Lending and commercial finance documents can be created in minutes with a well-designed document assembly system. We are not talking about static forms. We are talking about living negotiable documents designed to handle complex and sophisticated financial arrangements. In the application below, designed for a national bank, Basha Systems built a system to create a complete package of lending documents, inclusive of state specific customizations.
To view some videos of lending systems we have developed using the power of document assembly: HotDocs: Lending, HotDocs: Complex Lending, GhostFill: General Finance and GhostFill: Commercial Lending.
This system is powered by the GhostFill document assembly platform. GhostFill allows you to create a complete lending application.
The interface can be customized to include the name of your company or your law firm. It can be packaged up for placement in house with your clients.
One click launches a complete set of lending documents. You can choose all or just some of the documents required in a custom interface.
Choose and assemble documents one at a time, or revise a particular document in the package.
Look at the complete list of documents and click on the document you wish to assemble.
This package includes a complete set of lending documents, from the Deed of Trust to the Loan Agreement, the Guarantees, and the Escrows to the Certificates. Each document automatically includes state specific variations.
Using a master interview, you can quickly group all relevant questions by topic.
For the user, this makes the system simple and intuitive to use, while decreasing data entry times.
Each screen of the interview is a mini-program. It shows only the relevant questions in the decision tree, dynamically updated as data is entered.
In this illustration, we are gathering information on the borrower, and the persons and entities authorizing the transaction for the borrower.
There is more to the Borrower than just a name. Start with an individual. GhostFill assumes the borrower will sign in his own name.
The Borrower is a corporation. Now a signor and signor title are required.
The Borrower is a partnership, and the fun begins, for details are required on the general partners.
Each general partner of the Borrower can be an individual, entity or a partnership.
If the general partner is itself a partnership, what type of partner?
And this GP in turn can be an individual or an entity.
With the navigation panel, it is easy to see the complete corporate structure of the borrower and each an every signer and general partner.
GhostFill is more than just a form filler. It is a platform for building expert systems, supporting complex logic.
Using decision tree logic, you can determine whole branches of questions. This permits the user choose the optimal way for them to enter the information.
Basic elements of the loan transaction can be entered here, such as effective date, amount and governing law.
However, if it is a loan that will be shared with other banks, a click brings up a place to enter details on each participation.
The table view allows you to enter rows of data. It includes support for drop downs and scripting.
A single click and now you see a collection of dialogs.
Table view converts to dialog view. You can then enter and revise details.
Collections of dates can be handled with a simple click. Here, click if the loan application was modified.
This brings up a list of dates
Date selection wizard makes selection of dates easy.
It is easy to handle all aspects of a lending transaction. Here are some sample screens on a range of lending topics.
Enter details on the nature of the project.
System support single and multiple property loans.
Each property has a separate description window for entering details.
Enter details about when the closing is to occur and about the property inspection.
Describe the debt, the interest rate and the payments.
A catchall to enter a range of details unrelated to specific documents.
Various escrow agreements and their amounts.