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Allow Access

Ease the lending process by enabling consumers to unlock or unfreeze their credit report.
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Unlock Credit Freezes, Streamline Applications, and Improve Lending

Allow Access is an innovative Equifax API solution that enables lenders and service providers to in near real-time unlock or temporarily unfreeze a consumer’s Equifax credit report —right within their platform. By reducing friction caused by credit locks and freezes, it helps financial institutions, auto lenders, and service providers streamline approvals and deliver faster, more seamless customer experiences.

Together, these capabilities help organizations improve conversion rates, enhance security, and deliver a more consumer-friendly credit access process.

Reduce Consumer Friction
Streamline the security process for credit locks and freezes, making it easier for consumers to proceed with applications.
Maximize Conversions
Empower customers to complete applications seamlessly without leaving to unlock or unfreeze their credit file.
Improve Customer Experience
Provides a seamless process, simplified navigation, and a single touchpoint to complete an application for credit.

Seamless Credit Access for Lending, Utility, and Automotive Applicants

Allow Access integrates seamlessly into platforms for instant Equifax credit unlocks, offering real-time, secure API access. Financial services, utilities, and auto lenders can help streamline applications, reduce friction, and improve conversion rates.

Financial Services

Improve banking and lending servicing for new accounts by streamlining the application process when credit files are locked or frozen.

Communications & Utilities

Enhance new service applications by removing friction caused by credit freezes or locks, allowing customers to easily complete their sign-up.

Automotive

Accelerate financing decisions and reduce drop-offs in auto loan applications by enabling real-time credit unlocks.

Streamlined Credit Access:

How Allow Access Simplifies Applications

Allow Access streamlines the credit application process by detecting locked or frozen Equifax files during submission. Consumers are prompted via a simple modal to unlock or temporarily unfreeze their credit, granting instant access. Once access is granted, the application continues seamlessly. Lenders can easily integrate Allow Access into existing flows through the Equifax Developer Portal using a user-friendly, embeddable widget, enabling a smooth, secure experience for both businesses and consumers.

Maximize Loan Conversions

With 13.5 million credit-active consumers locked or frozen — and growing quarterly — Allow Access unlocks high-value applicants directly within your platform. By eliminating external steps, lenders gain real-time notifications, streamline application flows, and reduce friction for consumers, 59% of whom open new tradelines within 14 days. 

Empower consumers with secure, temporary credit file access, simplify lending, and capture more qualified applicants — all while improving the customer experience. Investing in Allow Access means converting more applications, reaching high-credit, high-income consumers, and staying ahead in a competitive lending market.

Frequently Asked Questions

Allow Access is an innovative API solution designed to help lenders overcome challenges posed by the increasing popularity of credit locks and freezes. It enables consumers to unlock or temporarily unfreeze their Equifax credit report directly within your platform, streamlining the application process.

  • Reduce consumer friction by streamlining the security lift process for locks and freezes.
  • Help maximize conversion rates by removing obstacles and empowering more customers to easily complete their application, preventing disruptions caused by prematurely exiting the process to unlock or unfreeze their credit file.
  • Improve the consumer experience by providing a seamless process, simplified navigation, and a single touchpoint to complete an application for credit.

Allow Access caters to a wide range of consumer credit applications, including:

  • Financial Services : improve banking and lending servicing new accounts
  • Communications & Utilities : enhance new service applications
  • Automotive : remove roadblocks and reduce friction within auto loan
  • Seamless Integration : easily integrates into your origination process through a user-friendly widget
  • Temporary Access : consumers grant temporary access to their credit file within the platform for frozen accounts only
  • Notification System : lenders receive real-time notifications when credit file access is granted
     

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