Chimney's 2025 Year in Review

January 8, 2026

Chimney Accelerates Momentum in 2025, Now Powering Over 180 Financial Institutions Nationwide

Chimney’s digital engagement and financial guidance tools scaled rapidly this past year - driven by record client growth, expanded partnerships, enterprise-grade security milestones, and tens of millions of consumer interactions

Jan. 8, 2026 – NEW YORK – Chimney, a fintech company helping financial institutions deepen digital relationships using property insights and financial guidance tools, announced a standout year in 2025. Chimney scaled to over 180 financial institution clients, expanded partnerships, and delivered measurable engagement across its suite of products - helping banks and credit unions reach consumers with personalized, data-driven experiences.

“Today’s borrowers expect speed, convenience, and personalization as the baseline, and traditional lending tactics can’t keep up,” said Chase Neinken, Co-Founder of Chimney. “In 2025, we helped banks and credit unions move beyond surface-level tools and start building the data and property intelligence infrastructure they need to anticipate borrower needs and win more lending growth in a digital-first world.”

Chimney’s achievements in 2025 include the following:

2025 Growth Highlights

180+ Financial Institutions and Growing

Chimney expanded to over 180 clients, strengthening its position as a trusted partner to banks and credit unions focused on improving digital engagement and driving measurable lending outcomes.

Financial Calculators Reached Massive Scale

Chimney expanded its Financial Calculator Library to 48 total calculators this past year. In 2025, the calculators reached 38M+ views and 5M+ engaged users across client channels.

That engagement translated into 275,000+ total conversions (primary + secondary) - including high-intent actions like “apply,” “learn more,” and other key next steps - helping financial institutions turn digital traffic into measurable outcomes.

Chimney Home Drove High-Intent Homeowner Engagement

Chimney Home continued scaling across clients as a high-adoption, consumer-friendly experience designed to increase homeowner engagement. In 2025, My Home Tracker surpassed 73,000+ enrolled users, delivering a 25% average enrollment rate and a 10.6% average CTR on offers.

Product Innovation & Platform Expansion

In 2025, Chimney shipped product enhancements designed to help financial institutions better understand performance, act on homeowner intent earlier, and drive measurable outcomes across digital channels. Key updates included:

  • Property Intelligence Platform: Continued advancement of Chimney’s Property Intelligence Platform to help banks and credit unions unlock real estate lending opportunities and deliver more personalized, data-driven experiences.
  • Performance Dashboard: Launched a new Performance Dashboard to provide clearer visibility into adoption trends and engagement outcomes - making it easier for Chimney clients to measure impact and optimize performance.
  • Calculator Library Expansion: Added 10 new calculators in 2025, bringing the Template Library to 48 total calculators to support a broader range of consumer financial needs.

Content & Thought Leadership Expansion

Chimney also revamped its content engine to better support banks and credit unions with actionable insights and go-to-market resources. Key initiatives included:

  • Email Newsletters: Expanded email programming to deliver timely insights, product updates, and best practices to financial institution leaders.
  • Blog: Increased publishing on the Chimney blog with guidance on homeowner engagement, real estate lending trends, and digital growth strategies.
  • Case Studies: Developed more customer stories highlighting measurable outcomes and real-world use cases across banks and credit unions.
  • LinkedIn: Strengthened Chimney’s presence on LinkedIn to share product insights, industry commentary, and event highlights with the broader financial services community.
  • Whitepapers & Guides: Published new long-form resources to help financial institutions stay ahead of evolving borrower expectations and market dynamics.

Expanded Partnerships

Building on existing partnerships with leading digital banking providers - including Alkami, Q2, and Banno - Chimney also partnered with Lumin in 2025. Together, these partnerships expanded access to Chimney’s property-based financial guidance tools across more digital channels.

Operational Excellence & Trust

Chimney achieved SOC 2 Type II compliance, reinforcing the company’s commitment to security, availability, and protecting sensitive customer and institutional data. This milestone ensures banks, credit unions, and partners can deploy Chimney’s platform with confidence.

Industry Recognition & Community Presence

Chimney’s momentum was also reflected across the industry through increased visibility and recognition at leading financial services events throughout 2025.

  • Finovate (Award Finalist): Co-founder Chase Neinken took the stage at FinovateFall 2025 to demo Chimney’s Property Intelligence Platform, showcasing how banks and credit unions can win more real estate lending business with personalized, data-driven experiences.
  • ACU Lending Conference: Co-founder Matthew Covi hit the stage to present on how the latest innovations in technology are reshaping the mortgage experience.
  • Filene's FiLab: Chimney was recognized as a finalist in Filene’s FiLab, an incubator program that helps credit unions identify and test emerging solutions designed to drive growth and impact.


Chimney also engaged with banking and credit union leaders throughout the year across key industry events and partner communities - including the ICBA ThinkTECH Alumni Showcase, VentureTech, The Financial Brand Forum, GAC 2025, big.bright.minds. 2025, and the Jack Henry Digital Advisory Board - as well as through client and partner gatherings such as a suite at the Dallas Stars game, a Milwaukee Brewers game, and team meetups in New Orleans.

Giving Back

Chimney also supported the communities it serves through continued involvement with initiatives like In the Cellar, reinforcing its commitment to strengthening the institutions, and the communities, behind them.

Looking ahead to 2026, Chimney will continue expanding its platform to help more financial institutions convert digital engagement into growth.

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