Review the business behind the application
Inspect supporting tax schedules and bank activity in the borrower’s financial workspace. Follow source-backed figures to the documents before using them in the credit assessment.
SpreadSpace brings business and guarantor evidence into the financial review behind an application. Keep ownership, coverage inputs and reviewed memo exhibits connected to their source documents.
An extracted figure opens its supporting document with the printed line boxed.
MeridianLink provides digital lending software for application, decision and loan-origination workflows.
Inspect supporting tax schedules and bank activity in the borrower’s financial workspace. Follow source-backed figures to the documents before using them in the credit assessment.
Attach K-1s and their statements to the named owner. Personal returns and financial statements join that person’s entity, letting the reviewer compare guarantors without losing individual context.
Finalize financial attributes by reporting period and prepare the lender’s memo. The API makes reviewed values available for a scoped data handoff to the existing lending workflow.
| Feature | SpreadSpace | MeridianLink |
|---|---|---|
| Business and guarantor documents | ||
| Tax lines and supporting schedules | Extract Forms 1040, 1065, 1120 and 1120-S with supporting schedules and statements. Work with return lines, Schedule K-1 detail, depreciation and loss carryovers in the same financial review. | Not verified |
| K-1 statements paired to owners | Each Schedule K-1 is paired with its own supporting statements and attached to the owner it names. Later K-1s, personal returns, and personal financial statements for that person join the same entity, and distributions remain available for analysis. | Not verified |
| Borrowers and guarantors on one canvas | Named businesses reconcile to entities holding their returns and statements, and people collect their K-1s, personal returns, and personal financial statements. Every entity appears in one selector and can be spread side by side on the same canvas. | The 2023 Business announcement includes guarantor and business risk analysis.MeridianLink Business introduction |
| Bank transactions, balances, and relationships | Inspect transaction dates, descriptions, signed amounts and balances against bank statements. Review observed advances, repayments and payment cadence while keeping inferred debt service distinct from contractual terms. | Not verified |
| Reviewed credit record | ||
| Source-document review | Click a source-backed figure to open the document at its highlighted region. Expand a derived figure into the contributing rows and follow those rows back to their sources. | Not verified |
| Source-line DSCR by entity and year | Save named DSCR configurations for each entity using adjusted EBITDA from tax returns or company financial statements. Select debt-service lines, optional interest and analyst write-ins, then compare historical and pro forma coverage. | Not verified |
| Company memo with source-linked exhibits | Build the lender's memo from reusable templates, analyst narrative and selected spread exhibits. Keep source-linked figures available in the memo workspace, then export the completed credit write-up. | Not verified |
| Versioned API and typed integration guides | Process documents and retrieve structured results with the public API and TypeScript, Python or C# SDKs. Receive signed lifecycle webhooks and fetch period-by-period financial attributes after the analyst finalizes the spread. | Data Connect supplies Consumer and Opening data for downstream integration.MeridianLink Data Connect |
MeridianLink information is drawn from the linked public material, reviewed September 2026. Not verified means this comparison does not establish that capability; it does not mean the product lacks it.
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MeridianLink is a trademark of its owner. SpreadSpace is not affiliated with MeridianLink. This comparison reflects publicly available information as of September 2026.
Sources: MeridianLink homepage, MeridianLink loan origination software, MeridianLink Consumer, MeridianLink products, MeridianLink Marketplace, MeridianLink Data Connect, MeridianLink Business announcement, MeridianLink business lending expansion.