Funding
Funding not disclosed
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Product
Problem
Businesses often struggle with efficiently and accurately assessing the creditworthiness of their counterparties, leading to increased risk of bad debt and potential financial losses. Traditional credit review processes can be time-consuming, inconsistent, and require specialized expertise. Existing solutions may lack transparency and fail to provide clear, data-backed insights into a counterparty's credit risk profile.
Solution
CreditKernel offers a software platform that streamlines counterparty credit risk analysis by providing automated credit ratings, probability of default (PD) predictions, and industry financial ratio benchmarks. The platform leverages a credit model calibrated with data from over 75,000 financial statements across 60+ industries to deliver transparent and user-friendly credit risk assessments. By standardizing financial data and key ratios, CreditKernel enables businesses to quickly identify potential risks, automate decision-making for lower-risk exposures, and align credit risk management with their risk appetite. The platform generates credit risk reports that highlight key strengths and weaknesses of the counterparty, facilitating effective communication between credit, sales, and leadership teams.
Target Audience
CreditKernel is designed for lenders and businesses providing trade credit who need to efficiently assess counterparty credit risk, automate credit decisions, and align credit risk management with their risk appetite.
Features
- Automated financial statement spreading with a standardized template for consistent data entry
- Industry-specific financial ratio benchmarks for peer comparison
- Credit rating model that incorporates industry risk, business longevity, peer competition, financial risk, and liquidity risk
- Probability of default (PD) calculation to quantify the likelihood of counterparty default within 12 months
- Expected credit loss (ECL) estimation for maintaining adequate reserves
- Customizable risk appetite settings for automated decisioning and streamlined reviews
- Credit risk reports highlighting key strengths and weaknesses of the counterparty
- Integration of both quantitative and qualitative risk factors for a comprehensive credit risk assessment
- Liquidity assessment incorporating liquidity ratio and stress test analysis