Xactus

Merging multiple companies to disrupt an antiquated industry

Award-Winning Work

Deliverables

  • Positioning & Messaging
  • Company Name
  • Visual Brand Development
  • Brand/Product Architecture
  • Branded Business Tools
  • Content Development
  • Website Development
  • Targeted Message Training
  • Brand Launch Planning
  • Brand Launch Video
  • Executive Photography
  • Purpose, Vision, Mission & Values
  • Brand Audit & Brand Governance
  • Product Nomenclature System
  • Go-to-Market Strategy & Planning

PE FIRM

  • Lovell Minnick Partners

Growth Stage

Early

Private Equity

  • Private Equity Backed

OVERVIEW

With the merger of UniversalCIS and Credit Plus, seven different companies in the credit reporting space came together to form the largest player in the industry. But it was clear that the future of the company would extend beyond simply credit reporting – they now had the scale, knowledge, and ambition to revolutionize the mortgage verification industry. In order to unify its internal team and make a bold statement in the marketplace, this NewCo was renamed Xactus – a nod to the company’s focus on exacting precision and promise of purposeful innovation. The messaging & positioning, visual brand, and all other branded elements were developed to support this vision of innovating the mortgage verification industry.

Deliverables

  • Positioning & Messaging
  • Company Name
  • Visual Brand Development
  • Brand/Product Architecture
  • Branded Business Tools
  • Content Development
  • Website Development
  • Targeted Message Training
  • Brand Launch Planning
  • Brand Launch Video
  • Executive Photography
  • Purpose, Vision, Mission & Values
  • Brand Audit & Brand Governance
  • Product Nomenclature System
  • Go-to-Market Strategy & Planning
Xactus

OVERVIEW

Xactus’ tagline, “Advancing the Modern Mortgage,” asserts the brand’s position as a verifications innovator dedicated to transforming an antiquated industry.

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PROBLEM

As a roll-up of seven different organizations, Xactus was struggling to unify its internal teams. Employees aligned themselves with their legacy organization and had little purview into the broader vision of the company.

SOLUTION

We intentionally created a bold name and visual brand for Xactus that was a departure from the legacy companies. The name, logo, and use of purple made a bold, differentiating, statement in the market, but was also intended as a rallying flag for internal teams.

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RESULT

Sustena helped Xactus uncover and articulate the category Xactus360 had created within the market—Intelligent Verification.
More than a new technology platform, Intelligent Verification represents a fundamental technology-driven transformation for the mortgage industry.

VALUE DELIVERED

  • New category created to reflect the scale and the ambition of the industry-leading fintech
  • Strategic message platform crafted to highlight differentiation from status quo tools
  • Visual brand evolved to signal change

We brought together seven of the nation’s leading mortgage verification companies to advance the modern mortgage. Developing a new brand was a necessity for two key reasons – to inspire and unite our combined teams, and to signal our focus on innovating an antiquated industry. We had confidence in Sustena’s brand methodology to develop our new name, brand, and purpose. We could not be more pleased with our positioning and outcome-focused messages. Our new and modern brand is unique in our marketplace – providing us with an opportunity to define what Xactus represents as we evolve and improve the verifications industry.”

Perry Steiner

Chairman and CEO

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