Onboarding for customer success

Lender customer onboarding template

This onboarding checklist is perfect for guiding a loan customer and processing team through the process of completing a loan application, from initial signature right through to confirming receipt of funds.

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Bank loan customer onboarding

Welcome to our bank! This checklist will guide you through the process of securing your loan. Please complete your assigned tasks so our team can review, approve, and disburse your funds as smoothly as possible.

No due date

Link tasks to actions, such as completing forms or booking meetings

Initial application and documentation

This section covers the basic information and documentation required to start processing your loan request.

Complete the loan application form

Fill out the comprehensive loan application form with your personal details, requested loan amount, and purpose of the loan.

No due date Complete form

Upload proof of identity

Provide a clear, scanned copy of your government-issued ID, such as a passport or driver's license.

Upload proof of income

Upload your most recent pay stubs, W-2 forms, or tax returns to help us verify your current income.

No due date Upload documents

Review initial application and documents

Check the submitted application and verify that all uploaded documents are legible and valid.

No due date Any team member

Tasks can be for the customers being onboarded, or for the team

Credit and financial review

During this stage, we will review your credit history and financial health to tailor the best loan terms for you.

Authorize credit background check

Sign the authorization form allowing our underwriting team to pull your credit report.

Run credit report and risk assessment

Pull the applicant's credit score and perform a standard risk assessment based on their financial history.

No due date Any team member

Provide additional financial statements

If requested by our team, please upload any additional documents such as bank statements or proof of assets.

No due date Upload documents

Complete underwriting review

Finalize the financial review and determine the approved loan amount, interest rate, and repayment terms.

No due date Any team member

Loan approval and agreement

Review your approved loan terms and sign the final paperwork to secure your financing.

Generate loan offer and term sheet

Draft the official loan offer including the interest rate, APR, and repayment schedule, and share it with the customer.

No due date Any team member

Review the loan terms

Carefully read through the provided term sheet. Reach out to your loan officer if you have any questions about the rates or schedule.

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Sign the final loan agreement

Digitally sign the binding loan contract to officially accept the loan.

Countersign and execute agreement

Countersign the signed agreement on behalf of the bank and save the executed contract to the customer's file.

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Disbursement and account setup

The final steps to get the funds transferred to your account and set up your repayment plan.

Provide bank account details for disbursement

Enter the routing and account numbers for the bank account where you would like the loan funds deposited.

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Set up automatic repayment schedule

Enroll in AutoPay by linking a checking account to ensure you never miss a monthly payment.

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Initiate loan disbursement

Release the approved funds to the customer's designated bank account via ACH or wire transfer.

No due date Any team member

Confirm receipt of funds

Check your bank account and confirm that the loan funds have been successfully deposited.

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Click the button below to edit or add tasks, add due dates, and much more...

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How to use this template

Manage 100s of loan applications without loosing track

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Step 2

Send to customers

Only needs an email address. Or add an open invite link to your existing welcome emails.


Step 3

Customers complete tasks

  • Email reminders keep things moving
  • Ask questions or clarify with comments
  • Summary page shows everything you need to know

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The perfect way to onboard customers

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Instantly know what's been done
Shows customers what to do
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Everything lives in one place

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Comment & collaborate

Customers can ask questions right from within a task. They can also invite others in to help them, without bothering you.

HubSpot ready

  • Start new onboarding plans inside HubSpot
  • Adds events to the timeline
  • Updates custom fields
  • Attaches photos and documents

If you don't use HubSpot, no problem. It works great without it too.

White label (including emails)

Every interaction, from invite through to the task page, showcases your brand.

Does the chasing up

Never send a "checking in" email again.
We'll make sure tasks always get done, on time.

Helps you improve

We'll ask customers to rate their onboarding experience.

  • Helps you to constantly improve your processes
  • Make sure your team are delivering exceptional service

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Handles complex onboarding too

Calculated due dates

Set due dates calculated on the fly from the start date, a target date, or based off when other tasks are completed.

Sequential tasks

Choose to make tasks sequential, so that tasks need to be completed in order.

Frequently asked questions

How can I use this template?

Just click Customize this template above and we'll take you through a couple of simple steps to create an Onthen account and copy the lender customer onboarding template into it.

Once that's done we'll take you straight into the template editor where you can customize it to your exact needs (there's bound to be a few things you'll do differently).

Finally, once it's ready you can use it to create individual checklists (we call them 'plans') for each of your customers. Just type their email address and we'll do the rest. As they move through the tasks, you'll see their progress in the dashboard.


Who is this lender customer onboarding onboarding template for?

If you run a team that needs to onboard customers then the lender customer onboarding template is a perfect starting point.

You'll first be able to tailor the template to your team's needs, by editing, removing or adding tasks to suit your onboarding process. When it's perfect, onthen has all the tools you need to easily invite customers to it and make sure all the tasks get done, on time.


How do customers use it?

First you'll invite customers to the checklist. You can either send an invite manually, through our HubSpot integration, or by using an invite link that lets anyone with the link create a new checklist.

Your customers won't need to create an account or a password, they'll simply access it with a 6-digit code we'll send to their email.

It's really easy to use and there's nothing to navigate, it's a simple single page onboarding plan that looks pretty much like you see above.

If any task gets forgotten about, we'll send email reminders to nudge your customers to complete everything.

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