Much has been said about the power available to lenders and their technology partners thanks to open software architectures and modern Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). A significant amount of our work focuses on making the most of these powerful tools for the benefit of our financial institution clients.
These tools have made an impact on the user experience, both for lenders and their customers, with faster transactions, more efficient fulfillment, and higher customer satisfaction.
We attribute this success to a focus on the following three areas:
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The power of strategic partners
The power to connect systems will not deliver results if APIs are used to connect the wrong systems. It’s not just about the technology; it’s also about the partner. Making the right choice will greatly benefit the institution’s modernization efforts.
It can be challenging for a lender to find and evaluate potential partners. Much due diligence is needed and relationships must be well-defined and nurtured.
When a lender’s technology partner can offer complementary resources that supports the lender’s objectives, it opens more possibilities, a smoother transition, and a faster solution than if the institution took on this challenge alone.
In our case, we spend much time carefully evaluating potential partners to ensure we deliver the tools our lenders need through valuable partnerships.
We see more API-driven solutions hit the market every month, and we evaluate them on behalf of our partners, knowing that every new connection has the potential to make an existing process better.
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Making the connection to the core systems
For many community banks and credit unions, their options for external partners can be limited by the connections already available within their core systems or by the bandwidth of their core system providers. No institution wants to be limited by the capabilities a developer delivers off the shelf.
Today’s most popular core systems are built on open architectures that allow lenders to access the technologies they want, but it often falls to their partners to make those connections.
Any partner a lender chooses must have a good relationship with the developers of their core systems. This can help reduce friction and ensure that required changes can be made quickly. For instance, lenders often require new workflows to be developed to correspond to strategic process changes.
We work with the developers of the most common core banking systems to ensure a strong connection between our Origence Consumer LOS and our lending partners’ other technologies. We also train our customers to work efficiently within their core systems and with third-party partners.
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Capitalizing on economies of scale
Successful technology developers attract larger user bases, which often translates into economies of scale for their customers. Lenders should seek technology partners who have achieved some scale and are willing to pass on these benefits.
Companies that serve hundreds of institutions will have industry insight that exposes both potential problems and opportunities. In addition, they will have seen many API-powered workflows and will know what is possible. This insight makes it easier for lenders to create their ideal process.
For example, Origence’s experience working with over 16,000 auto dealers nationwide has provided us with a wealth of knowledge of best practices related to auto lending, technology, lenders, and dealers.
The key benefits we’re delivering through APIs
Technology is a great enabler, and when used properly, it delivers advantages that can create competitive leaders. Among these include the customer experience, the driving force in borrower and member satisfaction.
There are other benefits as well. Lenders want to work with the best partners but don’t always have the time to seek them out and evaluate them. We can help. Our relentless commitment to assessing, building, and delivering valuable technology connections puts lenders on the right path to cost savings, efficiencies, and a better customer experience.
Those are the benefits our customers are looking for and we’re delivering on through better use of technology, and the right connections with API integrations.
