BACKUP SERVICING

Backup Servicing for Structured Finance, Credit Facilities, and Private Markets

Concord's Backup Servicing is designed for capital markets transactions, structured finance facilities, and private credit deals where continuity isn't optional. Whether the arrangement calls for Standard or Parallel, we have the proprietary technology, established protocols, and operational depth to be ready before we're ever needed.

A backup servicer exists for one reason: to ensure loan administration continues without interruption when the primary servicer fails. Concord provides that transition path, protecting investor cash flows, borrower relationships, and reporting integrity in periods of disruption. It's a critical safeguard in securitization and credit facilities, and one that rating agencies and lenders increasingly require as a condition of the deal.

What Concord's Backup Servicing Covers

Two Models, One Standard of Readiness

Concord offers two backup servicing models calibrated to your transaction's risk profile and continuity requirements. Standard Backup maintains readiness for a full servicing transfer within 30 to 45 days. Parallel Backup mirrors your primary servicer's platform in full, with servicing responsibilities transferring within two to four weeks and critical functions within 24 to 48 hours.

Trigger Event Design & Readiness

We work with you upfront to define the contractual events that would activate the backup servicer role (e.g., primary servicer default, insolvency, performance breach) and maintain continuous readiness so that when the moment comes, the response is immediate and structured.

Data Synchronization & Shadow Servicing

Concord maintains periodic or real-time replication of servicing data from the primary servicer, including loan balances, payment history, borrower accounts, and delinquency status, so our systems stay current and transition-ready at all times.

Portfolio Conversion and Onboarding

When activation occurs, we execute a structured conversion process that covers system integration, including data ingestion, borrower transition, and payment processing setup, to keep the process organized and on time.

Collections and Cash Flow Continuity

Once active, Concord processes borrower payments, remittances, reconciliations, delinquencies, default work-outs, and distributions, minimizing interruption.

Governance, Controls, and Compliance

Through the handoff period and into steady-state operations, we maintain the audit trails, regulatory compliance protocols, and borrower notice requirements.

Investor and Stakeholder Reporting

Concord provides transparent reporting to investors, trustees, rating agencies, and other stakeholders both during the transition and on an ongoing basis, ensuring trust in the continuity of servicing.

Why Concord’s Backup Servicing

Continuity of Cash Flows with Minimal Disruption

Our backup servicing approach materially reduces the risk of payment interruption, protecting the asset pool's value and ensuring investors continue receiving distributions on schedule.

Named on the Deal. Ready to Perform.

Many deals require a backup servicer on paper. Concord is one that can actually perform, meeting rating agency, trustee, and investor governance standards with processes already in place.

Faster, Lower-Risk Transitions

Because the conversion protocols are already in place at designation, Concord can move quickly when activation is required, reducing the time, cost, and exposure of an emergency takeover.

Governance & Oversight Assurance

We act as a neutral third-party servicer, managing the transition, which gives investors assurance that servicing decisions are fair, auditable, and free from conflicts of interest.

Mitigation of Servicer Credit Risk

The presence of a backup servicer provides continuity if the primary servicer is unable to perform, helping protect investor interests without disruption to servicing.

Support in Portfolio Transfers & Transactions

Concord's backup servicing experience extends into portfolio transfers and securitization transitions, where an established servicing approach and defined conversion protocols make the process cleaner for all involved.

Alignment with Structured Finance Best Practices

Standard and Parallel arrangements are an established standard in securitization. Concord's backup servicing is built around those frameworks, ensuring we’re always on standby to assume operations with minimal interruptions.

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