New American Funding Extends AI Push To Borrower Calls

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National Mortgage Professional reports that New American Funding is expanding its artificial intelligence strategy into direct borrower conversations, partnering with Kastle to deploy voice agents across mortgage originations and servicing. The agreement represents a shift from using AI for internal assistance and document processing toward handling complete customer interactions. Kastle's agents are designed to manage conversations from start to finish, offer around-the-clock self-service, and carry through entire processes without human handoff.

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