Building a real time analysis platform
Provident Financial is a FTSE 250 company specialising in loans to the non-standard credit market. Through its range of businesses Provident aims to provide credit options for those who are not well served by mainstream credit products or are excluded altogether.
FTSE 250 company specialising in loans to the non-standard credit market
Provident were delivering a brand new guarantors loans proposition to market and needed to get their analytical systems built and delivered under aggressive timescales to be available in time.
We delivered the end-to-end solution for analysis and reporting for the new business in a near real-time data mart using Microsoft SQL Server 2012. The CRM, website, and various third-party APIs were integrated into a single cube which was used to support manual underwriting and analysis.
Some of the data presented was exposed to the Brokers supplying the leads via a bespoke Broker Portal. We were lucky, in that the project was greenfield with cutting-edge technology. We were able to design a system which allowed the business to be more event-driven and respond in real-time to changes in data. The business was able to easily analyse the data generated via OLAP cubes.
Many of the tools and patterns implemented during development have become core parts of the development process.
Technology
BIML to automate the production of time consuming parts of the application.
Design
Within 3 months, a real-time platform was designed and implemented, allowing Provident to understand the quality of leads arriving.
Results
Credit decisions were made with all the relevant data to hand.
