XTRA Lease Drives Customer Service with Cortera

John Pomilio, Vice President, Customer Financial Services, at XTRA Lease

"Cortera's technology and information are very strong, but what really distinguished Cortera was that I knew their people understood credit."

John Pomilio, Vice President, Customer Financial Services

Challenge

  • Consolidate customer information from two accounts receivable systems to create one web-based centralized credit file
  • Eliminate inconsistencies in the commercial customer account scoring process and create new efficiencies
  • Gain a better view of customer exposure
  • Lower information costs

Solution

  • Implement Cortera’s eCredit web-based credit automation and portfolio management solution to automate most credit decisions using the most up-to-date information from multiple providers
  • Workflow automation to assign exceptions
  • Cortera credit reports and scores
  • Business hierarchy information from Cortera to roll-up exposure and credit lines

Results

  • Near-instantaneous credit request response rates
  • 24 hours a day, 7 days a week availability – managers need only a laptop and a connection to the web to access customer credit data
  • Credit requests received directly from a branch have been reduced to less than one minute
  • Information costs reduced by 60 percent
  • 50 percent decrease in over-credit limit accounts
  • “A Tremendous ROI”: break even on the Cortera investment within the first year

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