Leader Bank Announces Partnership with DepositLink to Expand Real Estate Brokerage Banking Offerings

ARLINGTON, Mass., May 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Leader Bank is proud to announce a partnership with DepositLink, the premier digital payment platform for the real estate industry. This strategic collaboration was made in tandem with the launch of Leader Bank's Real Estate Brokerage Banking team and deepens the Bank's commitment to providing real estate agents with tailored solutions for their businesses.

With a focus on delivering cutting-edge solutions to ease the homebuying process for the real estate industry, Leader Bank's partnership with DepositLink helps strengthen the suite of banking and cash management solutions available to Leader Bank's broker-owners and real estate agent partners.

"We pride ourselves on our unique insight into the needs of real estate broker-owners, agents, and homebuyers," said Jay Tuli, President of Leader Bank. "Our partnership with DepositLink reflects our continued commitment to these clients while allowing us to better support them with best-in-class tools to make every step of the homebuying process easier, faster, and more secure."

DepositLink allows real estate brokerages, agents, and escrow holders to request time-sensitive payments digitally from homebuyers, in minutes. By integrating DepositLink into its suite of services, Leader Bank ensures that real estate professionals and their clients can rely on secure, real-time transactions that are easy to track and manage — all while enhancing transparency.

In addition to offering clients rebates on fees for qualifying DepositLink transactions, Leader Bank's Real Estate Brokerage Banking team will offer a variety of innovative services, such as seamless earnest money deposit collection, seasonal lines of credit and term loans, virtual deposit escrow account opening, 24/7 access to a relationship banker, high-yield savings accounts for real estate agents, and 1031 exchange educational resources through Leader1031.

"This partnership will be a game-changer for our escrow holding clients," said Jay Rooney, CEO and Founder of DepositLink. "Our passion for helping real estate companies and agents collect all types of payments quickly and securely is perfectly aligned with Leader Bank's mission to create technology solutions and offer banking services that help companies manage escrow funds more efficiently and grow their businesses."

As the real estate industry continues to evolve, Leader Bank remains committed to investing in technology and partnerships that enhance the client experience and empower real estate professionals with smarter, more reliable tools.

ABOUT LEADER BANK, N.A.

Founded in 2002, Leader Bank, N.A. is a Massachusetts-based entrepreneurial financial institution that approaches banking differently. The core tenets of Leader Bank include world-class client service, exemplary products, and innovation to meet the needs of its clients. At its founding, Leader Bank had $6.5 million in assets – in the two decades since, the Bank has grown into one of the most successful financial institutions in the Commonwealth with $5 billion in assets. Leader Bank's team members have been at the forefront of supporting the Bank's rapid growth and client-oriented solutions over the last two decades as the Bank has expanded its commercial and retail products and solutions. Leader Bank is a committed corporate citizen and prides itself on partnering with and supporting philanthropic organizations. More information on Leader Bank can be found at www.LeaderBank.com.

SOURCE Leader Bank