IndyMac Consumer Bank
The Consumer Bank offers mortgage products and banking services through
its Website and centralized call centers nationwide, as well as its
Southern California branch locations. Our mortgage and banking
professionals, as close as the nearest telephone, are available to
answer questions regarding loan applications and retail banking
transactions.
B2C CHANNEL
Consumers can take advantage of the same technology offered to our B2B
and B2R customers through www.IndyMacBank.com and our
state-of-the-art call center (888.321.FUND). Working with our
knowledgeable team of professional loan consultants, borrowers can
compare mortgage rates and programs, complete a loan application, obtain
loan approval and lock in an interest rate all online — or on the
telephone — and all in just minutes! Online applicants have the option
of receiving an online approval letter that can be printed out directly
from the Web.
HELOC DIVISION
In 2002, IndyMac established the HELOC Division, which specializes
in providing second mortgages and HELOCs nationwide through direct
marketing to homeowners. With a streamlined application process and
competitive pricing, this division provides homeowners the ability to
easily tap the excess equity in their homes for a variety of uses. With
the HELOC product, homeowners have convenient access using equity checks
or a Visa® credit card.
Incorporated into our e-MITS platform, our home equity products are
available across all IndyMac's mortgage channels to new and existing
mortgage or banking customers.
RETAIL BANK/DEPOSITS
Through our Website at www.IndyMacBank.com, consumers
can access their accounts 24-hours a day, seven days a week. Online
banking allows customers to access their accounts, view balances,
transfer funds between accounts, view transactions, download account
information and pay their bills conveniently from any computer terminal.
Consumers can also conduct transactions through our telebanking
operation (800.998.2900) or in one of our Southern California branches.
To better serve our customers and enhance brand recognition, we plan to
expand our branch network over the next five years.
Investment Portfolio Group
IndyMac's Investment Portfolio Group complements the Company's mortgage
banking activities and serves to diversify the Company's revenue stream
through its investments in single-family mortgage loans, mortgage-backed
securities and mortgage servicing rights. The Investment Portfolio also
invests in mortgage assets that are created through the securitization
or sale of loans in the secondary market.
The Investment Portfolio's investment in prime single-family residential
mortgages, mortgage-backed securities and mortgage loan servicing also
helps to provide a steady source of net interest income to
counterbalance the cyclical nature of mortgage production. As production
ebbs due to factors such as increasing interest rates, the value of the
Investment Portfolio's mortgage servicing rights generally also rises,
as there is less incentive for borrowers to refinance at a higher
interest rate. This serves to stabilize the Company's revenue stream
through increased interest income and servicing fees when production
slows.
In addition to its revenue contribution, the Investment Portfolio
performs the mortgage servicing function. This creates an added
opportunity to recapture current customers when the interest rate
environment makes it attractive for them to refinance. Servicing
customers can also be cross-marketed with other Company products.
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