Business Analysis of Loan Application Process, Case Study Example

The loan application process has several crucial stages. The initial criteria are where the loan application is reviewed to ensure the borrower meets the criteria; if it’s a business, it is analyzed whether it has been operational at least for 2 years with a turnover of about 100,000 Euros. Financial information, where the bank requests the previous two years’ account information, allows it to check the business’s trend analysis. The early warning signs can be identified, like a fall in either profits or sales from one year to another. Moreover, the current loan obligations of the business are checked.  Thirdly, credit checks, the bank may check any incidences of default of payment of loans from different credit agencies (Williams, 2021).  Fourth, the risk band is associated with how risky it would be to loan out to the business. Security, the business considers whether the business is a partnership, corporation of incorporation. Lastly, identification checks to confirm shareholders prevent cases of fraud.

There are different fields required in a loan application. These include the borrower’s first name, middle name, last name, generation, date of birth, the number of dependents, the present address, city, state, and mailing address. Moreover, the borrowers’ no of years employed, the monthly net income, account number, account type, collateral, and the guarantors where there is the name for their first, middle, and last name, employment status, address, city, and state.

Several reports should be available to the branch manager.  These include the borrower’s credit score, income, employment history, debt-to-income ratio, collateral value, and the liquid assets available.

This is a list of five KYC forms, a signed application form, including a photograph. Identity proof, where the borrower can either use his driving license or passport. Age proof consists of the use of either a birth certificate or the voter’s ID card (Leyer, 2015). Address proof is shown by either passbook or voter ID card. Lastly, income proof is proved by either the bank statements or the salary slips for the last 6 months. The financial analysis document required is the credit report.

The three deviations related to the retail lending application include flood insurance, collateral, and loan applications.

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