Cherry Bank credit-risk page

Funding is not risk transfer.

artadys.com is the live demo. It shows the process: eligible credit perimeter → investor-ready debt → execution at closing. For Cherry Bank, the specific angle is external credit-risk transfer, not only funding.

ARTedyX / its investors can buy €25m–€150m of performing credit risk where Cherry Bank wants risk transfer outside its balance sheet.

€4.4B+
public total assets 2024
€2.8B
public customer loans 2024
16.46%
public CET1 ratio 2024
Simple oral transaction logic
1Cherry identifies a performing credit perimeter.
2ARTedyX reviews the anonymised tape and eligibility.
3The objective is credit-risk sale, not only funding.
4Risk is priced through expected loss, yield, tenor and concentration.
5External investors assume the agreed credit risk.
6Cherry can recycle balance-sheet capacity into new origination.
Fitch Ratings context

External rating review perimeter: SPV ISIN bond notes.

Where appropriate, the bond notes issued by the SPV may be prepared for external rating review under Fitch structured-finance criteria. The rating target is the ISIN bond note backed by a defined performing asset pool, not ARTedyS AI and not the operating companies.

The credits to be reviewed are the SPV-issued notes backed by performing pools such as SME loans, consumer receivables, auto loans, leasing receivables, credit-card receivables and unsecured consumer loans.

Collateral focusPerforming, granular and diversified asset pools.
Structural featuresOver-collateralisation, liquidity reserve, coverage tests and priority of payments.
Reporting disciplinePool factors, stratifications, arrears, defaults, recoveries and waterfall reporting.
ApproachOutcome depends on collateral quality, structure, servicing, data integrity and applicable criteria.

A target outcome, including above BBB-, may be pursued only subject to Fitch Ratings' own criteria, assumptions, analysis and final committee decision. No Fitch rating is assigned or guaranteed by this demo.

Public balance-sheet context

Cherry Bank has scale. The question is risk transfer.

Public 2024 figures, used only to frame the transaction discussion. They are not Cherry confidential data.

€4.4B+
total assets
€2.8B
loans to customers
€3.1B
customer funding
€30.1M
net profit 2024
€194.5M
equity
17.44%
total capital ratio
Public source context: Cherry Bank 2024 financial-results press release and Cherry Bank investor-relations financial statements page. Figures are rounded for meeting-page readability.
Why this page exists

Cherry already knows funding. ARTedyX is focused on risk buying.

Funding route

A funding securitisation can provide liquidity. But if Cherry keeps the junior / first-loss position or remains fully exposed to credit risk, the transaction is not the same as a clean external risk sale.

  • Liquidity / funding focus
  • Senior financing may be provided externally
  • Risk may remain materially with Cherry
  • Balance-sheet effect depends on real risk transfer

Risk-transfer route

ARTedyX / investors review buying performing credit risk. The business point is simple: identify an eligible perimeter, price the risk, and transfer that risk outside Cherry where agreed.

  • External risk buyer
  • Defined performing credit perimeter
  • €25m–€150m review range
  • Potential RWA / balance-sheet effect subject to review
Public transaction contrast

Not every securitisation is a risk sale.

Public reporting on Cherry Bank’s SME securitisation with JPMorgan described senior financing and Cherry retaining the junior tranche / full risk exposure, with no accounting derecognition effect. This is exactly why the ARTedyX discussion should be framed as external credit-risk transfer, not funding only.

Funding
provides liquidity
Risk
drives RWA impact
Tape
defines eligibility
Price
reflects loss / yield
Anonymised data tape request

Fields needed to assess a risk-buying perimeter.

Demo structure only. Not Cherry confidential data. The table below shows the fields needed to move from balance-sheet context to a financeable risk-transfer discussion.

Loan IDBorrower TypeSectorRegionBalanceRateMaturityStatusDays Past DueGuaranteeCollateralRisk Weight / RWAExpected LossRecovery HistoryEligibility
CB-SIM-001SMEManufacturingVeneto€2,400,0006.8%36mPerforming0SME FundNoneProvided by bank0.9%CleanEligible
CB-SIM-002SMEServicesLombardy€1,150,0007.2%30mPerforming0SACENoneProvided by bank1.1%CleanEligible
CB-SIM-003CorporateLogisticsEmilia-Romagna€3,850,0006.4%48mPerforming0NoneReceivables pledgeProvided by bank1.4%CleanEligible subject to concentration
CB-SIM-004SMEConstructionMarche€950,0007.6%24mPerforming7SME FundNoneProvided by bank1.8%Minor delaysWatchlist
CB-SIM-005SMEFoodVeneto€1,780,0006.9%42mPerforming0NoneMortgage securityProvided by bank1.0%CleanEligible
CB-SIM-006SMERetailFriuli€620,0008.1%18mPerforming0NoneInventory pledgeProvided by bank2.0%CleanEligible subject to collateral review
CB-SIM-007CorporateEnergy servicesItaly€5,200,0006.2%60mPerforming0SACENoneProvided by bank0.8%CleanEligible
CB-SIM-008SMEHealthcare supplierItaly€1,320,0007.0%36mPerforming0SME FundNoneProvided by bank1.0%CleanEligible
Investor output

What ARTedyS prepares from the tape.

Eligible perimeter

Pool size, borrower segments, sectors, geographies, maturities, status, exclusions and concentration limits.

Risk pricing

Expected loss, stress loss, weighted rate, maturity profile, guarantees, collateral and recovery assumptions.

RWA context

Internal risk weight / RWA indications where available, used to assess whether a risk-transfer discussion is commercially relevant.

Transfer perimeter

Defined assets, eligibility covenants, excluded loans, substitution rules and reporting package.

Note inputs

SPV issuer, purchase perimeter, yield range, maturity, waterfall, reporting and investor output.

Execution file

Investor-ready data room, term sheet inputs, ISIN/listing path, DVP settlement logic and monitoring dashboard.

One sentence

Cherry knows funding. ARTedyX buys risk.

Next step: anonymised portfolio perimeter or data tape.

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