FinTech // Client Project

SME Credit Decisions:
4.2x Faster.

We built an underwriting workflow that combines banking and business data, applies clear lending rules, and automatically handles straightforward applications while sending borderline cases to an underwriter.

Key Results RESULTS
4.2x
Faster Decisions
Less Waiting
62%
More Automated Cases
Fewer Manual Reviews
18ms
Decision Speed
Fast Risk Checks

Trusted by teams building ambitious products

What We Set Out to Improve.

Business
SME Lending

A lender serving businesses that did not always have a long traditional credit history.

Partnership
Dedicated FinTech Team

Coretus supported data connections, underwriting rules, scoring workflows, decision explanations, and day-to-day monitoring.

Goal
Faster SME Credit Decisions

Use more business signals to review legitimate SME applicants faster.

What We Built
Automated Underwriting Platform

A decision workflow that combines cash flow, business records, and lending rules before routing each application.

What Was Getting in the Way.

Many healthy small businesses had strong cash flow but limited traditional credit history, which pushed them into manual review or caused them to be rejected too early.

Those longer review cycles meant good borrowers could leave for faster lenders. The team needed a better way to use real operating data without weakening its lending policies.

Slow Approvals
Multi-day manual reviews caused qualified borrowers to abandon the application process.
Good Borrowers Missed
Limited bureau history could hide otherwise healthy businesses.
Inconsistent Manual Review
Different underwriters could interpret borderline cases differently.
The Solution

What We Built.

01
Bring Business Data Together
The platform connects approved banking, accounting, and business data into one view of the applicant.
Key details
Sources Banking & ERP
Focus Cash Flow
Security Controlled
02
Apply Lending Rules Automatically
Straightforward applications are checked against predefined risk rules before the scoring workflow moves them forward.
Key details
Logic Policy Based
Speed Fast
Exceptions Human Review
03
Explain the Decision
Each decision stores the key reasons behind the outcome so underwriters and compliance teams can review it later.
Key details
Output Reason Codes
History Recorded
Review Available
Before and After

How the Workflow Improved.

Area
Before
After
Risk Information

Credit History Heavy

Decisions relied heavily on traditional bureau information.

Broader Business View

Cash flow and business data provide more context for legitimate SMEs.

Decision Consistency

Manual Notes

Underwriting explanations varied between reviewers.

Recorded Reasons

Key decision factors are captured in a consistent format.

Processing Time

Multi-Day Review

Many applications waited in an underwriting queue.

Fast First Decision

Clear cases can move through automatically while exceptions go to people.

Key Features

What Made the Solution Useful.

BUSINESS DATA

Cash-Flow Based Business View

The platform uses approved business and banking signals to add context beyond a traditional credit score.

Business impact
Better SME Coverage
DECISION TRANSPARENCY

Clear Decision Reasons

Underwriters can see which business signals contributed to an approval, rejection, or manual review.

Business impact
Easier Review
AUTOMATED Prioritization

Exception-Based Underwriting

Straightforward applications move faster, while borderline cases still receive human attention.

Business impact
62% More Straight-Through Processing
Faster Delivery

How We Reduced Build Time.

Tested foundations helped the team spend less time on setup and more time on the parts that made this product useful.

What accelerated the work

4 reusable building blocks
01

Business Identity

A tested starting point for business identity reduced repeated setup work.

02

Cash-Flow Analysis

Reusable work for cash-flow analysis let the team focus more time on the client’s specific needs.

03

Underwriting Monitoring

This made it easier to add underwriting monitoring without rebuilding common foundations.

04

Risk Controls

A tested starting point for risk controls reduced repeated setup work.

Results

The Business Difference.

A straightforward before-and-after view of what changed for the team and their customers.

RESULT: SPEED01

Approval Time

Automation reduced manual slowdowns and moved eligible applications through the process faster.

Older Baseline7 Days
Coretus Platform4.2x Faster
Outcome4.2x Faster Credit Decisions
RESULT: EFFICIENCY02

Straight-Through Processing

More straightforward applications could be completed without manual underwriting.

BeforeManual Heavy
AfterAutomated
Outcome62% Increase in Automated Processing
RESULT: RESPONSE03

Decision Performance

The automated decision workflow responded quickly enough to keep the applicant experience moving.

Target< 50ms
Coretus18ms
Outcome18ms p95 Decisions
Results4.2x Faster Credit Decisions • 62% Increase in Automated Processing
Trust and Control

How We Kept It Safe and Reliable.

01
Decision Reasons
The platform records the factors behind automated outcomes so decisions can be reviewed later.
TRACEABLE
02
Business Data Protection
Sensitive banking and business information is protected with secure access and encryption.
SECURE
03
Human Exceptions
Borderline or policy-sensitive cases are routed to an underwriter instead of being forced through automation.
HUMAN REVIEW
04
Code and IP Ownership
The client retains ownership of the custom underwriting workflows and software created for the project.
100% OWNED
Client Testimonial

In their own words.

Coretus didn’t just automate a process, they built a governed decisions engine that opened a market we previously couldn’t serve. Our approval speed spiked by 4.2x without a single compromise on risk policy.

Make SME Lending Faster and Easier to Review.

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Business Data Integration

Automated Risk Checks

Human Review & Decision Reasons