working with Unisys as we look to grow our brand further in the mortgage sector. The latest version of focus:technology dramatically reduces the associated costs for developing intermediary and consumer portals in an intelligent and dynamic fashion. Our clients want fast and adaptable solutions delivered with change in mind. We are currently actively engaged on several significant deals together."


Steve O'Loughlin, Unisys Head of Sales for Mortgages in the UK added; "The Unisys origination platform (UMO) works seamlessly with the award winning UFSS mortgage and banking system and the partnership with Focus will improve further the ability to deliver true end to end process optitimisation and business agility. UFSS is already a key business component used by half of the top UK lenders. We have a good relationship with Focus, based upon their can do attitude, technology and domain knowledge and this relationship will continue to help us maintain our market leading position."