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Open banking for mortgage brokers

Evidence income and affordability in minutes

Give lenders the income and affordability evidence they need, straight from the client's bank, so applications move faster and fall out less.

Documents slow applications down

The hold-up is rarely the decision, it is getting the evidence ready.

Collecting documents delays cases

Statements and payslips take days to arrive.

Self-employed cases are hard

Irregular income is tough to evidence on paper.

Lenders want clean evidence

Messy paperwork means more questions and delay.

Rekeying wastes time

Manual data entry is slow and error-prone.

Why brokers use it

Faster applications

Evidence ready in minutes, not days.

Fewer declines

Clean evidence means fewer questions from lenders.

Stronger self-employed cases

Show real income, not a single document.

Less admin

No chasing, no rekeying.

The data points that matter for mortgage brokers

One connection surfaces exactly what you need to make a confident decision. See how it works.

Verified income, including self-employment and variable pay
Committed outgoings and existing credit
A clear disposable surplus figure
Account conduct, such as overdraft use
A worked example

A self-employed applicant's income is hard to evidence on paper. One open banking connection shows fourteen months of real income, averages out the seasonality and produces a clean affordability figure the lender accepts, so the case does not stall.

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Affordability summary
Applicant · 2 accounts connected
Affordable
Verified income
£3,240/mo
Salary + self-employment
Committed spend
£1,980/mo
Rent, credit, utilities
Monthly surplus
£1,260
After all commitments
Committed£1,980
Discretionary£720
Surplus£1,260

Open banking for mortgage brokers: FAQs

Will lenders accept open banking evidence?

A growing number of UK lenders use open banking affordability directly, and it provides a clear, consistent evidence trail that supports the application either way.

How does this help self-employed cases?

It reads real income straight from the bank across accounts, which is usually faster and more complete than assembling accounts, SA302s and statements.

Is open banking data secure, and who can see it?

Access is read-only under FCA authorisation and encrypted in transit and at rest. The customer consents to share specific accounts for a limited period, only mortgage brokers working on the case see the result, and the customer can withdraw access at any time.

Move applications faster

Book a demo and we will evidence income and affordability on a live connection.