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Every loan and new account has a path to yes, and the latest MeridianLink® product enhancements uncover more of those opportunities.
This summer, we’ve introduced new MeridianLink®One capabilities that bring embedded intelligence, automation, and expanded connectivity together to help financial institutions operate more efficiently, grow their business, and strengthen relationships.
Here’s an overview of the newest releases, innovations, and improvements across our platform.
Clear the path the yes for consumers…
Attract, identify, qualify, and convert consumers with a more connected acquisition platform. The latest MeridianLink® Access enhancements are designed to help you build deeper relationships, improve loan and deposit account origination experiences, and take more applications over the finish line.
Email personalization
Keep borrowers engaged from first click to application submission with segmented, branded communications tailored to each person’s unique circumstances.
Custom URL parameters & expanded core lookup
Save borrowers time with custom URLs that direct them to a personalized application journey pre-populated with their information—automatically pulled from your core into the application.
Zip code field of membership validation & block logic
Smart eligibility checks and streamlined income verification earlier in the process ensure qualified applicants can swiftly continue, while block logic offers immediate guidance and next steps when additional verification or alternative options are required.
…And clear the path for your team
When we talk with our customers, more than 70% rank workforce efficiency as a top priority. And for good reason: teams are often buried in manual work that adds little value but consumes most of the day. That’s why we’ve focused on updates supporting clear visibility, streamlined productivity, and sustained momentum.
In addition to expanding Modern Experience capabilities across consumer lending and account opening workflows, we released:
Originator portal loan overview for MeridianLink® Mortgage
Through a comprehensive loan summary view, mortgage originators can access borrower details, underwriting information, and loan status without logging into the LOS.
Also for MeridianLink Mortgage: in-application product & pricing views
Mortgage originators can compare pricing options directly within application workflows without switching systems.
Custom calculated fields
Enable automatic formula-driven calculations that update dynamically as loan information changes, helping your team move more quickly and accurately.
Then there’s MeridianLink® Intelligence, our embedded intelligence layer bringing AI directly into workflows across MeridianLink One.
This isn’t another add-on AI tool—it’s AI built for the way financial institutions work, where you work. MeridianLink Intelligence is embedded within our platform and designed around your teams, empowering them with role-based AI agents that automate tasks, surface insights, and streamline workflows while maintaining transparency and human oversight.
Over the coming months, you can expect more information, including:
- Doc Agent for Mortgage (general availability slated for late 2026), which converts underwriting conditions into borrower-ready requests, reviews submitted documents for completeness, and extracts data for one-click application updates.
- AI-powered capabilities designed to reduce manual back-office tasks and give lending teams more time to spend engaging with borrowers.
- A roadmap for Doc Agent for Consumer, our consumer lending AI agent (Planned for early 2027 release).
Click here to learn more about MeridianLink Intelligence and stay on top of our AI agent releases.
Keeping the path to yes open, even after an initial decline
70% of declined borrowers never return to apply with the same financial institution. We’ve introduced MeridianLink Pathway, to transform post-decline moments into opportunities to educate, engage, and reconnect with borrowers when they’re ready.
MeridianLink Pathway provides a personalized, compliant adverse action experience that helps borrowers understand why a decision was made and what to do next, with a clear path back to approval.
Here’s how it works:
Decline
When an applicant is declined, Pathway automatically delivers a compliant digital adverse action experience.
Educate
Borrowers receive clear explanations, personalized credit education, and recommendations tailored to your underwriting criteria.
Guide
Using your underwriting criteria, each borrower receives a customized roadmap that outlines the steps they can take to become approval ready.
Reconnect
Pathway tracks borrower progress and notifies your institution and the borrower when they’re ready to re-engage.
More support along the way
Expanded MeridianLink® Marketplace integrations give your institution even greater flexibility across the lending lifecycle. Recent updates include:
- Ottomoto
Allows dealers using the Ottomoto platform for financing to submit vehicle loan applications for decisioning and processing. - Route 66
Enables users to view quotes for extended warranty add-on products directly within the auto loan application. - Gestalt
A cloud-native data warehouse solution that centralizes lending and operational data to pull actionable insights.
More ways to grow. More ways to serve.
These updates empower financial institutions with new ways to strengthen relationships, drive growth, and deliver faster, simpler lending experiences. As competition increases and operational demands evolve, we’re here with the technology to help you move forward with confidence.
