Credit Intelligence

Credit scoring built for Nigeria's reality

Access all three Nigerian credit bureaus via a single API. Score thin-file customers with alternative data. Make faster, safer credit decisions — from origination to ongoing monitoring.

3
Bureaus in one call
<350ms
Average latency
30M+
Credit records covered
89%
Thin-file coverage lift
Bureau Coverage

All three Nigerian bureaus, one integration

ReassureQI maintains direct connections to CRC, FirstCentral, and XDS — so you don't have to manage three separate integrations and data formats.

CRC

Credit Registry Corporation

Nigeria's oldest credit bureau. Covers consumer and commercial credit histories from major commercial banks, microfinance banks, and mortgage institutions.

  • 18M+ credit records
  • CBN licensed
  • Commercial & consumer
FirstCentral

FirstCentral Credit Bureau

Real-time credit data from over 200 financial institutions. Strongest coverage for digital lenders, fintechs, and BNPL providers.

  • 12M+ records
  • 200+ data contributors
  • Fintech-first
XDS

CreditChek / XDS Data

Telco and utility payment history, informal lender data, and alternative data sources for customers without traditional credit histories.

  • Alternative data
  • Telco payment history
  • Informal credit
Scoring Model

Composite score calibrated for Nigeria

ReassureQI's composite credit score (300–850) blends bureau data from all three sources with alternative signals — trained on Nigerian lending outcomes, not imported international models.

Repayment history35%

On-time loan and credit payments across all registered bureaus

Credit utilisation30%

Outstanding balances vs. approved credit limits across facilities

Account age & mix15%

Length of credit history and diversity of credit types

New credit inquiries10%

Recent hard inquiries indicating new credit applications

Alternative data signals10%

Airtime top-up patterns, utility payments, mobile money flows

Score Bands

Clear, actionable verdicts

Excellent
750–850
Auto-approve, highest limits
Good
680–749
Approve, standard limits
Fair
580–679
Review, reduced limits
Poor
300–579
Decline or require collateral
Consent-first by design

Every bureau query requires a consent reference. ReassureQI manages the consent audit trail, adverse action notice generation, and NDPA-compliant data retention periods automatically.

Use Cases

Built for the full credit lifecycle

From pre-screening to portfolio monitoring — Credit Intelligence plugs into every stage of your lending workflow.

Loan Origination

Pre-score applicants in milliseconds before passing to your credit team. Filter out high-risk customers early.

Thin-File Customers

Score first-time borrowers with no formal credit history using mobile, utility, and behavioural signals.

Fraud Pre-Screening

Detect credit fraud patterns — multiple simultaneous applications, synthetic identities, and loan stacking.

Portfolio Monitoring

Ongoing monitoring of your loan book. Get alerts when customers' bureau profiles change materially.

Regulatory Compliance

Automated adverse action notices. NDPA-compliant data handling with customer consent management built in.

Credit Limit Decisions

Dynamic limit assignment based on real-time score. Re-score automatically on monthly refresh cycle.

Integration

One call. Three bureaus. Full picture.

Pass a BVN or NIN, specify which bureaus to query, and receive a unified credit report with composite score, open facilities, delinquency history, and a clear lend/review/decline recommendation — all in under 400ms.

Waterfall & fallback
If one bureau is temporarily unavailable, ReassureQI queries the remaining two and notes the gap.
Monthly refresh webhooks
Subscribe to portfolio alerts — receive webhooks when a borrower's score changes materially.
Report caching
Bureau reports are cached for 24 hours to avoid duplicate charges on the same customer.
credit_lookup.js
1"color:#C678DD">const trustqi = require('@trustqi/node');
2
3"color:#C678DD">const client = "color:#C678DD">new trustqi.Client({
4 apiKey: process.env.TRUSTQI_API_KEY,
5});
6
7// Multi-bureau credit lookup with scoring
8"color:#C678DD">const report = "color:#C678DD">await client.credit.lookup({
9 bvn: '22234567890',
10 nin: '12345678901',
11 bureaus: ['crc', 'firstcentral', 'xds'], // all three
12 include: ['score', 'facilities', 'inquiries', 'delinquencies'],
13 consent_reference: 'CONSENT-2024-00447',
14});
15
16console.log(report);
17// {
18// subject: {
19// full_name: 'Emeka Okafor',
20// bvn_verified: "color:#C678DD">true,
21// },
22// composite_score: 742,
23// score_band: 'GOOD', // POOR / FAIR / GOOD / EXCELLENT
24// risk_rating: 'LOW', // LOW / MEDIUM / HIGH / VERY_HIGH
25// recommendation: 'APPROVE', // APPROVE / REVIEW / DECLINE
26// facilities: [
27// {
28// lender: 'Horizon MFB',
29// product: 'Personal Loan',
30// status: 'CURRENT',
31// outstanding: 250000,
32// limit: 500000,
33// opened: '2022-03-01',
34// performance_months: 24,
35// }
36// ],
37// delinquencies: [],
38// inquiries_last_30_days: 1,
39// data_sources: ['crc', 'firstcentral'],
40// latency_ms: 312,
41// }

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