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A governed institutional Network — not another lending marketplace.
The Mainlynk Network is the governed institutional relationship layer through which annual Referring, Funding, Dual and Advisory Members receive defined governance, intelligence and commercial benefits. The Network is a possible institutional solution after the institution determines that a lending need should not be served directly. Ready Referring, Funding and Dual Members may refer opportunities, receive them or do both under common source, product, capacity, relationship and conduct rules. Workflow may run on an approved technology rail, but access to that technology is not the same as Network membership.
The Network is in formation. Participation, Member Advantage availability, product access and relationship protections remain subject to readiness approval, executed agreements and applicable schedules.
What is the Mainlynk Network?
The Mainlynk Network is a governed institutional membership and readiness layer through which qualified institutions may refer or receive lending opportunities under defined source, capacity, relationship and conduct rules. It is not a borrower-facing lending marketplace.
Annual institutional membership
Annual membership funds the governed relationship.
Each Referring, Funding, Dual or Advisory Member enters an annual role-based Institutional Membership Agreement, ordinarily billed monthly. The agreement identifies the member class, included services, reporting cadence, Member Advantage access, readiness obligations, executive escalation and annual review.
Network readiness and governance
Role standards, annual review, product and capacity administration, source and relationship controls and issue escalation.
Member reporting
Membership, readiness, capacity, service, source-quality and governance reporting appropriate to the member class.
Certified-provider intelligence
Registry access, capability information, material limitations, periodic performance information and controlled benchmarks.
Member Advantage access
Access to approved Member Commercial Schedules for which the member satisfies the objective eligibility profile.
Executive governance
Named escalation path, issue coordination and annual membership and readiness review.
No purchase of opportunity flow: membership does not buy referrals, minimum volume, exclusivity, first look, assignment priority, provider certification, technology recommendation, routing priority or credit preference.
Member Advantage
The full negotiated technology benefit remains with the member.
A certified provider may voluntarily offer approved pricing and contract protections directly to eligible members under a controlled Member Commercial Schedule. The provider and member contract directly. Mainlynk does not resell the technology, receive a commission or take a percentage of the member's provider spend.
Pricing and implementation
Controlled recurring rates or discounts, implementation charges, change controls, pilots and training.
Renewal and support
Increase caps, renewal notice, service levels, escalation and remediation rights.
Data and exit
Ownership, export, transition support, termination treatment and controlled exit charges.
Member Advantage terms do not create certification, recommendation, Network routing, credit or product priority. A member remains free to select a provider offering no Member Advantage terms.
Four membership classes
Four membership classes. Three active Network opportunity roles.
Each class is separately activated, governed and measured. Technology or workflow providers and authorized broker or source partners are counterparties — not institutional membership classes.
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Referring Member
Submits an opportunity it cannot or elects not to retain, with customer permission and source evidence. Receives relationship-protection, workflow, reporting, provider-intelligence and eligible Member Advantage benefits. No receiving rights until separately activated.
Referring Members do not lose source attribution when an opportunity enters the Network.
02
Funding Member / Capital Provider
Receives opportunities within an approved product box and owns application, credit, pricing, approval, closing, funding and servicing. Receives capacity governance, reporting, provider intelligence and eligible Member Advantage benefits.
Provider lender-network access does not create Mainlynk Network membership or routing priority.
03
Dual Member
Refers some opportunities and receives others under separate source and provider permissions, ledgers, controls and economics. Dual status creates no routing priority.
Dual membership requires demonstrated readiness in both referring and funding roles.
04
Advisory Member
Uses provider intelligence, controlled benchmarks, eligible Member Advantage terms and executive governance without active Network opportunity rights. Must complete readiness and change class before referring or receiving opportunities.
Advisory Membership provides no active Network opportunity rights.
Readiness is demonstrated
Eligibility based on observed capability.
Completion of a relevant Mainlynk service is the primary path to operational readiness because the institution's product, people, workflow and controls have been observed. An institution with an existing capability may qualify through an equivalency assessment. Membership establishes the recurring governance relationship; it does not waive readiness or condition access on an unrelated professional service.
- Authority and executed agreements
- Product and data readiness
- Technology and workflow readiness
- Capacity and service-level commitment
- Risk, compliance and complaint ownership
- Relationship-protection and data-use acceptance
Operating proposition
Three operating motions. One governed architecture.
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Retain
Retain what fits
The institution keeps opportunities that fit its strategy, credit appetite, economics and operating capacity.
- Fits your credit appetite
- Within your operating capacity
- Aligned to your strategy
- Supported by your existing capability
02
Refer
Refer what does not
When a legitimate customer need falls outside current capability or appetite, a controlled handoff may preserve source attribution and the broader relationship under executed schedules.
- Recorded Source Institution
- Executed product schedules
- Relationship-protection terms
- Anti-circumvention obligations
- Final disposition recorded
- Customer permission required
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Receive
Receive what fits your capacity
Funding Members and Dual Members may receive attributable institutional opportunities only within declared products, geographies, capacity and service levels while retaining full credit, pricing and portfolio authority.
- Approved product box only
- Declared capacity limits
- Defined service levels
- Full credit authority retained
- Full pricing authority retained
- Full portfolio authority retained
Controlled opportunity lifecycle
Controlled workflow — not a placement market.
1
Retain
The source institution keeps and processes the opportunity through its own capability.
2
Network Handoff
Customer permission, Recorded Source Institution, product eligibility, data completeness, conflicts and capacity are recorded before an eligible Funding Member receives the opportunity under approved rules.
3
Funding Member Decision
The receiving Funding Member owns application, credit, pricing, approval or decline, closing, funding, servicing, adverse action and all lender duties. Funding Members have agreed in advance to respect the source relationship.
4
Final Disposition
Status, reason codes, relationship protections, complaints and economic classification are recorded and reconciled.
Relationship protection
Agreement-based. Not a guarantee.
Protection is agreement-based, not a guarantee of customer ownership or outcome. Product or Program Schedules define the Recorded Source Institution, permitted credit need, protected relationship fields, data use, anti-circumvention obligations and protection period.
- The Recorded Source Institution remains identified throughout the opportunity lifecycle
- Product and Program Schedules define protected relationship fields, data use and customer contact
- Anti-circumvention and protection periods are defined in executed schedules
- Protection obligations are accepted by participants — not imposed unilaterally
- No promise of customer ownership, deposit retention or relationship outcome
Network economics
No hidden stacking. No pay-to-play routing.
Membership economics
Institutional membership is annual and role-based, ordinarily billed monthly. There is no automatic Mainlynk fee merely because an opportunity is approved or funded, and no routing priority based on consulting, membership, Member Advantage participation, technology spend or side economics. Any product-specific source or broker economics require separate lawful agreements and disclosure.
Technology economics
The member contracts directly with the technology provider. Approved Member Advantage terms flow entirely to the eligible member. Mainlynk receives no percentage of license, implementation, usage, support, renewal, expansion or exit revenue from a member purchase.
- No automatic Mainlynk fee merely because an opportunity is approved or funded
- No pay-to-play routing or priority based on consulting, membership or technology spend
- Any product-specific broker or source compensation is separately contracted, classified and disclosed
- Mainlynk receives no percentage of member technology spend
Network, provider and product availability is subject to readiness approval, executed agreements and applicable Product or Program Schedules. Mainlynk does not guarantee funding, volume, profitability or relationship outcomes. The Mainlynk Network is a governed institutional layer distinct from any technology provider's lender marketplace, software network or routing engine.
Assess Network Readiness
Readiness is demonstrated — not purchased. Begin with your institution's current capability, operating model and role objective.
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