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Takeaways

Compress time to yes, improve underwriting hit rate, and grow deposits per relationship.

Key findings

  • Standard deal packages and risk bands cut underwriting rework by ~35%.
  • Front-door triage returned next-day declines for clear no-go files; analysts focused on real deals.
  • Pre-qualified offers at annual review added ~1.2 products per relationship.

Signals

Time to credit decision
3 days
median from 9
Win rate on qualified deals
62%
from 48%
New deposits per RM
+€3.0m
per quarter after targeted offers

What we would do next

  • Publish three risk bands with doc lists and authority limits.
  • Client doc portal with progress bar and one-click reminders.
  • Weekly deal board with aging by stage and SLA breaches.
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