Client success story

United Trust Bank

United Trust Bank (UTB) has built a solid reputation as a skilled and reliable specialist bank. As part of a range of secured funding solutions which include development finance, bridging finance and specialist mortgages, UTB provides non-regulated hire purchase and lease products to a diverse range of customers. By the end of 2024, UTB’s total assets were approaching £4 billion, reflecting significant growth and market presence.

Key highlight

Increased lending

by processing more applications without increasing staff.

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About United Trust Bank

Established: 1995
Industry: Asset Finance
Products: ADP

The challenge:

Building a more scalable lending operation 

UTB faced challenges with their manual underwriting process, which relied heavily on Excel spreadsheets. This approach hindered their ability to scale operations because of its time-consuming nature. As they transitioned to a new operating system, UTB recognised the opportunity to integrate automated decisioning into their asset finance operations. Positive feedback from their mortgage team guided them towards choosing LendingMetrics for this development.

The initial implementation of ADP focused on Assisted Decisioning, aiming to reduce the burden of manual repetitive tasks while retaining human input in formal credit decisions. Automating data gathering and processing from third-party sources allows underwriters to access customer information instantly, presenting it in a useful, digestible format for making further decisions.

The solution

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Internal control

A key feature that UTB values is ADP’s self-serve functionality, which allows users to independently manage and navigate the system to create and manage credit risk models, run passive engines to test live data, and import decision engines between testing and production environments. These capabilities enable UTB to maximise the platform without external IT support.

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Faster reviews

ADP also generates audit and underwriting summary reports, allowing underwriters to quickly review decisioning steps and address referred applications requiring further action. This has significantly reduced time across the application-to-loan process, streamlined manual checks and increased operational efficiency, contributing to higher lending volumes as automation progresses.

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Assisted decisioning

The implementation of Assisted Decisioning has enabled UTB to process more business without increasing staff, while reducing the likelihood of human error and improving productivity across the team. By empowering internal teams with self-serve capabilities and streamlining key processes, UTB is well positioned for continued operational growth.

The Outcome

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Increased lending

through streamlined underwriting and improved operational scalability.

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Self-serve control

giving teams greater autonomy over logic without reliance on external resource.

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Faster processing

reducing manual workload and improving efficiency through automation.

The future

Building greater analytical capability 

Looking ahead, UTB plans to leverage the expertise of the Adaptive Risk Consultancy (ARC) team and eventually adopt fully automated decisioning to strengthen their business processes further. The ARC team will enhance UTB’s analytical capacity by supporting their in-house credit risk teams, refining decision engines, and designing bespoke scorecards. Through these improvements, UTB aims to achieve greater operational efficiency and faster lending decisions for their customers, ensuring continued growth and success in meeting their business objectives. 

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