Assessments Credit Limit Underwriting 
Fintech News
SEPTEMBER 4, 2024
Zed’s innovative offering will include a no-fee credit card with features such as no hidden charges for international use, zero-interest on purchases for up to 31 days, and an advanced app with real-time transaction monitoring and security features like card freezing and unlimited virtual cards for secure online transactions.
PYMNTS
FEBRUARY 20, 2020
Unless a business is at least five years old, its credit profile is likely quite thin, leaving banks to rely on personal guarantees to underwrite an account. “With the changes that have happened in underwriting and risk assessment, it’s just one of the things that should go.”
Fintech News
MAY 28, 2024
The company’s competitive advantage lies in its ability to leverage data, proprietary machine learning algorithms, and agile cloud infrastructure to make better credit and underwriting decisions than traditional banks.
PYMNTS
MAY 29, 2018
And, Experian’s report notes, both consumers and lenders are getting increasingly interested in “those much more comprehensive profiles” becoming a standard part of the underwriting process. Credit applications do not ask for these specific details for this very reason,” the report notes. Today, social media can’t address those needs.
PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 20, 2018
Banks offer credit limits to borrowers that would seem punitively low in much of the Western world, so there is a pent-up demand for online alternatives. That means the big opportunity for X Financial comes from the 400 million or so Chinese consumers who have credit cards, but are hampered by limits that are too low.
PYMNTS
JUNE 25, 2018
According to Dubugras, this challenge stems from the financial services industry’s tradition of relying on projected profits and personal guarantees to assess whether a business should be approved for a credit card. Though a startup could secure millions in venture capital funding, it could still take years to turn a profit.
PYMNTS
APRIL 4, 2018
The problem, Petal co-founder and CEO Jason Gross told Karen Webster, is that it leaves around half of all Americans with only a few options: a credit card with expensive strings or no credit at all. Petal wants to change the math on how consumers gain access to credit – and turn the tables on how creditworthiness is assessed.
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