LendInvest has teamed up with Credit Kudos in order to improve the underwriting process via Open Banking.
Through the partnership, LendInvest and Credit Kudos will aim to provide brokers and clients a more accessible and secure service. The initiative also aims to enable LendInvest with making more informed lending-related decisions with the help of Open Banking insights.
LendInvest is a technology-focused property finance Fintech specialized in providing property developers a more intuitive and flexible way to gain access to commercial property finance. The company chose Credit Kudos to improve its time-to-decision with a seamless customer experience and to enhance affordability and credit risk assessments via Open Banking-powered risk insights.
Unlike the typical credit assessment providers, Credit Kudos leverages Open Banking data to offer a holistic, up-to-date view to lenders of a business or company’s financial situation. By leveraging bank transaction information and loan outcome details, it offers key insights to assist lenders with making informed credit-related decisions.
Credit Kudos’ tech supports a more seamless experience for customers and lenders. It aims to remove the requirement to manually upload business documents, and it also allows lenders to automate many parts of the underwriting assessment process. LendInvest reports that it experienced a 50% reduction in overall assessment times.
Open Banking insights have also assisted LendInvest with offering its products to clients it was not able to work with before. These customers include self-employed and sole traders who might not have traditional or more typical income patterns. This seamless, quicker application process has also provided a 26% increase in Open Banking-related conversion rates after launching last month.
Arman Tahmassebi, COO of LendInvest, stated:
“Getting rid of the manual documentation process has allowed us to offer a far faster and more convenient service. Although we have been using Open Banking for two years, this new partnership with a like-minded fintech has allowed us to take it to the next level and really reap the benefits of the technology. The greater insights are empowering us to make better informed, faster lending decisions to more people. We have been particularly impressed with the seamless integration of Credit Kudos into our system – the new dashboard is highly intuitive and it’s already helping us serve more customers.”
Freddy Kelly, Founder and CEO at Credit Kudos, remarked:
“Like LendInvest, we are committed to making credit applications smoother and fairer for both the lender and applicant, so this partnership is a natural fit. Open Banking technology is transformative for lenders who want to make smarter and faster decisions to better serve their customers. With our technology in place, lenders can automate the underwriting process and get a far more accurate picture of an applicant’s true financial position. It not only helps them lend responsibly but also opens up their service to underserved customers who may not have traditional income patterns, such as sole traders.”
Credit Kudos’ tech is completely integrated within LendInvest’s application process for buy-to-let mortgages. It will be launched along with integrations within other services in the foreseeable future.