A loan processing app for SME lenders, brokers, and credit unions. Application capture, document upload, underwriting checklist, credit-bureau pull, decision, drawdown. We integrate Experian, Equifax, ComplyAdvantage, Open Banking. FCA-audit-ready by design.
2–6 wks Build, fixed price4.6 d → 18 h median decision time£40m → £88m book size, same headcount90 days Stabilisation included
What's in the build
Six pieces, one workflow.
Application, underwrite, decision, drawdown — one pipeline, audit-trail-ready.
01 · Application capture
Borrower flow that finishes.
Mobile-first, multi-step application. Save and resume. Auto-extract from uploaded documents (bank statements, accounts). Drop-off engineered down by design.
Multi-step + save
Document auto-extract
Bank statement ingest
Drop-off analytics
02 · Underwriting checklist
Every decision has the same checklist.
Per-product checklist: identity, affordability, security, conduct. Underwriter ticks; nothing missed. Escalations route automatically. Notes and evidence captured per item.
Per-product checklists
Auto-escalation rules
Item-level evidence
Underwriter notes
03 · Credit bureau pulls
Experian, Equifax, Open Banking — wired.
Bureau pulls on submit (with consent). Open Banking transaction history pulled. Affordability calculated from actual cash flow, not stated income.
Experian + Equifax pulls
Open Banking integration
Cash-flow affordability
Consent log
04 · Decision engine
Auto-approve, refer, decline — explained.
Decision tree configurable by product. Auto-approve at low risk. Refer with the specific failed criteria flagged. Decline with reason captured for adverse-action.
Configurable decision tree
Auto-approve threshold
Refer with reason
Adverse-action letter
05 · Drawdown
Approved to funded — without re-keying.
Approved loan triggers contract via DocuSign, payment via Faster Payments / BACS, ledger entry via accounting integration. Borrower funded same day where possible.
DocuSign contract issue
Faster Payments wire
Ledger auto-entry
Same-day funding flag
06 · Portfolio dashboard
Pipeline, decisions, arrears, recovery.
Live: pipeline by stage, average decision time, decline reasons, arrears rolling 30/60/90, recovery actions. The board pack writes itself.
Pipeline by stage
Decision-time SLA
Arrears rolling 30/60/90
Auto board-pack export
Sample engagement
The challenger SME lender that doubled book size, halved decision time.
£40m book. 80 applications/week. Three underwriters.
A challenger SME lender ran applications across email, Excel, and a folder of bureau PDFs. Median decision time: 4.6 days. We shipped a custom loan-processing CRM with Experian, Open Banking, and DocuSign wired in. Nine months in: decision time 18 hours, book size £40m → £88m with the same underwriting headcount, FCA s.166 file review came back clean.
How we measure: Decision time measured from app-submitted to decision-issued (n = 1,200 over 12 weeks pre/post), book size measured from ledger month-end, FCA findings sourced from regulatory letter.
4.6 d → 18 hmedian decision time
£40m → £88mbook size, same headcount
0FCA s.166 findings
Industries this is built for
Where this build earns its rent.
Most-relevant verticals — but the same shape works for adjacent ones.