# Lenders
In the MRE, lenders are referenced in two places:
1. Requesting which lenders should be used in calculation of results
2. Assigning a lender to an existing loan or liability within the customer's financial data
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### Supported lenders for calculation
When requesting calculation via the [API](https://docs.blackfin.tools/books/mortgagerecenginemycrm/chapter/api-reference), the MRE currently supports the following list of New Zealand lenders within the `Lenders` parameter of the request payload:
| **Code** | **Name** | **Default** | **Status** |
| `aia` | AIA | ✓ | Active |
| `anz` | ANZ | ✓ | Active |
| `asb` | ASB | ✓ | Active |
| `bnz` | BNZ | ✓ | Active |
| `co-op` | CO-OP |
| Active |
| `kiwibank` | Kiwibank |
| Active |
| `liberty` | Liberty |
| Active |
| `resimac` | Resimac |
| Deprecated |
| `sbs` | SBS |
| Active |
| `select` | Select |
| Deprecated |
| `tsb` | TSB |
| Active |
| `westpac` | Westpac | ✓ | Active |
The `Code` value should be used when referencing lenders.
#### Default lenders
If no Lenders are specified, the five 'Default' lenders are used from the table above.
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### Supported lenders for loans/liabilities
The table below lists all supported lender values for the `Loan.Lender` and `Liability.Lender` parameters within the API request payload:
The `Code` value should be used when referencing lenders.