Desert Financial Selects Lenders Cooperative to Power Commercial and SBA Lending

Based in Arizona and serving over five hundred thousand members nationwide, the $9 billion lender is in production on Lenders Cooperative’s end-to-end business lending platform. The move enables Desert Financial to fully automate origination workflows, accelerate time to close, and deliver a modern digital borrowing experience to its business members.

In addition to adopting the platform for its internal teams, Desert Financial is leveraging Lenders Cooperative’s outsourced operational support to augment internal capacity across underwriting, processing, and servicing—allowing the institution to scale efficiently while maintaining compliance and credit quality.

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“Our focus is on delivering fast, reliable access to capital for our business members,” said Andrea Mosher, Chief Lending Officer at Desert Financial. “With Lenders Cooperative, we’ve implemented a modern lending infrastructure that combines powerful technology with the operational support needed to grow our commercial and SBA lending programs with confidence.”

Lenders Cooperative’s platform provides a highly configurable, digital-first experience across the complete loan lifecycle—from application intake and origination to servicing and portfolio management. By uniquely pairing advanced workflow technology with embedded APIs to third-party sources for every aspect of commercial underwriting, the platform enables institutions like Desert Financial to process applications from start to finish without needing to leave the workflow or manage third-party vendors.

“Desert Financial’s successful deployment of our platform demonstrates what’s possible when the right technology foundation is in place for the right team,” said Christopher McClinton, President, Lenders Cooperative. “By leading with a modern platform and complementing it with targeted operational support, they are well positioned to expand access to capital to their members nationwide and drive meaningful growth in their business banking portfolio.”