Halifax Intermediaries has become the latest lender to join Submissions Brain, Mortgage Brain’s new multi-lender application and submission gateway.

Delivered via an API, it will provide intermediaries with the ability to submit Decisions in Principle (DIP) and receive a decision back through the Submissions Brain platform. The initial launch will be with Just Mortgages, Fluent Mortgages, and several other firms with a full roll-out to all intermediaries set to follow.

The platform was previously known as Lendex, but was renamed as part of a wholescale rebranding across Mortgage Brain and its various propositions.

Halifax is the third lender since June to integrate with Submissions Brain, following the additions of Accord Mortgages and TSB, with further lenders set to join in the months ahead. They join the likes of Nationwide Building Society, Virgin Money, Coventry Building Society and Platform on the platform.

Ian Wilson, head of Halifax Intermediaries, said: “At Halifax, we are always keen to identify ways to better support our intermediary partners. We’re delighted to be involved with Submissions Brain, which will allow mortgage applications to be transferred seamlessly to Halifax through direct system integration’

Neil Wyatt, sales and marketing director at Mortgage Brain, added: “The addition of Halifax to the Submissions Brain gateway will be welcomed by intermediaries who are already seeing the significant time savings that the platform can provide. It also sends a clear signal that lenders recognise the benefits that Submissions Brain delivers.”