ICE has announced that its Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems (MERS) eRegistry has registered more than 3 million electronic promissory notes, a milestone that underscores the accelerating shift toward digital mortgage processing in the United States.
The registry’s growth has accelerated sharply in the past year. In November 2025 the platform had 2.8 million eNotes, and by March 2026 it had surpassed the 3 million mark, reflecting a jump of over 200,000 notes in just a few months. Adoption rates among lenders are now between 30 % and 80 % of originations, and the eRegistry serves more than 500 participants and their eVaults, creating a broad industry ecosystem that enhances transparency and legal certainty for secondary‑market investors.
This milestone is a key driver of ICE’s broader mortgage‑technology strategy, which seeks to capture a larger share of the residential‑mortgage market through end‑to‑end digital workflows. By digitizing promissory notes, the eRegistry reduces capital demands, speeds up loan servicing, and lowers the risk of lost or misfiled instruments. The resulting operational efficiencies translate into recurring revenue for ICE’s mortgage‑technology segment, which reported $532 million in revenue and $8 million in operating income in Q4 2025, a modest but steady increase that supports the company’s low‑to‑mid‑single‑digit growth outlook for 2026.
Bob Hart, president of ICE Mortgage Technology, said the milestone “reflects the steady progress the industry has made in modernizing how loans are produced, transferred and managed.” He added that “as adoption expands, the ability to connect digital infrastructure across the mortgage lifecycle becomes increasingly important, and MERS eRegistry and eDelivery enable digital systems to bring together the processes and workflows that support more scalable and secure loan management.”
The 3 million‑eNote benchmark signals that ICE’s technology platform is gaining traction among lenders and investors, reinforcing the company’s position as a leading provider of digital mortgage solutions. The continued expansion of the eRegistry is expected to drive further revenue growth in ICE’s mortgage‑technology segment, as the company invests in AI tools to enhance efficiency and reduce costs while maintaining a strong recurring‑revenue model.
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