1. Lending Platform
  2. Who it's for
  3. Direct lenders
Who it's for

Direct lenders

A direct lending team needs a reliable handoff from borrower intake to the credit decision and then to the account record. The application keeps the requested amount, borrower, organization and owner together. Underwriting reviews and decisions show which revision was examined, who made the decision and why. Provider references, account movements and receipts let operations follow the result after authorization.

How Lending Platform is set up for you

Credit Officer

Use borrower codes and application record numbers so repeat requests remain distinguishable.

Independent Credit Approver

Review the submitted revision and supporting attachments before recording a decision.

Credit Officer and Auditor

Inspect repayments and dated account snapshots when a provider event needs follow-up.

A direct lending team needs a reliable handoff from borrower intake to the credit decision and then to the account record. The application keeps the requested amount, borrower, organization and owner together. Underwriting reviews and decisions show which revision was examined, who made the decision and why. Provider references, account movements and receipts let operations follow the result after authorization.

Begin with a single operating organization and a small set of borrowers whose identity and eligibility notes can be checked. Rehearse a request that is returned for more evidence, then approved on a new revision. Follow it to a provider reference and a recorded account movement. Use a repayment exception to test whether the operations team can trace the provider event without rewriting the original credit decision.

Agree who owns the provider account identifier, who records a confirmed outcome and who investigates a failed operation receipt. A credit approval alone should not be presented as a completed disbursement. The operating team can use Operations Overview to find pending reviews and failed operations, then open the application and its evidence for the actual case.

Check that a returned decision still points to its original revision and that the later approval identifies the new one. The Auditor should be able to explain both decisions from the retained records.

Features to start with

Roles on the team

Credit Officer
Prepare assigned operational loan records and execute eligible reviewed actions. Own organization and draft scope only; accepted, posted and provider evidence is read-only; guarded workflows authorize every transition.
Independent Credit Approver
Review eligible loan application revisions independently and reconcile operational evidence. Approve or reject through guarded actions only; no unrestricted editing of protected or executed records; a reviewer cannot approve their own submission.
App Administrator
Maintain organization configuration and membership. Administrative membership does not confer financial, approval or execution authority and cannot grant an independent reviewer entitlement.
Auditor
Read authorized evidence and reports in a scoped, read-only audit view. No record writes and no action execution.

Set up Lending Platform your way.

Start free, then use Proto to change fields, steps and approvals before your team goes live.

How to get started