Commercial Lending

Full spectrum credit data intelligence and know your business for commercial loan decisioning

  1. 01Get to know opportunitieswith business credit reports
  2. 02Spot risk earlier with CRSloan monitoring products

Unified risk and credit data for faster, more complete decisions

Commercial lenders need clearer visibility into business health, especially for thinner filed companies under three years old, and established businesses with increasingly complex ownership structures. CRS supports bank and non-bank commercial lenders with a technology friendly platform to access credit and risk data used by a variety of industries and company stages.

CRS brings bureau, consortium, and alternative data together into a comprehensive credit and KYB suite.

Commercial Lending Trends: Balancing Risk and Growth
  • Ship financial products, tailored by risk and cost
  • Improve pipeline conversion with better targeting
  • Reduce underwriting blind spots
  • Monitor portfolios proactively

Trusted by

  • Daylit
  • Lendistry
  • Lendzi
  • Novo

01

Get to know opportunitieswith business credit reports

CRS delivers Experian's Business Premier and Business Profile Reports through a single API call, returning trade payment history, public records (liens, judgments, bankruptcies, UCCs), firmographics, and proprietary risk scores including Intelliscore and Financial Stability Risk Rating.

It's the foundation for fast, reliable KYB and credit profiling across SBA loans, equipment finance, merchant cash advance, and working capital products.

CRS offers products including:

  • 01.1Experian IntelliScore & Report
  • 01.2LexisNexis Business Instant ID
  • 01.3FICO SBSS
  • 01.4Bankruptcy, Lien & Judgements
  • 01.5Consortia Data (SBFE, Paynet, D&B)

02

Spot risk earlier with CRSloan monitoring products

CRS supports ongoing monitoring so lenders can identify risk shifts sooner, refine underwriting criteria, and protect portfolio performance. These monitoring products can be run on individual businesses or as a batch across an entire portfolio.

CRS monitoring products include:

  • 02.1Bankruptcy Status Changes
  • 02.2Tax Return Data
  • 02.3Business Principal Credit Review
  • 02.4Commercial Data Furnishing

CRS Advantage

Technology

Unified data infrastructure

A single integration layer for credit, identity, fraud, and alternative data designed to reduce complexity and overhead. With AI, complete integration in a single session.

Pricing

Flexible transparent pricing

Pay only for the data you need, with pricing designed to scale as your business grows. CRS uses its purchasing power to secure preferred rates for customers.

Performance

Built to scale

SOC 2 certified and enterprise grade infrastructure built for high volume, real time decisioning in regulated environments. Our APIs perform up to 5x faster.

Access

Weeks not months

Standardized APIs and configurable workflows enable fast onboarding, with guided FCRA compliance and dedicated support. Most clients go live in under 5 days.

  • Bilt
  • NACA
  • Unlock
  • Rentvine
  • Wealthfront
  • Live Oak Bank
  • Checkr
  • Aptly
  • Taktile

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Step into a new era of commercial credit

One API for KYB, underwriting, and post loan monitoring

FAQ


What does CRS do for commercial lenders?

CRS provides a full spectrum credit and know your business data layer that helps commercial lenders underwrite smarter, monitor earlier, and improve pipeline efficiency. We unify bureau, consortium, and business data into workflow ready outputs so your team can move faster with more confidence, without stitching together a patchwork of vendors. CRS is also able to facilitate Data Furnishing product and service.

Can CRS support different lender types (ABL, equipment, banks, fintechs)?

Yes. CRS supports a wide range of lender types and workflows, including asset based lenders, equipment finance providers, banks, and fintech platforms. Because CRS can align data access to the right permissible purpose and then match the most appropriate bureau, consortium, and alternative datasets, lenders can tailor underwriting and ongoing monitoring to their product, collateral, borrower profile, and risk appetite without rebuilding their stack for each program.

What is the best first step to see if CRS is a fit for our commercial lending workflow?

Share your portfolio type (commercial, consumer, or blended), your funnel goals (conversion, speed, cost control), and where you feel friction today (KYB gaps, thin-file coverage, monitoring, or integration overhead). From there, CRS can recommend the right configuration and implementation approach.

How does CRS help improve approval and conversion rates?

CRS helps improve pipeline conversion by reducing underwriting blind spots, sharpening targeting, and enabling earlier fit assessment. When you can identify higher-likelihood borrowers sooner and validate key attributes upfront, you avoid the late-stage surprises that cause drop-off, rework, and inconsistent outcomes.

Can CRS help us reduce top of funnel noise and wasted underwriting time?

Yes. CRS helps commercial lenders filter and prioritize leads earlier so your team spends time on businesses that are more likely to qualify. This is especially valuable in high volume funnels where operational capacity is limited and speed to decision directly impacts conversion.

How does CRS help with thin file or emerging businesses?

Thin file businesses are exactly where unified know your business and multi source intelligence matter most. CRS combines multiple sources and signals to build a stronger profile when traditional business data is limited, helping you make more consistent decisions without relying on guesswork or overly conservative declines.

Can CRS support complex borrower structures, including entities and guarantors?

Yes. CRS can support workflows that evaluate both the operating entity and the principals, which is important for real world commercial lending where ownership structures, multiple entities, and personal guarantees are common. This helps lenders build a more complete risk picture and reduce gaps that show up late in the process.

Do you support SBA lending specifically, including SBA 7(a)?

Yes. CRS has optimized SBA 7(a) underwriting and monitoring to help lenders expand pipelines without sacrificing underwriting discipline. We support a prequalification focused funnel approach that reduces noise early, and we also support proactive monitoring designed to surface risk signals before traditional warning signs appear. CRS also has a direct integration with FICO for the SBSS product.

Does CRS support post origination monitoring for commercial portfolios?

Yes. CRS provides post loan monitoring and risk signals so lenders can identify risk shifts sooner, refine underwriting criteria over time, and protect portfolio performance. The core advantage is timing, monitoring that arrives early enough to drive action, not just reporting. These products include business principal credit report data, business credit reports, bankruptcy, lien and judgement changes, tax returns and transcript data.

Can CRS support high velocity lenders like merchant cash advance and revenue based financing providers?

CRS enables underwriting and commercial data furnishing designed for high velocity financing workflows. Merchant cash advance providers use CRS to make faster funding decisions, reduce reliance on self reported inputs, and improve consistency, without slowing down the customer experience. Initial setup can be completed in a week or less and then credit reports can be pulled and processed under 2 seconds.

Why do merchant cash advance providers use CRS in addition to bank statements?

Bank statements are valuable, but they are not the full story. CRS adds independent, standardized credit signals that help validate risk, reduce blind spots, and surface misrepresentation earlier, especially when speed is critical and decisions cannot depend on manual review. We believe strongly that cash flow and credit underwriting paired together is the gold standard of data completeness.

Can CRS support both direct origination and broker or ISO models?

CRS is designed to fit commercial lending operating models where origination happens through a direct channel, partner network, or broker or ISO ecosystem. That flexibility matters when you need consistent decisioning across multiple sources of volume.

Can CRS integrate with our existing tech stack?

CRS integrates with common systems across the funnel, including CRM platforms, marketing systems, underwriting engines, and lender workflows, including platforms like Salesforce, Zoho, and others. The goal is to meet you where you operate today and reduce custom build burden. If there is an integration we do not yet support that you rely on, know that we will build that connection to support your use case.

What are the most common monitoring use cases you support?

Common use cases include SBA 7(a) loan monitoring, private credit portfolio review, open credit line health checks, and broader commercial portfolio oversight. CRS monitoring is designed to deliver decision ready alerts and reviews when your team can still intervene.