Gartner defines commercial loan origination solutions (CLOSs) as software applications that enable lending institutions to manage the end-to-end process of opening lending products, from application through underwriting and closing, for businesses of different sizes. These can be consumed as on-premises software, cloud-based SaaS, integrations and API, and white-labelled solutions. CLOSs are software solutions specifically designed to facilitate the evaluation, approval, settlement, and documentation of loans for businesses. These solutions serve as a centralized platform for lenders to assess business creditworthiness, collect and analyze financial information, automate document processing, and streamline the commercial lending process. The primary purpose of CLOSs includes activities such as processing loan applications, managing risk, managing collateral, and improving operational efficiency. These solutions offer solutions to problems such as lengthy approval processes, manual data entry, complex financial analysis, and cumbersome documentation requirements.
Gartner defines a core banking system (CBS) as the financial institution’s back‐office software that performs real-time or end-of-day processing for deposits and loans. Apart from advancing the processing dates, representative capabilities include transaction posting, interest accrual/payment, service charge calculation and cash management (zero balance, target balance). CBSs provide deposit and loan product servicing with interfaces to other applications, such as customer-facing channels, general ledger systems and reporting tools. CBSs can be deployed on the bank’s premises or run from the cloud or any hosted environment. Bank employees and customers either directly or indirectly use the bank’s CBS.