A structured commercial marketplace platform engineered for UK asset finance, connecting businesses, equipment suppliers, and specialist lenders through automated financing workflows.

Client
The Asset Finance Marketplace Ltd
Year
2025
Industry
Asset Finance & Marketplace Infrastructure
Services
web development, digital systems, web application

Commercial asset finance application workflow and taxonomy indexing
Production codebase captureWhen capital deployment is gated by opaque broker delays, business equipment acquisition grinds to a halt.
Commercial businesses needing critical equipment — from transport vehicles to industrial plant machinery — face convoluted financing hurdles. Traditional underwriting takes days and relies on manual paper forms.
TAFM was conceived to unify the entire acquisition chain into a single digital platform: one structured application, instant verification, and multiple verified financing possibilities.
Engineering Stack
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PRODUCTION SYSTEM SPECIFICATION
TAFM marketplace hero interface and equipment taxonomy inspection
We engineered a multi-portal architecture serving borrowers, equipment dealers, and underwriters.
The platform models equipment categories, lending limits, and asset risk profiles into an indexed taxonomy. Equipment suppliers can initiate customer proposals directly at point of sale.
Underwriting criteria are evaluated deterministically in real-time, routing compliant applications to matching institutional funders without manual intermediary delays.
ENGINEERING TOLERANCES
TAFM deployed globally with immediate route responsiveness, zero visual regressions, and surgical typography.
UK businesses and equipment vendors now complete financing proposals in minutes rather than days, drastically compressing the equipment acquisition cycle.
Production commercial asset finance marketplace deployed on Next.js 16 with instant LCP.
End-to-end structured asset application pipeline connecting suppliers directly to lenders.
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