St George Bank partners with Stargate

Over the past six weeks St.George and the Stargate Group have been working together to ensure all functionality of Symmetry for St.George Mortgage Connect is operational.

During this process St.George was able to take much of the feedback gained from Licensees during the initial training days and make the necessary changes to meet it optimal operational needs.

Head of Mortgage Connect at St.George Bank, Shane Davis said "It is important not to view Symmetry simply as a tool to facilitate the Electronic Lodgement of applications but rather, as a total business management tool." Davis also poined out the many benefoits of the Symmetry system to his brokers by reminding them that Symmetry will:

• qualify prospective borrowers,
• act as a data base, to enable marketing and call programs to be run,
• offer a single virtual customer file,
• be available from any PC with Internet Access,
• offer a tool to research other bank offerings,
• enable the management of commissions,
• manage payment of commission to referrers, and
• provide business continuity should something happen to the brokers laptop.

Gary O'Sullivan, Senior Manager Intermediary Distribution at St.George Bank stated that "Symmetry really is the one essential Home Loan business tool. As we move into a more highly regulated environment with the establishment of the National Consumer Credit Protection Act, it will become more important for us to hold data in a place that can be readily accessed, Symmetry gives us that ability."