{"id":100883,"date":"2023-10-13T07:05:31","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T11:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/?p=100883"},"modified":"2023-10-12T19:04:16","modified_gmt":"2023-10-12T23:04:16","slug":"media-advisory-original-shark-tank-shark-comes-to-mba-annual","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/media-advisory-original-shark-tank-shark-comes-to-mba-annual\/","title":{"rendered":"MEDIA ADVISORY: Original &#8216;Shark Tank&#8217; shark comes to MBA Annual"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Oct. 13, 2023 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) &#8212; Kevin Harrington of \u201cShark Tank\u201d fame will host a meet-and-greet with attending mortgage professionals and trade press before taking the stage during the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) Annual Convention &amp; Expo to introduce Passport\u00ae, FormFree\u2019s portable financial ID for consumers launching October 20, and the FormFree Exchange (FFX\u00ae), the online marketplace where lenders compete for the business of Passport users.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/23-1004-s2p-harrington-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Entrepreneur Kevin Harrington\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-100662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/23-1004-s2p-harrington-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/23-1004-s2p-harrington-800x600-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/23-1004-s2p-harrington-800x600-200x150.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><br \/><em>Image Caption: Entrepreneur Kevin Harrington.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHO:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kevinharrington.tv\">Kevin Harrington<\/a>, original \u201cShark Tank\u201d shark and entrepreneur<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.formfree.com\/about\/\">Brent Chandler<\/a>, founder and CEO, FormFree<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>WHAT:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.formfree.com\/news-and-insights\/formfree-and-kevin-harrington-launch-passport\/\">Passport<\/a> is a free service that makes it easy for consumers to quantify their borrowing power and share their verified assets, employment, annual and residual income and rent payment history with their preferred lender in just minutes from any web-enabled device.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ffx.formfree.com\">FFX<\/a> is the online marketplace where lenders compete for the business of Passport users.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>WHEN:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Monday, October 16, during the Mortgage Bankers Association Annual Convention &amp; Expo.<\/li>\n<li>Meet-and-greet: 2:30\u20134 p.m. ET at THE HUB booth #713<\/li>\n<li>Presentation: 4\u20135 p.m. ET on THE HUB stage<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>WHERE:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia Convention Center<\/p>\n<p>1101 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107<\/p>\n<p>THE HUB Expo Hall (200 level, Exhibit Hall E)<\/p>\n<p><strong>HOW:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Those not already registered for the MBA Annual Convention &amp; Expo can view registration details here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mba.org\/conferences-and-education\/annual-convention-expo\">https:\/\/www.mba.org\/conferences-and-education\/annual-convention-expo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>To request press credentials, contact:<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Falen Taylor, Director of Public Affairs<\/p>\n<p>Mortgage Bankers Association<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:ftaylor@mba.org\">ftaylor@mba.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>(202) 557-2771<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>To request a remote interview (subject to availability), contact:<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Leslie W. Colley<\/p>\n<p>Depth for FormFree<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:leslie@depthpr.com\">leslie@depthpr.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>(678) 622-6229<\/p>\n<p><strong>About FormFree\u00ae:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>FormFree empowers consumers to understand their ability to pay and share it with lenders like never before. Using FormFree\u2019s Passport\u00ae app, consumers can verify all the core financial data required by loan underwriters \u2014 including identity, assets, income, employment credit history, and cash-flow data\u00a0 \u2014 in seconds. Once consumers are ready to transact, they can anonymously share their verified data on the FormFree Exchange (FFX) and receive immediate offers from a marketplace of lenders who fully understand their ability to pay, residual income and eligibility for down payment assistance and inclusive lending programs.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.formfree.com\/\">https:\/\/www.formfree.com\/<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/formfree\/\">follow FormFree on LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Kevin Harrington:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Harrington is world renowned as the inventor of the infomercial, pioneer of the \u201cAs Seen on TV\u201d brand and one of the original \u201csharks\u201d on the hit ABC show \u201cShark Tank.\u201d He has launched more than 20 businesses that have each grown sales in excess of $100 million as part of a career that has introduced 1,000+ products generating over $6 billion in global sales. His business experience spans the globe, including opening distribution outlets in over 100 countries. For more information, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/kevinharrington.tv\">https:\/\/kevinharrington.tv<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Oct. 13, 2023 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) &#8212; Kevin Harrington of &#8220;Shark Tank&#8221; fame will host a meet-and-greet with attending mortgage professionals and trade press before taking the stage during the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) Annual Convention &#038; Expo to introduce Passport&#xae;, FormFree&#8217;s portable financial ID for consumers launching October 20, and the FormFree Exchange (FFX&#xae;), the online marketplace where lenders compete for the business of Passport users.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":72,"featured_media":100662,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,12804,1,38,54,539,197,293],"tags":[205,19599,4700,9289],"class_list":["post-100883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mortgage-news","category-ap","category-business-news","category-finance-news","category-pennsylvania-news","category-philadelphia-news","category-event-news","category-trade-show-news","tag-depthpr","tag-kevin-harrington","tag-mba-annual-conference","tag-media-advisory","has-post-title","has-post-date","no-post-category","no-post-tag","no-post-comment","has-post-author"],"acf":[],"views":3454,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/72"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100883\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}