BeSmartee - Acquisition Support and Ongoing Compliance Management

Jacobian Engineering
January 1, 2024
About BeSmartee

BeSmartee is a leading financial technology company that provides comprehensive digital mortgage platform solutions. Their suite of best-of-breed mortgage technology products empowers the world's largest lenders and brands with the tools they need to deliver a modern, streamlined mortgage experience. BeSmartee's award-winning Mortgage Point-of-Sale (POS) platform enables lenders to offer borrowers faster preapprovals, underwriting, and closing times compared to traditional mortgage processes.

The Challenge

BeSmartee faced multiple complex challenges including navigating a corporate acquisition while maintaining business continuity, preserving their critical SOC 2 Type 2 certification throughout the transition, and ensuring ongoing compliance program management. Additionally, the company needed continued software engineering support and architectural enhancements to maintain their competitive edge in the fintech mortgage space. The acquisition process required careful coordination to maintain regulatory compliance and customer trust while integrating new ownership structures.

Partner Solution

Jacobian Engineering provided comprehensive multi-faceted support for BeSmartee, including acquisition guidance, ongoing compliance management, and software development services. The solution ensured business continuity during the acquisition while maintaining certification and enhancing platform capabilities.

Key implementation areas included:

  • Acquisition Support: Strategic guidance and technical support throughout the corporate acquisition process
  • Compliance Program Management: Ongoing operation and maintenance of comprehensive compliance framework
  • SOC 2 Type 2 Maintenance: Annual certification management and continuous audit preparation
  • Software Engineering Services: Custom development work to enhance platform functionality and performance
  • Architecture Enhancement: Strategic architectural improvements and system optimization
  • AWS Infrastructure Management: Ongoing optimization and security of cloud-based mortgage platform
  • Regulatory Compliance Continuity: Ensuring uninterrupted compliance during ownership transition
  • Integration Support: Technical and compliance integration with acquiring organization
Results and Benefits

BeSmartee successfully navigated their acquisition while maintaining SOC 2 Type 2 certification and business continuity. The ongoing managed compliance services ensure continuous certification maintenance, while the software engineering and architecture enhancements have strengthened their platform capabilities. The comprehensive support enabled BeSmartee to focus on their core business during the acquisition transition and continue delivering innovative mortgage technology solutions to their enterprise clients.

About Jacobian Engineering

Jacobian Engineering is an information security company and an AWS Advanced Tier Services Partner. Jacobian Engineering works with customers in several industries including healthcare, biotechnology, energy, financial services, construction and has strong competencies in cloud security, software development, migrations, governance, risk, and compliance.

Resource Details

Author:Jacobian Engineering
Published:January 1, 2024
Industry:
Financial Technology
Service:
Compliance
Challenge:
Scalability
Company Size:
SMB

About This Resource

Challenge: BeSmartee needed comprehensive support during a corporate acquisition while maintaining their SOC 2 Type 2 certification and required ongoing compliance program management plus software engineering enhancements. Solution: Jacobian Engineering provided acquisition support, maintains their compliance program, ensures annual SOC 2 Type 2 certification, and delivers software engineering and architecture services.

Industry:
Financial Technology
Service:
Compliance
Challenge:
Scalability
Company Size:
SMB