# Smarter Lending from Start to Finish

From small business, to commercial, to corporate, every deal gets matched to the workflow it deserves with intelligent business lending.

Match every deal to the right workflow—from small business to corporate—with nCino's intelligent business lending platform.


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## Purpose-Built Workflows to Support Every Client

Small businesses and large corporations alike get the journey that fits their needs — not just to get to yes, but for as long as the relationship lasts. The process matches the complexity of the deal, not the size of the client.
### Automated 
Straight-through processing based on your scoring criteria – from small business to corporate credits that fit your policy. 
### Guided  
AI-driven financial and credit analysis to accelerate moments that need a banker’s eyes, but not their hours. 
### Tailored 
Full-service workflow for complex, high-touch engagements that require collaboration and deep analysis – augmented with intelligence.  

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## Turning Lending Capacity into a Growth Engine

Discover how nCino's intelligent technology enabled WaFd Bank to improve customer experiences, drive an increase in loan volume, and quickly adapt to serve new customers.
[Read the Case Study](https://assets.ctfassets.net/ze344jjyx19q/7xk4DxxEoSugzfD9NiGRXM/f68e7e9b93b509d83f18540ed85f14a2/nCino_Case_Study_WaFd.pdf)

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## Solutions Built to Power and Evolve Your Financial Institution
### Commercial Lending 
Commercial Lending shortens the loan origination cycle from application to close, driving portfolio growth by increasing speed, transparency, and consistency in every credit decision. 
[Learn more](/solutions/commercial-lending )
### Small Business Lending  
Small Business Lending gives small business borrowers a fast, flexible application experience with automated approvals behind the scenes to help institutions grow loan volume. 
[Learn more](/solutions/small-business-lending)
### Credit Analysis
Seamlessly integrated into the commercial loan origination workflow, automated spreads contain a suite of credit analysis tools to produce faster, high-quality decisions.
[Learn more](https://www.ncino.com/solutions/credit-analysis)
### Automated Spreading
The Automated Spreading Solution reduces the time it takes to spread financials, enabling portfolio growth by improving the speed and quality of credit decisions.
[Learn more](/solutions/automated-spreading  )

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