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How can we help?

How we set you up, and answers to the questions lenders ask us most.

How we set you up

From first conversation to your first disbursement, in four steps.

  1. Step 1

    We get to know your lending

    Request a demo and we’ll walk through Slice using your own loan packages, branches and approval process.

    • Your products: tenor, repayment frequency, interest and fees
    • How many branches and officers you have
    • Who approves, authorizes and disburses today
  2. Step 2

    We create your organisation

    The Slice team sets up your private workspace at its own address, e.g. yourcompany.slicebyues.com.

    • Your own sign-in page with your name and logo
    • Ready-made roles: Loan Officer, Branch Manager, Credit Underwriter, Head of Operations, Finance Officer, Internal Control
    • A starter chart of accounts and a Head Office branch
    • Your first administrator login
  3. Step 3

    You configure the details

    Your administrator finishes the setup in Slice, and we’re on hand to help.

    • Branches and the cash or bank account each one uses
    • Loan products with their ledger mapping
    • Staff, their branches and logins
    • Your rules, e.g. BVN or NIN required at onboarding, and client email notifications
  4. Step 4

    You go live

    Onboard your first clients and run a loan end to end, from booking to repayment.

    • The ledger health check confirms every product can disburse at every branch
    • Officers sign in from any phone or computer
    • Every action is recorded in the audit trail from day one

Frequently asked questions

Getting started

Who is Slice for?

Microfinance banks, MFIs and cooperatives that lend to individuals and small businesses – from a single branch to many.

How long does it take to get set up?

Your workspace is created as soon as we’ve agreed to work together. How quickly you go live depends mostly on how many products, branches and staff you configure; we help you through it.

Can you bring across our existing clients and loans?

A self-service import isn’t built into Slice yet. Talk to us about the records you have, and we’ll agree the best way to move them.

Do we need to install anything?

No. Slice runs in the browser on computers, tablets and phones. There’s nothing to install or maintain.

Signing in and your team

Where do our staff sign in?

At your organisation’s own address, e.g. yourcompany.slicebyues.com. Staff of one organisation can only sign in at that organisation’s address.

An officer is locked out after too many wrong passwords. What now?

Locks lift by themselves after 15 minutes. The officer can also unlock straight away from the sign-in page with a code emailed to them – no administrator needed, from any device.

Can someone own clients without having a login?

Yes. Staff and logins are separate: a field officer can be an account officer on clients and loans without ever signing in.

What happens when a staff member leaves?

You disable them, choose who takes over their clients and open loans, and their login is switched off at once. Their history stays in the record.

Can we control what each person can see and do?

Yes. Every login has a role, and you can edit the ready-made roles or create your own, permission by permission.

Loans and accounting

What kinds of loan products can we run?

Daily, weekly or monthly repayment packages with their own interest, processing and insurance fees, guarantor rules and branch availability – for example a 22-working-day daily package.

How do approvals work?

A loan moves from booked to approved, authorized and disbursed. The person who books a loan can’t approve it, and the person who approves it can’t authorize it, so every loan passes through different hands.

What if a guarantor is already backing other loans?

Slice warns the approver when a guarantor already backs other open loans, has an overdue loan of their own, or shares the borrower’s phone or BVN.

Does Slice do the accounting?

Yes. Disbursements and repayments post balanced double-entry journals automatically, and you get a trial balance, income statement, balance sheet and a ledger for every account.

Can we export our data?

Lists and reports export to CSV, Excel and PDF.

Can Slice verify a client’s BVN or NIN?

Yes. With the client’s agreement, an officer clicks Verify on the client’s page and Slice checks their name and date of birth against the government record. Only the result is kept, and you can require a verified ID before approval.

Do you send SMS or connect to banks?

Email notifications are built in today. SMS, bank transfers and credit bureau reporting are on our roadmap.

Security and your data

Where is our data stored?

In a data centre in Nigeria, so your data stays in the country.

Can other organisations on Slice see our data?

No. Every organisation’s data is kept apart by the database itself, not just by the app, so one organisation can never read another’s records.

Is our data backed up?

Yes. Backups of the database and uploaded documents are taken every night.

Can we see who did what?

Every change – including failed attempts – is recorded in the audit trail with who, when and the outcome.

Still have a question?

Tell us about your organisation and we’ll get back to you.