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Revolutionizing Lending – A deep dive into Hotfoot’s Rapid Decision Engine

The Business rule engine has become a crucial element in lending automation, revolutionizing conventional lending practices, and significantly enhancing the system efficiency. This article aims to provide insights about BRE, examining the role played by the RAPID Decision Engine in lending automation and its contribution in improving the decision-making process within the lending landscape.

What is a Business Rule Engine:

Business rule engine is a specialized system crafted to oversee and execute business rules, thereby automating diverse functions. These rules encapsulate the logic and criteria essential for decision-making in various business processes. Its application extends throughout the lending process, to ensure precision, consistency, and adaptability.

Understanding Rapid’s Decision Engine:

Rapid’s Business Rule Engine (BRE) is a powerful tool that allows organizations to define, manage, and execute business rules efficiently. Its multi-tenant Business Rule Engine (BRE) has the versatility to seamlessly integrate diverse products and income estimation models, can engage in real-time dynamic computations, and empower users with intelligent decisioning tools like scorecards and models. 

Key Features of Rapid’s BRE:

  • Multi-tenant in nature – support multiple products
  • Rapid BRE, with its user-friendly workbench, version control and collaboration tools, makes rule authoring effortless. 
  • Rapid Rule Engine has the capability to customize the system based on domain specific requirements.
  • Rapid’s Decision Engine has an Intelligent workflow in which it can identify deviant values and identify the approval authority and initiate the workflow.
  • The credit scoring module ensures precise evaluation through rule definition, data modelling capabilities – derivation/computation of direct & indirect variables, and dynamic algorithms. 
  • Decision Engine can host scorecards & models for decisioning. 

Integrating Rapid’s BRE into existing system:

Rapid’s Business Rule Engine essentially is a versatile tool that caters to the specific needs of any lending organization.

Rapid’s implementation is based on Build – Operate – Transfer approach where we collect the program requirements, configure the BRE, and simplify the entire process for the lender.

Conclusion:

Hotfoot’s dynamic decision-making Rule engine emerges as a transformative influence within the lending landscape. With its features from providing user-friendly interface, to integration of domain specific modules, Rapid’s Decision Engine stands as testament for innovation and adaptability.

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Anandan S

Head - Finance

Anandan brings over 26 years of extensive experience in Finance, Accounts, HR, and Administration. He currently serves as the Head of Finance at Hotfoot, where he oversees strategic financial planning, statutory compliance, and payroll playing a key role in aligning operational excellence with organizational goals.

 

Anandan is a postgraduate in Commerce from Annamalai University and holds a bachelor’s degree in Commerce from Pachaiyappa’s College, University of Madras. He is proficient in SAP ECC 6 (FI Module), Tally Prime, and various ERP systems, with strong expertise in statutory compliance, budgeting, MIS, and corporate finance.

 

With his deep industry knowledge, hands-on leadership, and cross-functional capabilities, Anandan continues to be a pillar of strategic guidance and operational strength at Hotfoot.

Suresh Krishnamoorthy

Director - Product Services

Suresh Krishnamoorthy is the Director of Product Services at Hotfoot, bringing over 30 years of experience in the IT/ ITES industry across enterprise products, applications, and services. His expertise spans vendor governance, regulatory compliance, and ICT solutions across multiple sectors, including telecom, healthcare, SMB, education, and government.

 

Before joining Hotfoot, Suresh served as the Head of Vendor Governance, Compliance & Internal Audit for IT at Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Company Limited, where he played a key role in strengthening financial services governance through strategic risk management and compliance frameworks. His deep industry knowledge and leadership experience drive operational excellence and innovation in product services.

 

At Hotfoot, Suresh leads the Product Services division, focusing on advancing product services business, and aligning product strategies with evolving market demands.