Contact:

Suzy Tuck
Vice President of Sales
PaperClip Incorporated.
Suzy Tuck
800-929-3503 x110

 

A.W. Pickel
President and CEO
Leader Mortgage Company
AW Pickel
913-888-9545

Leader Mortgage Company Selects PaperClip Incorporated for Paperless Mortgage Processing and Secure Document Delivery

Hasbrouck Heights, NJ - September 5, 2003 - PaperClip Incorporated., a leading developer of Integrated Document Management and Internet Based Secure Document Delivery Solutions announced today that they have signed a multi year contract with Leader Mortgage Company, the largest FHA mortgage lender in Kansas.

Leader will install PaperClip32 Integrated Document Management solution and MIPP, a mortgage specific add-on module to manage the tremendous amounts of paper-based documents processed daily. In addition, Leader will use PaperClip Internet Express to securely deliver documents to their trading partners. Together MIPP and IE will facilitate paperless mortgage processing and secure document exchange from origination to the secondary market and further automate and enhance their entire business process while meeting the requirements of the FTC Safeguards Rule.

According to AW Pickel, President of Leader, and "PaperClip's MIPP and Internet Express offering will enable Leader to add paperless mortgage processing to our existing Calyx PointTM Loan Origination Software. As a mortgage lender, 80% of our documents arrive electronically either via fax or email. With the PaperClip solution we can now electronically manage and secure our vast amounts of valuable information, no matter their origin. This will dramatically improve our ability to access, share, and exchange documents throughout our organization and with our lenders and service providers. We expect the integration and deployment of these solutions produce efficiencies throughout our overall business process and improve our levels of customer service."

Suzanne Tuck, director of corporate sales for PaperClip Incorporated., stated "PaperClip Incorporated and Leader both view this project as the beginning of the paperless evolution in the mortgage brokerage facet of the mortgage industry. Our document management and secure document delivery solutions will enable Leader to process mortgages electronically as well as exchange documents electronically with its business partners, eliminating the need to physically 'move' paper. In addition, the PaperClip solution will integrate into Leader's current environment enabling Leader to be in production in a short period of time." concluded Ms. Tuck.

About Leader Mortgage Company

Leader Mortgage Company is based in Lenexa, Kansas, with a branch office in St. Louis, Missouri. Leader has been in business since 1992, primarily in the Midwest. A.W. Pickel, III as a mortgage brokerage, founded leader. Over time Leader has grown and evolved into a regional mortgage banker. Leader offers in-house processing, underwriting and closing. Leader Mortgage is a full service mortgage lender, approved to provide conventional as well as government loans.

A.W. Pickel, III, CMC, president of Leader Mortgage Company, is presently serving as the president of the National Association of Mortgage Brokers.

About PaperClip Incorporated.

PaperClip Incorporated develops and markets software products that organize, manage and communicate documents, images and workflow for a wide range of users. Established in 1991, PaperClip has a customer base that includes small and mid-size organizations as well as Fortune 1000 multi-nationals. PaperClip markets its products through an international network of authorized PaperClip resellers. For further information, please contact PaperClip at (800) 9293503 or (201) 329-6300, or visit www.PaperClip.com. Public Symbol: PCLP.

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