Posted by LynnNC on 12/5/13 4:45pm
Msg #495191

More on the Fidelity Requirement

I received this email today from a SS:

Good morning.
The new background check rules are in place for the "preferred lenders" signings through Fidelity & Chicago Title. According to their compliance department many of you have submitted your background cert but didn't go into your profile and click the box marked "show my listing on signingagent.com" so you still aren't approved.

If you are background checked though the NNA, please go into the NNA website, log into your profile, and check a box marked as show my listing on signing agent.com. This will let Fidelity see your profile & IF you have also submitted your release form, (if you have not done so, please request one and I will send one to you if you do not have a copy). If your background check is though Sterling, as far as we know there is no further step for you. Like I said, thank you for cooperating with this new change. If you do not get all of this done, it will be harder for us to give you work.

Thanks,


*****
Now this is a new wrinkle: The only way that a NSA can have a profile and be listed on signingagent.com, is to be a MEMBER of NNA and their Signing Agent Section, both of which have membership fees.

This is what I wrote back:

I have an NNA Background Check & Certification, but I am not a member of NNA. To have a profile and be listed on signingagent.com, a notary has to pay to be a member and pay to be listed as a signing agent.

This is the response from the SS:

If your certificate is not showing up on signingagent.com Chicago and Fidelity Title will not be able to use your services for most of their Lenders.

Reply by Patriot on 12/5/13 4:52pm
Msg #495194

This is not true. I am not a member of the NNA and I have completed all necessary steps and am also listed on signing agent.com. It was a bit confusing to get listed, but if you can't get on the listing, then contact signing agent.com and express your difficulty and ask for help.

Reply by Linda_H/FL on 12/5/13 4:54pm
Msg #495196

Now I'm confused

signingagent.com IS the NNA SA directory - and you have to be a member to be listed...how did you do that?

Reply by ananotary on 12/5/13 6:08pm
Msg #495215

Same here, not a member but listed on signingagent.com n/m

Reply by C. Rivera Chicago Notary Services on 12/5/13 6:43pm
Msg #495219

why don't one of you ask them why you are listed if not

a member and get back to us?

Now THAT result would be quite the read!

Reply by LadyCA on 12/5/13 9:10pm
Msg #495242

Patriot I agree with you, I am not a member of NNA but I was told today that I can just sign up for the package and I will be on signing agent.com too whenever the exam and BGC is completed.

Reply by MW/VA on 12/5/13 6:03pm
Msg #495211

....and the plot thickens.....same old tricks by XYZ. n/m

Reply by Clem/CA on 12/6/13 9:25am
Msg #495273

signingagent.com

When you get your BGC from NNA, you can take there Signing Agent Exam. When you pass that exam you are listed as a "Certified Signing Agent" on the site,if you check the right box on your profile page, just part of the BGC fee. This has been this way for a long time. Membership in the NNA gets you an 800 number so you can be misinformed on the phone.

Reply by Anita Edwards on 12/6/13 10:24am
Msg #495285

Re: signingagent.com

I only see two options. One is $169 and the other is $65. Most are not in a position to pay more fees to get no jobs in the near to not so near future and what you do get are for less income.

Reply by Darlin_AL on 12/6/13 12:04pm
Msg #495299

xyz told me not all "offers" shown on site, havta call n/m