Driving Instant Risk Decisions for SME Lending
How to Accelerate Your SME Lending Process Financial services organizations can find lending to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) challenging. Even though SMEs represent an overwhelming majority of businesses worldwide, traditional lending institutions may not be able to offer approvals or funding to SMEs for up to 10+ weeks. Fintechs are rising to the challenge, with automated risk decisioning tech that provides instant approvals and funding in only hours. Are you ready to accelerate your SME lending process?
Slow Lane
Fast Lane
More complex, paper-heavy application process
Simple application process
Extensive documentation required with time spent aggregating all critical data
Automated decisioning
Manual processing and underwriting of risk decisions
Rapid approval
Approval and funding can take 10+ weeks
Funding received quickly – in some cases less than 24 hours
Comparing the Approval Experience
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M A NUA L PRO CES SING
AUTOMATED D ECISIONIN G
S UBMIT DOCUM ENTATIO N
APPLI CATION
A PPLICATION
Traditional Lender
Digital Lender
Bring SME Lending Into the Fast Lane (without accelerating your risk):
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Simplify the Application Process:
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Power Real-Time Risk Analytics:
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Lower the Cost of Approval:
Swap long forms, paper-heavy processes and in-person visits for online applications where customers can easily track progress and submit supporting info
Use risk-decisioning technology to analyze business data (not personal credit scores) and get instant access to the data you need
Automate the application process, easily integrate data, and power instant decisioning to save you time and resources, increasing your efficiency
Did You Know?
SMEs represent 90% of businesses and more than 50% of employment worldwide
SMEs cite access to finance as the second biggest obstacle to growing their business in emerging markets and developing countries
Most formal jobs (7 out of 10) in emerging markets are generated by SMEs
Only 48% of small businesses overall have their financing needs met
56% of small businesses apply for funding to expand their business, pursue a new opportunity or acquire business assets
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Sources: World Bank – https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/smefinance Fundera – Small Business Lending Statistics and Trends 2021 – Published December 2020: https://www.fundera.com/resources/small-business-lending-statistics