Indirect auto loans
Expand your share in indirect auto
Leverage Upstart’s AI technology to acquire more loans from your dealers by approving more creditworthy borrowers and improving the dealer experience.
“Upstart’s Credit Decision API will enable us to increase the speed of lending decisions, better price applicants and more accurately assess risk, ultimately to better serve our customers.”
GANESH KUMAR, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, ORIENTAL BANK
Grow your indirect auto loan portfolio
Indirect auto loans comprise the majority of auto loans outstanding. Despite the large size of the market, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to maintain margins due to strong competition.
Gain a competitive edge to win more loans from dealers. Deploy Upstart’s AI-based Credit Decision API with your existing systems to find hidden prime borrowers through instant and accurate risk-based pricing, all within your risk profile. Our technology will enable you to offer better priced rates and faster credit decisioning for every applicant.
How you benefit
Lend to more creditworthy borrowers safely
Find hidden prime borrowers with accurately priced risk
Maintain or reduce your current loss rates
Drive higher loan margins
Increase your look-to-book
Offer the best rates for conversion
Provide deal structure flexibility to increase close rates
Deliver instant decisions for all applicants
Improve the dealer experience
Offer multiple deal structures to give dealers more options
Reprice new deal structures instantly for faster closing
Expand LTV rules for greater flexibility
How it works
Dealer requests loan offer
Dealer submits customer and vehicle information to your institution using their existing dealer portal.
Your institution passess the application data to Upstart via our secure Credit Decision API.
Credit decision delivered
Upstart’s AI model leverages over 1,000 variables to individually price applicants within your credit criteria, resulting in higher approvals and lower losses.
100% of applicants receive an instant credit decision.
Upstart’s Credit Decision API returns risk-based pricing and term options, or a decline.
Dealer receives decision and loan offers
Existing portal displays multiple deal structures to give the dealer more options.
Deal structure is finalized and loan is closed
Dealer can adjust the deal structure (i.e. add F&I products, change down payment, etc), and Upstart can provide instant repricing for faster closing.
Loan is originated using the existing process established with your dealer.
How it works
Dealer requests loan offer
Dealer submits customer and vehicle information to your institution using their existing dealer portal.
Your institution passess the application data to Upstart via our secure Credit Decision API.
Credit decision delivered
Upstart’s AI model leverages over 1,000 variables to individually price applicants within your credit criteria, resulting in higher approvals and lower losses.
100% of applicants receive an instant credit decision.
Upstart’s Credit Decision API returns risk-based pricing and term options, or a decline.
Dealer receives decision and loan offers
Existing portal displays multiple deal structures to give the dealer more options.
Deal structure is finalized and loan is closed
Dealer can adjust the deal structure (i.e. add F&I products, change down payment, etc), and Upstart can provide instant repricing for faster closing.
Loan is originated using the existing process established with your dealer.
You're in control
Configure your credit policy
Apply a wide array of qualifying criteria such as minimum credit score, maximum debt-to-income ratio, loan sizes, loan-to-value ratios, and more.
Set your pricing strategy
Configure rates to meet your desired return on assets tailored to your risk appetite.
Leverage AI to predict default
Approve borrowers that meet your risk profile — our model predicts the probability and timing of default.
You're in control
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indirect auto loan portfolio—and gain that competitive advantage.