Optimal Blue setup (Loan Services)
a step-by-step guide on setting up Loan Services.
OB Loan Services Guide
Optimal Blue offers API integration to bring up their user interface when clicking the get price button. Please follow the below.
- System admins can reach out to your OB rep and request that you wish to have the new OB API set up in LendingPad
- OB will email our support requesting integration setup items.
- Once we return the items and OB confirms they are set up on their end, you may start using the alternate integration functionality.
- Within their UI, as you change data, it will post back to your LendingPad loan file. See the screenshot below of an example user interface.

Within LendingPad in the Settings > Actions > Pricing Provider > Contacts > choose Loan Services (OB)
- Credentials Source Type - Company or user: if users will run off one set or have their own setup within OB. Your OB rep should be able to help you.
- Username - This is provided by OB and typically in email format
- Service Account Username - Provided by OB and usually "SA_" format
- Service Account Password - Provided by OB
- Service ID - Provided by OB and is "companyname_lendingpadls.v1" format.
- Account ID - Provided by LendingPad and will be generated by LendingPad's support team.
- See attached for more details about OB's Loan Services functionality. OB Loan Services