About This Automation
Loan officers and support staff manually check application statuses, compose personalized updates, and send them through multiple channels while logging each communication. This fragmented process creates delays, inconsistent messaging, and frequent duplicate inquiries from clients.
Automation generates compliant status messages based on application milestones, routes sensitive updates for approval, and logs all communications automatically. Clients receive timely proactive updates, inbound inquiries drop significantly, and the team focuses on complex client needs.
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How The Automation Works
The full workflow, from trigger to completion.
The automation monitors the CRM for status changes to predefined milestones such as 'Documents Submitted', 'Underwriting Approved', or 'Ready to Close'. When a change is detected, the workflow is triggered with the client and application details.
The automation fetches the client's contact information, preferred communication method, and any custom messaging preferences from the CRM. This ensures the update is sent via the client's preferred channel.
The automation generates a personalised status update message based on the milestone type, client name, loan amount, and next steps. The message is tailored to the communication channel (email or SMS) and includes a clear call to action.
Sensitive updates involving rate locks, closing delays, or compliance issues are routed to a designated loan officer or manager for approval. Routine updates bypass this step and proceed directly to sending.
Once approved or if routine, the automation sends the message to the client for email or for SMS. The send timestamp and delivery status are recorded automatically.
The automation creates a communication record with the message content, send time, delivery status, and channel used. This creates a complete audit trail without manual data entry.
A summary notification is posted to a designated channel confirming the update was sent, including the client name, milestone, and delivery method. This keeps the team informed without requiring manual logging.
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Gmail
Twilio
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