North Mill Equipment Finance (NMEF) implemented major enhancements to its pricing scheme, simplifying its buy rate structure and connecting each price point directly to the credit parameters company analysts use to assess each transaction.

The upgrades provide a decisive benefit to the hundreds of referral agents with whom NMEF partners. Brokers can now identify the credit variables NMEF reviews when analyzing a deal. As such, they can determine readily whether a borrower’s credit background matches the parameters associated with a particular buy rate outlined on the new price cards. Moreover, the revised pricing is configured in a “waterfall” format. If a borrower does not meet all the credit requirements outlined in one price panel, the transaction will generally flow to the next price panel and so on.

“The feedback we receive from our broker partners often provides the blueprint for change,” Paul Cheslock, VP, customer relations, North Mill, said. “As a lender that remains totally committed to the third-party channel, we take the recommendations we receive from referral agents very seriously. In this case, imparting a level of transparency and connectivity between our pricing and credit review methodology was cited as an opportunity. They spoke, we listened.”

The new pricing scheme comprises two sets of rate classifications based on equipment type. One class includes buy rates for most of the equipment that NMEF will consider financing while the other class is designed solely for heavy duty Class 8 sleeper trucks, logging equipment and printers. Additionally, the cards have rates for borrowers with better credit backgrounds and more time in business versus those with more challenged credit histories and/or less business experience.