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Wells Fargo Shifts Entire Home Loan Servicing Book Onto ICE’s MSP
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Intercontinental Exchange (ICE ) announced on September 29, 2026 that Wells Fargo has renewed its agreement to use MSP, ICE’s mortgage loan servicing system, and that under the expanded agreement the bank will bring its full home loan servicing portfolio onto the platform. Financial terms and the duration of the renewed agreement were not disclosed.
The renewed long-term relationship extends Wells Fargo’s use of the MSP loan servicing platform and builds on a relationship that spans more than 35 years, according to ICE’s announcement, which was datelined Atlanta and New York.
Wells Fargo also leverages ICE Business Intelligence to help automate and streamline default servicing workflows, and the bank has begun electronically registering its mortgage loans on the MERS eRegistry. ICE described the eRegistry as the industry’s standard registry for mortgage loan identification and said the registrations enable more streamlined loan tracking and transfer processes.
MERSCORP Holdings describes the MERS eRegistry as the mortgage industry’s system of record for holders of eNotes. The registry indicates who holds the authoritative copy of every eNote at any point in time and identifies the Controller (holder) and Location (custodian) of the authoritative copy of each eNote. MERSCORP says registering eNotes after closing supports the transition from traditional paper promissory notes to eNotes.
“Wells Fargo’s long-standing use of MSP is a testament to the value of a servicing platform that has been proven at scale and demonstrates what becomes possible when servicing is built around intelligent workflow automation,” said Bob Hart, President of Mortgage Technology at ICE. Hart said MSP and the broader suite of ICE tools give servicers the security infrastructure and operational depth that the industry’s most demanding institutions require, along with the ability to automate complex workflows, reduce manual intervention and adapt quickly to regulatory change.
MSP Platform Scope
ICE describes MSP as a comprehensive loan servicing system that helps servicers manage the full servicing lifecycle, from loan boarding to payoff or default resolution. According to ICE, the platform uses configurable, exception-based workflows to automate routine servicing activities and intelligently surface exceptions that require human intervention, giving servicers the operational visibility and control needed to meet regulatory requirements and deliver a consistent borrower experience at scale.
In its MSP product documentation, ICE states that more servicers choose MSP than any other loan servicing software and that MSP is used to service more active loans than any other mortgage servicing system in the industry. The documentation lists support for a broad range of loan types, including conventional loans, government-backed agency loans (FHA, VA and USDA), bond loans, home equity and second-lien loans, fixed- and adjustable-rate products, deferred-interest and balloon loans, manufactured housing, and reverse mortgages.
ICE says MSP’s exception-based processing automates routine tasks so employees can focus on work items that need manual attention, and that MSP is enhanced using artificial intelligence technologies. MSP integrates with ICE Servicing Digital, a consumer-facing native app and responsive web solution that gives borrowers 24/7 access to home, loan and neighborhood information, and with ICE Customer Service, which provides agents with borrower loan information to help resolve issues. Servicers can also use the ICE InterChange Services electronic data interchange network, which ICE says has more than 400 providers integrated to its servicing technologies, and the platform supports digital application programming interface (API) integrations. ICE’s default solutions for MSP cover loss mitigation, bankruptcy, foreclosure and claims, with secure communication with attorneys, title vendors and notaries, and ICE says it actively monitors and updates MSP to help servicers address evolving federal servicing requirements.
Recent MSP Modernization
The Wells Fargo renewal follows earlier MSP platform work in 2026. On February 10, 2026, ICE launched an enhanced MSP user experience that completed the first phase of a broader modernization initiative and enabled the introduction of second-phase workflow automations and productivity agents.
ICE said the phase-two enhanced escrow automation reduces manual touchpoints by as much as 87% and shortens cycle times from ten days to as few as two, while enhanced automation for Freddie Mac loan-level investor reporting cuts manual steps by as much as 68% for that high-frequency process. While MSP has supported exception-based automation for decades, ICE said the new user experience makes it possible to further reduce the volume of exceptions that require human review by consolidating remaining reviews into more efficient, single-screen workflows, and that the new experience can be adopted without reimplementation or disruption to current integrations.
ICE said demonstrations of the new MSP experience were available at the MBA Servicing Solutions Conference and Expo, held February 16-19, and at the ICE Experience 2026 annual mortgage technology user conference, held March 16-18. ICE said it plans to continue systematically delivering enhanced automations and productivity agents across the most manually intensive servicing tasks, supported by the long-term modernization of MSP’s underlying architecture.
