BNPL, affordability at checkout

Proportionate checks, in real time.

BNPL has to be fast and fair at once, and FCA oversight is arriving. Credit Canary runs a proportionate open banking affordability check in the checkout, so you approve good customers quickly and evidence the decision.

Fast, and fair

A soft check guesses. Open banking knows, in seconds.

Declared
  • Approval on minimal data at checkout
  • Affordability assumed, not evidenced
  • Repeat and stacked borrowing invisible
  • Hard to evidence a decision to the regulator
Verified with open banking
  • Proportionate income and affordability check in-flow
  • Real commitments and existing BNPL surfaced
  • Stacked borrowing and conduct flags caught
  • A defensible, evidenced decision on file

Open banking across the BNPL journey

A check that fits the checkout and stands up later.

Speed

A proportionate check that completes in the checkout flow.

Affordability

Verified income and real commitments, not an assumption.

Stacking

Surface existing BNPL and other short-term credit.

Consumer Duty

Evidence a fair, affordable approval under incoming rules.

The account, turned into a fast decision

The Open Banking enrichment behind our wider work, run proportionately at checkout.

One account, read once Illustrative example
Raw bank feed
What the API returns
30 SepNYX*MORRISONS-£34.90
29 SepPayment from Uber Bv+£1,217.40
28 SepRONTEC SEDG...-£21.84
27 SepSKY BET STAKE-£10.00
26 SepTO DRAGOS IONUT M-£30.00
25 SepDD DVLA-SP63MKM-£1.75
Enriched by Credit Canary
Clean counterparty, category and signal, ready to decide on
Morrisons
-£34.90
Essential variableSupermarket
Uber
+£1,217.40
IncomeSalary, verified payer
Rontec, Sedgefield
-£21.84
Essential variableFuel
Sky Bet
-£10.00
RiskGambling
Transfer to D. Ionut
-£30.00
TransfersPerson to person
DVLA
-£1.75
Essential billsRecurring, direct debit
Income verified
£2,405/mo
Salary resolved to a verified payer in seconds.
Existing short-term credit
2 facilities
Other BNPL and high-cost credit surfaced from the feed.
Conduct surfaced
1 signal
Gambling and returned payments flagged, even from cryptic strings.

Approve BNPL fast, and fairly.

See how Credit Canary runs a proportionate affordability check from a real account.