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PayNet Unveils the Definitive Office Lending Credit Score

Skokie, IL February 16, 2005 - PayNet announces the release of its new Office Score built from payment behavior history on office small ticket transactions. Developed in partnership with industry leader PredictiveMetrics, this empirically derived and statistically sound score is built from the largest pool of office related transactions in the industry. By utilizing historical office specific performance data to predict the future credit risk of borrowers produces results that are more accurate, facilitating better decisions and improving overall performance results for the office lessor or lender.

Office Score drives profits by providing the capability to quickly and definitively assess a new or existing account for superior financial performance:

$ Increase Volume: Small ticket, high volume lenders profit by increasing originations through automating the majority of your decisions. Office Score quickly and accurately identifies risk to confidently drive higher auto-decision rates.

$ Optimize Resources: Equipment lenders shorten turn around time and cut costs by using Office Score in their auto-decision process for most applications.

$ Better Decisioning: The score is derived from statistics analyzing and weighting hundreds of variables to find the most predictive data to improve the accuracy of your office credit specific decisions.

$ Cost-Effective: Leverages PayNet’s office and other equipment data, which is the largest pool of comparable payment history in the country on office related leases and loans.

$ Minimize IT Resources: No software required. Easily access the scores through an encrypted FTP Internet process.

Office Score is designed to automate front and back-end office equipment leasing decisions. The model is based on actual office equipment leasing performance and predicts the likelihood that a new account will go 90+ days delinquent or to loss within 18 months of underwriting. Office Score provides a consistent decision process that allows trained credit analysts to focus their time on the more difficult credits not easily decided by credit scoring, including firms with limited history or unique financing.

Not surprisingly, this model’s performance statistics outperforms those of commercial scores that don’t focus specifically on office equipment because it is tailored to the unique needs of office equipment lenders" says Michael Banasiak of PredictiveMetrics. Rather than relying on this, PayNet invites qualified potential users to request a free retro/historical analysis of how Office Score actually performs on your own portfolio. Put facts to work in your office lending business. Reduce your losses, approve more deals, approve them faster and be the first lender back with an approval, so you get to book the business.

For additional information contact us at 866-825-3400 or email: OfficeScore@paynetonline.com.


About PayNet, Inc.

PayNet, Inc. manages the data repository for the commercial equipment finance industry, an industry that represents more than $550 billion in assets. With the exclusive endorsement of the Equipment Leasing Association (ELA) this repository has become the nation’s largest online database of current and historical lease and loan payment information used for credit decision purposes. Over 60 commercial lenders are Members including eight of the ten largest leasing companies, representing a majority of the net assets in the industry. PayNet uses its proprietary technology and the power of information tools to increase profitability, improve operational efficiency, and reduce credit losses. Founded in 1999, PayNet Inc. is headquartered in suburban Chicago. For more information, visit PayNet at www.paynetonline.com.


About PredictiveMetrics:

PredictiveMetrics is a market leader in the development of credit and collection statistical models for the leasing industry. PredictiveMetrics continuously helps its customers increase their profit margins by providing custom and industry specific credit, portfolio management, collection and recovery scoring tools. Leveraging advanced methodologies and statistics to application, accounts receivable, and collection data, as well as credit bureau, financial statement, and demographic data allows companies to turn probabilities into profits. Armed with an analytical staff comprised of statisticians, econometricians and actuaries who have extensive experience in developing predictive scoring solutions for a variety of applications, types of financing, and industries allied with its consultative approach, PredictiveMetrics provides the most accurate and predictive decision tools in the market today! Established in 1995, PredictiveMetrics is headquartered in Tinton Falls, NJ.

For more information about PredictiveMetrics, please visit the website at www.predictivemetrics.com.