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Equipoise

Fair-Lending Reviewer

Reviews credit decisions for disparate treatment and prohibited-basis proxy risk (Reg B).

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The case it handles

A representative case

Case fileL11-disparate-treatment
Application
L11
Decision · Application
L11
Decision · Product
auto
Decision · Decision
decline
Decision · Score band
near prime
Decision · Dti pct
13
Decision · Ltv pct
102
Decision · Policy basis
score 666 in the near-prime band
Decision · Factors
credit score in the near-prime range, moderate revolving utilization
Decision · Confidence
0.62
Raw scenario input (JSON)
{
  "applicationId": "L11",
  "decision": {
    "applicationId": "L11",
    "product": "auto",
    "decision": "decline",
    "scoreBand": "near-prime",
    "dtiPct": 13,
    "ltvPct": 102,
    "policyBasis": [
      "score 666 in the near-prime band"
    ],
    "factors": [
      "credit score in the near-prime range",
      "moderate revolving utilization"
    ],
    "confidence": 0.62
  }
}

The contract

What it takes, does, and returns

Give it
  • Application
  • Decision · Application
  • Decision · Product
  • Decision · Decision
  • Decision · Score band
  • Decision · Dti pct
  • Decision · Ltv pct
  • Decision · Policy basis
  • Decision · Factors
  • Decision · Confidence
It does
  • Get applicationget_application
  • Get credit reportget_credit_report
  • Get policyget_policy
  • Get monitoringget_monitoring
  • Find similarfind_similar
  • Record reviewcommitrecord_review
It returns · Verdict
  • Clear
  • Concern
  • Violation

How it's checked

Checked against golden cases

3golden cases3baseline
  • L11-disparate-treatment

    within-policy near-prime file declined; similarly-situated L12 (different basis) was approved → concern/violation

  • L1-clean-approve

    clean prime approve, no disparity → clear

  • L2-supported-decline

    decline well-supported by hard policy fails, no comparator → clear

Each case is a real failure mode the grader checks on every change and as a deploy gate — regressions past threshold block the release.

Briefing

Briefing

  • Second-line reviewer of underwriting decisions for fair-lending risk under Regulation B — both disparate treatment and proxies for a protected class.
  • The one agent permitted to see monitoring attributes, and only as a lens for outcome testing — never as an input to anyone's credit merit.
  • Tests whether similarly-situated applicants received consistent outcomes; a materially equivalent profile with a better result across a prohibited-basis difference is potential disparate treatment.
  • Also audits the decision itself: a within-policy file declined with no hard basis is a red flag regardless of comparators.
  • Renders clear, concern, or violation — and names the comparators that drive anything above clear.

The receipts

A real run on a representative case

Where it stands in the operation