WFG News
October 9, 2020

Podcast: Better customer satisfaction through collaboration

In Dan Bailey's October 9 appearance on Partnership in Lending's "Lending Buzz" podcast, the Senior Vice President of WFG Enterprise Solutions and Lender Services discussed with Tony Garritano how the pandemic has changed operations at WFG and how its latest release can usher in greater collaboration and improved customer satisfaction.…
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October 7, 2020

WFG reports highest volume months in 2020 Q2 and Q3

"Patrick Stone was looking both ways when he took steps to launch Williston Financial Group (WFG) in January 2010," according to an October 7 story posted on HousingWire. "Behind him, the recent financial crisis still cast a cautionary shadow over new business development, but ahead he saw opportunities for a…
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October 7, 2020

WILLISTON FINANCIAL GROUP’S 10TH ANNIVERSARY COMES IN A YEAR OF CHALLENGE, EXPANSION, AND RECORD VOLUMES

Three new product releases highlight 2020 for the full-service provider of nationwide title insurance and real estate settlement services Portland, Ore., October 07, 2020 – Williston Financial Group (WFG), a Portland-based, full-service provider of title insurance and real estate settlement services for commercial and residential transactions nationwide, is marking its…
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October 1, 2020

WEST, A WILLISTON FINANCIAL GROUP COMPANY, ANNOUNCES COMMITMENT TO GLOBAL EFFORTS SUPPORTING AND PROMOTING ONLINE SAFETY AND PRIVACY FOR CYBERSECURITY AWARENESS MONTH

MEDIA CONTACT: Darcy Patch VP Marketing, Enterprise Solutions WEST, a Williston Financial Group Company dpatch@poweredbywest.com 714-305-0136 WEST, A WILLISTON FINANCIAL GROUP COMPANY, ANNOUNCES COMMITMENT TO GLOBAL EFFORTS SUPPORTING AND PROMOTING ONLINE SAFETY AND PRIVACY FOR CYBERSECURITY AWARENESS MONTH This year’s initiative highlights the importance of empowering individuals and organizations to…
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WFG News
October 1, 2020

WFG CEO Steve Ozonian wins 2020 HW Vanguard Award

On October 1, HousingWire announced that Williston Financial Group CEO Steve Ozonian had won the 2020 HW Vanguard Award. Steve was one of 50 top executives chosen from a field "more competitive than ever before. ... The competition was fierce." The winning executives all have a unique story of how…
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WFG News
September 30, 2020

Fintech Hunting Episode #51 with industry insider Dan Bailey, SVP WFG Lender Services & WFG Enterprise Solutions

On September 30, 2020, Michael Hammond, founder of NexLevel Advisors, welcomed Williston Financial Group's Dan Bailey to his Fintech Hunting podcast. He began by asking the SVP of WFG Lender Services and WFG Enterprise Solutions how his two WFG divisions were faring during this year of COVID. Bailey explained that…
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WFG News
September 23, 2020

WEST Chief Information Security Officer Bruce Philips: Why COVID-19 requires stepped-up cybersecurity

Mortgage and real estate companies needed to adjust to new procedures for doing business during COVID. That meant increased reliance on the Internet and much greater vigilance for signs of cybercrime. Executives in the financial services industry are now seeking cybersecurity solutions to protect their businesses from the most pernicious…
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September 21, 2020

BRANDON MELANESE JOINS WFG’S VALUTRUST SOLUTIONS AS ITS FIRST-EVER VICE PRESIDENT OF SALES AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

Portland, Ore., September 22, 2020 – Valutrust Solutions, LLC, one of the Williston Financial Group (WFG) family of innovative customer-focused companies, has announced that Brandon Melanese has joined the company as Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Melanese, a sales executive with more than 25 years of real estate valuation…
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September 4, 2020

Dean Kirchen honored as one of HousingWire’s ’50 Insiders’ for 2020

Dean Kirchen, Senior Vice President of WFG's Default Title Services, is one of 50 industry leaders whom HousingWire has honored as 2020 Insiders. According to Editor-in-Chief Sarah Wheeler, these carefully selected individuals "demonstrate expertise in areas that are critical to the success of the companies they work for” and "have…
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September 3, 2020

WESTprotect’s cybersecurity service now available on-demand

WESTprotect.com, a new cybersecurity service created by WEST, a Williston Financial Group company, is now available on demand, with self-service, subscription-based access, to help title agents, real estate professionals and lenders protect themselves from email fraud and other cybercrime, all of which have seen dramatic increases during the COVID pandemic…
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