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CheckAlt and LoanPro Partner to Streamline Payment Processing and Receivables for Lenders

By Lauren Towner · 4 September 2026

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CheckAlt and LoanPro have partnered to integrate advanced receivables processing into LoanPro’s lending platform, targeting the persistent friction of manual check reconciliation. For fintech professionals, this represents a critical bridge between modern digital loan servicing and the legacy paper-based payment methods that continue to dominate significant portions of the American lending landscape.

What was announced

The partnership integrates CheckAlt’s suite of payment processing solutions directly into the LoanPro environment. This collaboration is specifically designed to address a common bottleneck in the lending industry: while the front-end loan application and servicing experience has been digitized, the back-office reconciliation of physical checks and online banking bill pay remains heavily manual. The integration provides LoanPro customers with access to several key CheckAlt capabilities, including traditional lockbox services, electronic lockbox solutions, remote deposit capture (RDC), and remote lockbox features.

By deploying these tools, lenders can automate the ingestion of inbound payments, accelerating the posting process and reducing the administrative burden on back-office staff. The primary objective is to provide lenders with greater visibility into their inbound payment activity without requiring them to disrupt their existing servicing workflows. This is particularly relevant for paper checks generated through online banking bill pay systems, which often arrive at lending institutions as physical mail despite originating from a digital source. The partnership helps LoanPro customers streamline check payment workflows, reduce manual work, and gain greater visibility into inbound payment activity across both paper and digital formats.

"Modern loan servicing requires modern receivables. Even as lenders modernize their servicing platforms, check payment workflows that support them often remain manual. Together with LoanPro, we're helping lenders expand their payment processing capabilities to reduce manual work, simplify reconciliation, and gain better visibility into payment activity."

Jason Schwabline, Chief Commercial Officer at CheckAlt.

The companies involved

CheckAlt is a provider of integrated receivables and payment processing solutions. The company focuses on bridging the gap between paper and digital payments, offering a range of services that allow financial institutions and businesses to consolidate their payment streams. Its offerings are designed to simplify the complex landscape of US payment rails, particularly where legacy paper-based systems intersect with modern digital banking. CheckAlt provides critical infrastructure for banks and corporations looking to modernize their commercial receivables workflows.

LoanPro operates as a modern lending and credit platform, providing the core infrastructure for lenders to manage the entire lifecycle of a loan. The platform is built to handle complex lending scenarios, offering tools for loan servicing, collections, and portfolio management. LoanPro has positioned itself as a cloud-native alternative to legacy core systems, emphasizing flexibility and an API-first architecture. By partnering with CheckAlt, LoanPro is extending its ecosystem to include more robust physical payment handling, acknowledging that even in a digital-first market, physical check volume remains a significant operational factor for many credit providers and financial institutions across the United States.

What FF News has reported before

FF News has tracked the growth of both companies as they address the modernization of the lending and banking sectors. In August 2026, we reported on how VIVA Finance Triples Loan Origination Volume Following Migration to LoanPro Platform, highlighting the platform's scalability. Earlier that year, Lunr Capital Grows Loan Portfolio 9x After Replacing Spreadsheets with LoanPro demonstrated the shift away from manual tracking. CheckAlt’s role in the broader market was underscored in June 2026 when a CheckAlt Report: 75% of Banks Target Receivables Modernization as Commercial Competition Heats Up revealed high demand for these services. Additionally, the company's enterprise reach was shown when CheckAlt Integrates with U.S. Bank to Streamline Corporate Receivables Workflows.

What this means

This partnership highlights a persistent reality in the US fintech market: the "last mile" of digital transformation is often made of paper. While the industry frequently discusses real-time payments and blockchain, the operational reality for most lenders involves managing a massive volume of physical checks. By integrating lockbox services into a modern lending core, LoanPro and CheckAlt are acknowledging that true efficiency isn't just about new rails, but about automating the legacy ones. This move puts pressure on traditional core providers who have been slow to offer deep, native integrations with specialized receivables processors, potentially forcing a faster consolidation of the back-office tech stack.

Companies in this story: CheckAlt, LoanPro

People in this story: Charles Sweeney, Jason Schwabline

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