Creditlinker
The Creditlinker Engine

From raw financial data
to a
Financial Passport that opens doors.

Every business creates a financial story. Creditlinker turns that story into a Financial Passport, built on six independent financial health dimensions, not a single score, that you can use to access more opportunities, and that institutions can use to make better financing decisions.

Data flow

Data sources

Bank · Ledger · Operational

Feature store

42 metrics computed

6D scoring engine

Each dimension independent

Financial Passport

Score · Risk · 14 categories

Capital access

Consent-gated · Audit-logged

Why it matters

Traditional credit doesn't work
for African businesses.

Traditional
Creditlinker
Data sourceSelf-reported documents Verified bank, ledger & ops data
Score basisCredit bureau proxy 6 independent dimensions
Capital typesCollateral-backed financing 14 categories, 5 types
Access controlFinancer owns your data You grant & revoke consent
Time to decision4 to 12 weeks Hours after linking data
CoverageFormal credit history Any bank-active business
For businesses

Your journey to
your Financial Passport.

Six steps from signing up to receiving financing offers. Most businesses complete steps 1–3 in under 10 minutes.

Bank + ledger + operational dataNo collateral required6 independent dimensionsRevocable consent
1

Create your business account

Register with your business name and basic details. Creditlinker generates a persistent Financial Passport, anchored to your business rather than just a login, that builds and strengthens over time.

2

Connect your financial data sources

Link your bank accounts, upload accounting ledger exports, or add operational data such as equipment, inventory, and contract records. The more sources you connect, the stronger and more credible your Passport.

3

Your Passport builds itself

Your data is processed, categorized, and reconciled automatically in the background. There's nothing to fill in and nothing to calculate yourself. Your Passport just gets stronger as more data comes in.

4

Receive your Financial Passport

Your business is scored across six independent dimensions: Revenue Stability, Cashflow Predictability, Expense Discipline, Liquidity Strength, Financial Consistency, and Risk Profile. No single number ever defines you. A separate data quality score shows how reliable the underlying data is.

5

Institutions discover you, not the other way around

As your Passport builds, institutions whose criteria match your profile can find you directly. You don't have to wait until you feel 'ready' or go looking for them. You decide exactly what each one can see and for how long. Revoke anytime. Every access is logged.

6

Review and accept financing offers

Interested institutions review your verified Passport and create structured offers: a loan, equipment finance, trade credit, or revenue financing. You compare terms, accept the best fit, and the financing record is created on-platform with full provenance.

Under the hood

The data pipeline.

Seven deterministic stages. A financial feature store that avoids redundant computation. Full observability and an immutable audit log on every run.

Pipeline execution · Aduke Bakeries Ltd.

Complete · 1.7s total

Ingestion

Bank · Ledger · Ops data

120ms

Normalization

Categorize & clean

344ms

Ledger recon

Balance verification

203ms

Feature store

40+ metrics computed

410ms

6D scoring

All dimensions independent

287ms

Risk detection

Anomaly & flag analysis

221ms

Passport snapshot

Persistent ID · versioned

82ms

Revenue Stability

85

How consistent and predictable revenue inflows are over time. Measures growth trends, seasonal patterns, and income regularity across the analysis window.

Cashflow Predictability

78

How reliably the business generates positive operating cash flow. Tracks inflow-to-outflow ratios and identifies negative cash cycles.

Expense Discipline

81

How well operating costs are controlled relative to revenue. Identifies runaway expense patterns, margin compression, and unusual debit spikes.

Liquidity Strength

74

The level of cash reserves and financial buffers available. Measures the business's capacity to absorb short-term financial obligations without distress.

Financial Consistency

88

How complete and regular the business's financial activity and reporting patterns are. Rewards businesses with continuous, well-structured financial data.

Risk Profile

91

Detects anomalies, irregular behavior, and risk signals in financial activity. A high score means clean, predictable patterns with no red flags.

Plus a separate data quality score

Every Passport carries a data_quality_score indicating how reliable the underlying data is, so institutions know exactly how much confidence to place in each dimension.

Consent model

No institution sees any part of your Financial Passport without your explicit, time-bounded grant. You define the permission scope, set the expiry, and can revoke instantly. Every access event is logged in an immutable audit trail.

Permission-level control

Grant score-only, full Passport, or transaction detail independently per institution. Mix and match based on your comfort level.

Time-bounded expiry

Every grant has a hard expiry date. Access ends automatically. No manual cleanup required.

Instant revocation

Revoke any institution's access in one action. They lose visibility immediately, in real time.

Immutable audit log

Every data access is logged with actor, timestamp, and action type. You always know exactly who saw what and when.

For institutions

Discover businesses
before they come to you.

Whether you're a financer, equipment financier, trade supplier, or revenue financer, Creditlinker lets you follow businesses as their Financial Passport builds instead of waiting for applications to land in your inbox.

1

Set up your institution profile

Create your institution profile. Define your financing mandate: capital category, sectors you serve, ticket size ranges, and risk appetite.

2

Tell us who you're looking for, once

Post your criteria and the discovery engine continuously surfaces matching businesses as their Passports develop you don't have to wait for a finished application. Initial matches are anonymous.

3

Reach out the moment you see potential

Send a consent request to any business you're interested in, at any point in their journey. They review the scope you're requesting (score only, full Passport, or transaction detail) and grant or deny on their own timeline.

4

Review the verified Passport

Once granted, access the business's six financial dimensions, risk profile, data quality score, financial feature metrics, and capital readiness assessment. All figures are derived from verified transaction and operational data with full provenance.

5

Create and track financing offers

Structure your offer on-platform with terms, tenor, and repayment schedule. The business reviews and accepts or declines. Financing records are created with full provenance and audit trail, and contribute to your institution's reputation score.

Financing offer

FastCash MFB → Aduke Bakeries Ltd.

Capital typeWorking Capital Financing
Amount₦5,000,000
Interest rate24% p.a.
Tenor12 months
RepaymentMonthly installments
CollateralNone required

Underwriting basis

Passport score 742 · Low Risk · Revenue Stability 85 · Cashflow Predictability 78 · 18 months verified data

Get started

Which path is yours?

Creditlinker serves businesses, capital providers, and developers, each with a dedicated product experience.

For businesses

Build your Financial Passport

Connect your bank accounts, ledger data, and operational records. Receive a six-dimensional verified Financial Passport that institutions can discover and act on, based on how you actually operate.

See business features
For institutions

Discover verified businesses

Access six-dimensional Financial Passports built from real transaction and operational data. Whether you're a financer, equipment financier, trade supplier, or revenue financer, the data is verified and access is consent-gated.

See institution features
For developers

Build on the API

Integrate Financial Passport data into your own applications. REST API, webhooks, sandbox environment, and full SDK support across three partner access tiers.

Read the docs

Ready to build your
Financial Passport?

Sign up in minutes. Link your first data source in under two. See your Financial Passport after the pipeline runs.