1 Using the demonstration
- Click through freely. Nothing is saved; reloading a page starts it again.
- The person changes with the screen. The name at the top right is the person who does that work — the verifier on Verification, the approver on Approval.
- Sample marks a value VCL has not yet given us. Rates, limits and targets so marked are placeholders, not a proposal. Part 4 lists each one and where to give your value.
- Every person, business, address and number is fictional. The yellow band in the corner of each page says so.
- The screens show intent. Colours, spacing and wording will be refined; the steps, rules and controls are what we ask you to review.
2 One application, end to end
Follow Arun Sample, a sole proprietor running a grocery shop, applying for ₹ 5,00,000 over 60 months at main branch. Each step opens the screen it describes.
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1ApplicantArun Sample applies on a smartphoneInitiated → Submitted
The applicant verifies the mobile number with a code, completes four short steps about the applicant and the business, reviews the consents and accepts them with a second code. The application number appears at once and arrives by SMS.
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2Branch staffOr: Fathima Sample applies at the branchInitiated
With only a basic phone, the applicant is helped by S. Example, who keys the application. Consent is never given by staff: a code goes to the applicant’s own mobile, and the application exists only once the applicant gives that code.
New application (assisted)Solution FRD §5.3 -
3EveryoneThe application queue
Every application with its status, who holds it and how many days it has waited against the target. An application on hold carries the reason.
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4VerifierV. Example verifies the fileUnder Verification → Verified
Settles each verification item. The credit report is uploaded as a PDF: either one the applicant obtained, or one VCL pulled under its own bureau membership — only the second can support an approval. The report is read automatically; the verifier checks what it flags.
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5AppraiserA. Example appraisesRecommended
Reviews each obligation (weekly microfinance instalments are converted to monthly), compares what was declared with what was verified and uses the less favourable, and sees the eligible maximum the system derives. A missing instalment is shown as Not reported and the figures as Not final — never as zero. The scorecard is advice only. A. Example recommends ₹ 5,00,000.
AppraisalSolution FRD §5.7Solution FRD §5.8Solution FRD §5.9Solution FRD §5.10Solution FRD §5.11Solution FRD §6.1 -
6ApproverApproval by the right levelApproved · Rejected · Returned
The amount and the score each set a level, and the higher applies: ₹ 5,00,000 with a score of 742 goes to level 1, the Branch Manager. Left undecided for 16 hours, it escalates to the next level — so C. Example, Credit Head, now holds it. Whoever recommended cannot approve. The approver approves, rejects or returns it with a reason.
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7Field teamField visits for Anil SampleProvisionally Approved → Field Verification
After provisional approval, D. Example allocates the residence, business and guarantor visits. F. Example records each on the phone, with or without a signal, and the coordinator reviews the visits before the decision.
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8ApplicantThe applicant checks the status
With their mobile number and a fresh code, on their own phone. Every change of status also sends an SMS; staff see each message and its delivery.
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9Management and controlOversight
Reports in five groups, with one of each previewed; the audit of every action; the stopper register; delegations of approval authority.
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10AdministratorSetting VCL up
Masters (products, districts, branches, lists, consent wordings, document types), the credit policy, tenant settings and providers. Readiness lists what is still missing before go-live.
