Case Study: VR Leasing AG achieves 6x greater automation and faster loan processing with Software AG’s webMethods

More Loans Processed Faster Thanks to WebMethods and Expert Consulting

VR Leasing Group, a Germany-based financing specialist with about 3,000 employees, €7 billion in assets and over 500,000 contracts, struggled with a heterogeneous IT landscape that slowed loan processing. Multiple browser-based front ends and disconnected address lists required extensive manual data entry and verification, creating delays, duplicated functionality and maintenance overhead.

Using Software AG’s webMethods Integration Server and SAP Business Partner as a central address registry—supported by Global Consulting Services—VR Leasing connected 19 systems, automated address verification via an external credit-agency web service, and streamlined scoring. The result: a sixfold increase in automation (60–80% of addresses now auto-verified vs 10% before), faster decision-making, reduced manual effort, real-time process monitoring and a 24/7 resilient solution, with BPMS planned to further accelerate processes.

VR Leasing AG

Guido Stöcker

Group Chief Information Officer