Customer Centricity The customer-led operating model for SME banking.

From signal to structure in days, not weeks.

The diagnosis is in. Co-Design turns it into a structure the credit committee will recognise, before the client meeting ends.

The Copilot pulls the matching Solution Toolkit. The RAF gatekeeper fires at design time. RAROC recomputes live. Pricing and covenants tune within sector bands. The RM walks out with a proposal that is technically sound and commercially meaningful, drafted from data the client already trusts.

This is where the customer-led operating model converts insight into offers. It assumes the institution’s Lending Process, Risk Analytics, and Data Management are already running. The Solution Toolkit only fits the client because the foundations make it fit.

In this phase

From diagnosed JTBD to a drafted offer.

Five activities. Every step keeps the RAF in the loop. None of them ask the RM to invent structure on a blank page.

01

Confirm the JTBD

Pick up the diagnosed archetype from Phase 1

02

Pull the toolkit

Match products, covenants, monitoring from the library

03

Validate vs RAF

Sector cap, tenor, DSCR, RAROC checked at design time

04

Tune pricing & covenants

Fine-tune within sector bands and policy bounds

05

Draft the proposal

Cited assumptions, expected outcomes, monitoring plan

The toolkit

Five signature tools.

Co-design instruments are pre-validated, Copilot-supported, and tied directly to the JTBD library. The RM keeps the client conversation. The system keeps the structuring discipline.

Tool 01

Solution Design Sheet

One-pager that links the diagnosed JTBD to the chosen toolkit, with cause-and-effect logic visible. Every product, every covenant, every monitoring action traces back to the data signal that triggered it.

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Tool 02

JTBD-to-Toolkit Matcher

Interactive selector that surfaces the pre-approved toolkit components for the diagnosed archetype. The library is curated upstream by Credit, Risk, and Treasury. The RM works inside the boundary, not against it.

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Tool 03

RAROC Calculator

Embedded computation that shows risk-adjusted return for the proposed structure. Adjustments to pricing or tenor recompute live. RAROC is visible during design, not three days after committee.

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Tool 04

Covenant Library Pack

Pre-cleared covenant menu organized by JTBD and segment. AR monitoring for working capital. FX-linked clauses for currency mismatch. Concentration triggers for buyer dependency. Every covenant has a reason and a measurement.

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Tool 05

Client Proposal Generator

Pre-filled draft proposal. Problem statement from Phase 1 evidence. Toolkit components from Tool 02. Pricing from Tool 03. Covenants from Tool 04. Expected outcomes mapped to client KPIs. Auto-cited, ready for RM review.

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Try it

Compose a Karibu Logistics offer in three minutes.

Start with the diagnosed JTBD: working capital strain plus FX exposure mismatch. Pick toolkit components from the standard menu. Watch RAROC recompute, RAF gatekeepers fire, covenants attach themselves to the right triggers. The draft proposal is ready before the meeting room is booked.

Featured demo · live

Solution Toolkit Composer

Open the Karibu Logistics co-design draft. The Copilot has pulled the matching toolkit: revolving working capital line, invoice finance, AR monitoring covenant. RAROC at 14.8%, ahead of the 12% segment minimum. RAF compliance reads three of three. The client proposal draft auto-cites from Phase 1 data. Demonstrates how design discipline replaces white-paper structuring.

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Working preview · live RAROC and RAF gatekeeper · about three minutes
The principle

Q-Lana on Co-Design.

Speed is only safe when the guardrails fire at design time. Pull the right toolkit, let RAROC and risk appetite check the structure as it is built, and the relationship manager leaves with an offer that is both fast and sound. Fast and disciplined are not opposites.

Christian Ruehmer, Co-Founder, Q-Lana

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Related

Two places Co-Design shows up next.

Why this matters

Speed without shortcuts.

Co-Design is where most banks lose days to back-and-forth between the RM, credit, treasury, and product. The toolkit collapses that cycle. The RAF gatekeeper runs at design time, not at committee. RAROC is visible to the RM, not just the analyst. By the time the proposal lands in front of the client, every line item carries a reason and a record.

For Heads of SME Banking, Distribution, and Customer Strategy

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No pitch deck. A working session on where the relationship is held back by the operating model, and what changes when the bank moves from product-pushing to problem-solving.

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