Economics / Community Banking

Compete with private credit

Your best commercial clients, entrepreneurs and business owners, are asset-rich but cash-constrained. They hold wealth in their businesses, in real estate, in private funds, and increasingly in cryptocurrency. When they need capital, private credit funds and alternative lenders are actively targeting them. Pledged-asset lending lets you serve them first, retain the deposit relationship, and secure the operating account.

Rate premium over unsecured
300-600 bps
Portfolio loss rate
<30 bps
Time to launch
6-8 Weeks
The Banking Advantage

Serve your best commercial clients

True Lender Compliance

Your bank makes all credit decisions and owns all loans. We provide valuation methodology and legal perfection infrastructure. When examiners ask who the lender is, the documentation structure provides the answer.

OCC Examination Support

Third-Party Risk Management packages, Model Risk Management validation aligned with OCC Bulletin 2011-12, and Fair Lending analysis generated on demand. Documentation exists because the examiner will ask.

Higher Margin

Alternative asset-backed loans command premium rates while maintaining conservative LTV ratios. The spread between secured and unsecured reflects the risk differential. Your institution captures that spread.

Eligible Collateral

The assets your commercial clients hold

Entrepreneurs and business owners accumulate wealth in forms that traditional banking systems cannot recognize or value. We provide the valuation methodology that makes those assets visible and lendable.

Private Equity and LP Interests
Fund interests, LP stakes, and direct investments. NAV-based valuation with illiquidity adjustment. UCC Article 9 perfection through financing statement filing.
Real Estate Holdings
Investment properties and commercial real estate beyond traditional CRE lending. ATTOM Data integration for comparable sales and rental income analysis.
Business Equity
Ownership stakes in operating businesses. 409A-informed valuation. Cap table analysis and preference stack modeling for recovery analysis.
Digital Assets
Cryptocurrency and tokenized securities. UCC Article 12 provides the legal framework. Control-based perfection establishes super-priority security interests.
The Commercial Opportunity

Retain deposit relationships

When your best commercial clients need capital, they have options. Private credit funds are actively targeting the businesses you serve. Alternative lenders promise speed but deliver regulatory ambiguity. By lending against existing assets, you retain the deposit relationship, secure the operating account, and deepen the commercial relationship.

Relationship deepening:Asset-backed lending creates stickier client relationships. Borrowers with pledged collateral have economic incentives to maintain the relationship.
Operating account capture:Commercial lending naturally leads to deposit consolidation. Pledged-asset lending is commercial lending for clients whose wealth is not in traditional forms.
Competitive positioning:Serve clients that private credit targets but with relationship-based banking, regulatory clarity, and local decision-making.

Examination Ready

Every pledged-asset loan comes with complete documentation for OCC examination. Third-party risk management, model validation, and fair lending analysis generated at origination, not assembled after the fact.

OCC 2011-12 model risk documentation
Third-party risk management packages
Fair lending analysis and documentation
UCC Article 12 control documentation
Complete audit trails for every loan

Bring institutional capabilities to relationship banking