How Lenkie Used A Single Data Source For Dozens of Commerce Platforms
Discover how Lenkie utilized Rutter's API to simplify integration across various commerce platforms, accelerating their roadmap while saving substantial engineering effort.

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Finding A Standardized Data Model
Since Lenkie’s embedded lending platform was being used for all types of vertical platforms that served all types of micro-businesses, Lenkie needed standardized models of common data sets shared within these platforms. They needed a universal way to view product, order, invoice, customer and payout data irrespective of the marketplace or platform the data comes from.
As Lenkie explored building their first integration with Amazon, they quickly ran into the challenge of not only having to scope out and build the integration but they also had to think about how to stay up to date with any changes to the Amazon APIs. This became a general problem for all platforms and marketplaces Lenkie wanted to support. The added effort of integrating APIs, updating API endpoints and HTTP response models when new versions of the APIs with breaking changes are implemented was a hurdle.
Lenkie Cofounder & CTO Nnaemeka Obodoekwe shared,
One Single Data Source
Lenkie’s core focus is becoming the best embedded lending platform so the Lenkie team wanted to focus on being the best at what they do and not have to think about building each integration themselves. So when they found that Rutter could provide the breadth of platforms they needed via one single data source, they were excited to leverage the Rutter API.
Lenkie Engineer Kennedy Sigauke added,

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Making Lending As Easy As Getting Coffee
Lenkie’s goal is to make it very easy for borrowers to access capital. Obodoekwe shared,
Within a few clicks, they can find out how much they can access. Our general application only takes 2 mins compared to going to the bank.
Access to capital is a problem for a lot of SMEs. Having been a seller on Shopify before, when you go to the bank they want months of trading history because the banks don’t have access to those transactions. For us there are thousands of SMEs growing rapidly and they need the capital to take them to the next level and we wanted to bridge that gap between access to data and access to capital.
Rutter is excited to play a role in helping Lenkie fulfill its vision of making access to capital as easy as getting coffee.
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