3 Who uses what
One person may hold more than one role in a small branch; the system enforces the order of the work, and that whoever recommends an application cannot approve it. Solution FRD §3
| Role | In the demonstration | Screens | Does | Cannot |
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| Applicant | The applicant | Applicant’s phone | Applies, consents, checks status | See anything about another applicant; change an application after submitting it |
| Branch staff | S. Example | New application (assisted)Application queue | Helps applicants; keys the form for an applicant without a smartphone | Give consent on the applicant’s behalf |
| Verifier | V. Example | Verification | Settles every verification item; releases the file | Recommend or approve |
| Appraiser | A. Example | AppraisalStopper register | Recommends terms, or rejects; applies a stopper | Approve their own recommendation |
| Approver, level 1 | B. Example, Branch Manager | ApprovalDelegations | Approves, rejects or returns within their limit | Approve beyond their limit; change a recommendation |
| Approver, level 2 | C. Example, Credit Head | ApprovalReports | As level 1, with the higher limit; receives escalations | Approve an application they recommended |
| Field coordinator | D. Example | AllocationField review | Raises and allocates visits, follows them, reviews the results | Record a visit; approve the application |
| Field officer | F. Example | Field officer’s phone | Records allocated visits, with photographs and location | Change a visit after submitting it; see visits not allocated to them |
| Administrator | Tenant administrator | MastersSettingsAudit | Masters, policy, settings, password resets, audit | Change a live application’s data |
4 Values VCL needs to confirm
Each value below appears in the demonstration marked Sample. Your value goes in the item of the Confirmation Pack (issue 0.2) named beside it. The score bands and the tenure by age the screens show are the values you supplied, and are not repeated here.
| Value | Shown in the demonstration as | Confirmation Pack item |
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| Interest rate by score band | Unfavourable 16.00% · Favourable 14.00% · Highly favourable 12.50% | C1 – C3 |
| Interest basis | Reducing balance | C5 |
| Lowest rate that may be granted | 11.50% | C6 |
| Share of monthly income available for repayments | 50% | C8 |
| Maximum age at maturity | 65 years | C10 |
| Loan amount | ₹ 1,00,000 to ₹ 25,00,000 | C11, C12 |
| An obligation ending within this period frees its instalment | 6 months | C13 |
| Level 1 — Branch Manager | Up to ₹ 5,00,000; score 650 or above; rate concession up to 0.5 percentage points | C26, C29, C31 |
| Level 2 — Credit Head | Up to ₹ 25,00,000; score 400 or above; rate concession up to 1.0 percentage points | C27, C29, C31 |
| Escalation of an undecided approval | After 16 hours, to the next level | C42 |
| Target days, submission to decision | 3 days | O3 |
| Maximum age of a credit report · of a bank statement | 30 days · 45 days | O5, O6 |
| Branches and districts | Main branch, North branch, South branch; two sample districts | O7 |
| Retention of documents and decisions | 96 months | L2 |
| The score scale your bands are set on | Equifax Risk Score, 300 to 900 | Not yet asked — please confirm |
| Recommended amount rounded down to | ₹ 10,000 | Not yet asked — please confirm |
5 Words used on the screens
Application statuses Solution FRD §4.1
| Initiated | Mobile verified by a code — the first status an application can hold |
| Submitted | Submitted by the applicant, with the mandatory consents accepted |
| Under Verification | With a verifier |
| Verified | Every verification item settled; released to appraisal |
| Recommended | Terms recommended by the appraiser; awaiting an approver |
| Returned | Sent back by the approver for clarification |
| Approved | Approved, subject to documentation |
| Rejected | Declined, by the appraiser or an approver |
| Closed | Ended without a decision — abandoned or withdrawn |
| Provisionally Approved | Approved on credit grounds, pending field verification |
| Field Verification | One or more field visits outstanding |
Other terms Solution FRD §Glossary
| On hold | A flag, not a status: the application keeps its status and shows why it is waiting |
| Escalated | Moved to the next approval level because it was not decided in time |
| Delegation | An approver’s authority given to another person for a set period; their decisions show on behalf of |
| Stopper | A block on an identifier (mobile, PAN or Aadhaar), permanent or until a date |
| Not reported · Not final | A figure the credit report leaves blank is shown as not reported — never as zero — and the figures it affects as not final |
| L0 · L1 · L2 · L3 | How far a figure can be trusted: declared by the applicant · from the applicant’s own document · a document staff verified · obtained directly from the source |
| Advisory | Calculated and shown, binding on nobody — the scorecard is advisory; people decide |
| FOIR | Fixed obligations to income: the share of income already committed to loan repayments |
| Other | Every list ends with Other, with a box for the value; the Control reports list what was entered |