Why This Integration Isn’t Just Another “Nice to Have”
Let’s cut to the chase: approvals suck. They’re the speed bumps in your business highway, the “waiting for manager” loop in your customer service hellscape. But when you connect ApproveThis’ approval automation with Mloflo’s CRM muscle through Zapier, you’re not just streamlining processes – you’re building guardrails for compliance while putting the pedal to the metal on deal velocity.
The Nuts and Bolts of What This Combo Does
Mloflo handles your loan pipelines and lead tracking. ApproveThis wrangles your decision-makers. Together via Zapier, they create closed-loop systems where:
- New leads automatically kick off compliance reviews
- Approval decisions update loan files without human copy/paste
Key thing your finance team will care about: ApproveThis approvers don’t need Mloflo licenses. That means external partners or execs can greenlight deals without you buying extra CRM seats.
Real-World Use Cases That Actually Move the Needle
1. Vetting Leads Before Your Sales Team Wastes Time
How it works: New Mloflo lead → Auto-create ApproveThis request → Sales ops reviews → Approved leads flow back as qualified.
Business impact: A regional mortgage lender used this to reduce unqualified lead handoffs by 62%. Their LO’s stopped complaining about “garbage leads” and closed rates jumped.
ApproveThis bonus: Set approval thresholds – auto-approve leads under $500K loan value, escalate jumbo loans to senior underwriters.
2. Loan File Updates That Happen Before You Finish Your Coffee
How it works: ApproveThis decision → Auto-update Mloflo loan status → Trigger next steps in workflow.
Business impact: One credit union slashed funding time from 72 hours to 9 by eliminating manual status updates. Bonus: fewer errors in loan docs because underwriters aren’t rushing.
ApproveThis bonus: Vacation delegation ensures approvals never stall because someone’s at a conference.
3. Task Accountability That Doesn’t Rely on Nagging
How it works: New ApproveThis request → Create Mloflo task → Task completion triggers approval escalation.
Business impact: A commercial real estate firm now ties every approval delay to specific team members. Result? 80% fewer “forgot to review” excuses in QBRs.
Setting This Up Without Losing Your Mind
Zapier’s the glue here. You’ll create “Zaps” that connect:
- Mloflo triggers (new lead, task update) to ApproveThis actions
- ApproveThis decisions back to Mloflo record updates
Pro tip: Start with one workflow (like lead approvals) before scaling to complex multi-step processes. ApproveThis’ conditional routing handles “if loan amount > X, require CFO sign-off” scenarios effortlessly.
Which Teams Get to Stop Hating Their Jobs
Underwriting Teams
No more digging through email chains for approval confirmations. All decisions live in Mloflo loan files automatically. Calculated fields in ApproveThis let you auto-approve standard deals that fit predefined risk models.
Sales Operations
Lead quality scores in Mloflo can trigger different approval paths. High-value commercial lead? Route to specialized team. Refinance request? Instant auto-approval if criteria match.
Compliance Officers
Every approval (or rejection) creates an audit trail in both systems. Real-time tracking means no more quarterly scramble to prove you didn’t approve that sketchy $2M loan.
The Bottom Line
This isn’t about doing approvals faster. It’s about eliminating the 37 back-and-forth emails that turn a simple “yes” into a week-long saga. When Mloflo handles the data and ApproveThis handles the decisions through Zapier, you get loan files that move forward the minute they’re approved – not the morning after.
Ready to stop being the approval bottleneck? Get started with ApproveThis or schedule a live demo to see how it plays with your Mloflo setup.
Mloflo users: Learn more about their CRM capabilities at mloflo.com.
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Best Approval Workflows for mloflo
Suggested workflows (and their Zapier components) for mloflo
Create approval requests for new mloflo leads
When a new lead is added in mloflo, automatically create an approval request in ApproveThis to ensure company-wide assessment. This integration helps streamline decision-making by initiating an approval workflow every time a new lead is captured, ensuring leads are appropriately vetted before action is taken.
Zapier Components

Trigger
New Lead
Triggers when a new lead is added in mloflo.
Action
Create Request
Creates a new request, probably with input from previous steps.
Add tasks in mloflo for new approval requests
Once a new approval request is created in ApproveThis, automatically generate a task in mloflo for relevant team members. This ensures that all necessary parties are informed and can start preparing for the necessary actions before an approval is granted.
Zapier Components
Trigger
New Request
Triggers when a new approval request workflow is initiated.

Action
Add Task
Handle task addition to mloflo on task creation
Initiate approval requests for new mloflo tasks
When a new task is added in mloflo, automatically initiate an approval request in ApproveThis. This ensures structured validation of tasks ensuring accountability and resource alignment before proceeding with task execution.
Zapier Components

Trigger
Add Task
Triggers when a task is added in mloflo
Action
Create Request
Creates a new request, probably with input from previous steps.
Update mloflo loans after approval decisions
Automatically update relevant loan files in mloflo once a decision is made on an approval request in ApproveThis. This automation minimizes manual updates and ensures all loan details remain current based on approval outcomes.
Zapier Components
Trigger
A Request Is Approved/Denied
Triggers when a request is approved or denied.

Action
Update Loan in Mloflo
Updates a loan file in mloflo
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