As a result Positive Lending will have access to OMS’s product sourcing, CRM system and full workflow solution.

OMS said that this partnership underlined growing demand across the market for an all-encompassing CRM system. It argues it is the only end-to-end CRM system which covers specialist areas like second charge, equity release, bridging and commercial, as well as residential and buy-to-let mortgages, alongside general insurance and protection.

Last year OMS processed 42,000 applications, which were worth a total of £9.3bn.

Neal Jannels, managing director of OMS, said that Positive Lending has been a real force across the specialist sector for many years, praising its approach to “customer-centric funding”.

He added: “As an early adopter of technology, it’s a privilege to have the opportunity to work closely with Paul and his team to further improve their tech capabilities and help support any future expansion plans.”

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Paul McGonigle, chief executive of Positive Lending, said that technology within the mortgage market was “evolving at a rapid pace”.

“We have worked hard together to evolve the platform to meet our business needs and the team at OMS have delivered what I would argue to be the best multi product packager-based technology in the marketplace today,” he continued.

The Positive Lending tie-up follows applications growing by a quarter this year at OMS, while the firm has also brought in a new business partnership and growth director.