FICO

JUNE 26, 2020

Analysis of FICO® Resilience Index data by Tom Parrent, former chief risk officer for Genworth Financial, shows that from 2010 to 2015, nearly 600,000 additional mortgages could have been originated to consumers with FICO® Scores between 680 and 699, had the FICO® Resilience Index been available to lenders at the time.

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FICO

AUGUST 10, 2022

Covid to Cost-of-Living: Assessing Affordability in Uncertain Times. Affordability Assessments and Unrestrained Lending. Triggered in part by the US housing market collapse and an unprecedented number of loan defaults, the crisis uncovered a shocking level of unrestrained lending and excessive risk taking. by Matt Cox.

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FICO

MARCH 15, 2018

Origination Scores Offer Targeted Insight. Origination scores add significant value above and beyond the FICO ® Score, which is based solely on the data found in a consumer’s credit bureau file. There can be nuanced differences in the risk patterns and trends for this population relative to those of the holistic customer (i.e.,

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

14) that the company is entering the small business finance space with a new platform that adds to its existing consumer lending, credit risk and portfolio risk management offerings for financial institutions. Financial information firm Sageworks has announced its expansion into the world of SME lending. ”

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FICO

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

At point of origination, you stop the obvious frauds. But what if we take what we learned about these customers at point of origination and we carry it through to our downstream controls? For example, while the capabilities to detect fraud and assess risk at point of origination may differ, the data ecosystem has huge overlaps.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 1, 2020

invoice insurance provider Nimbla is teaming up with the credit risk assessment firm Wiserfunding , according to a report in Crowdfund Insider on Friday (May 29). The partnership is a result of the launch of the FinTech task force Innovate Finance , which took place in March, the report said.

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FICO

MAY 6, 2019

FICO Scores Are Not Fixed Estimates of Credit Risk. The FICO ® Score is designed to rank-order the likelihood that a borrower will repay their loan(s), with higher scoring borrowers representing lower risk, and lower scoring borrowers representing higher risk. So are FICO ® Scores “artificially inflated”?

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FICO

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

billion more credit to existing SME customers, while helping further support originations by driving incremental lending of US$580 million to new customers. The models also helped in originations. Learn more about balancing risk, opportunity and reward when it comes to SME lending. by Richard Lagerweij.

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FICO

JANUARY 4, 2018

“By contrast, growth in student loan debts outpaced inflation, being both greater in number as well as balances; this undoubtedly creates a drag on capacity for other forms of consumer credit.”. A New Way to Score Credit Risk – Psychometric Assessments. Using Alternative Data in Credit Risk Modelling.

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FICO

MAY 27, 2021

FICO will also preview FICO® Resilience Index 2, the latest advance in FICO’s groundbreaking product, with more precise insight about a borrower’s resilience to future economic disruption and expanded use cases including bankcard account origination.

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FICO

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

The increase in national average FICO® Score is the result of clear improvement in the underlying credit profiles of U.S. consumers, across many of the key aspects of the credit file that are considered by the FICO® Score. . Recent origination vintages have started to display modest increases in defaults. by Ethan Dornhelm.

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PYMNTS

JULY 16, 2019

Lendbuzz’s financing model, which is powered by machine learning and proprietary algorithms, allows it to better assess the creditworthiness of consumers with limited U.S. credit history to help them secure financing for auto loans. As a result, car dealerships have the opportunity to attract additional business opportunities.

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FICO

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Different than traditional credit bureau data, trended data provides a historical view of information such as monthly account balances for the previous 24+ months, giving lenders more insight into how individuals are managing their credit.

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The Fintech Times

APRIL 3, 2024

” Bettering global financial inclusion Kathy Stares , executive vice president of North America for Provenir , the AI-powered credit risk decisioning platform, explains that embedded finance is set to make financial services far more accessible.

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FICO

JANUARY 4, 2018

Indeed, taken together, they explored many aspects of Explainable AI and its applications, particularly in the area of credit risk. Here were the top 5 posts of 2017 in the Analytics & Optimization category: How to Build Credit Risk Models Using AI and Machine Learning. Read the full post. Who’s scoring you now? “I

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PYMNTS

APRIL 6, 2017

The company said Wednesday (April 5) that it is rolling out its Origination Manager Essentials solution for mid-market banks and credit unions. “Origination Manager Essentials delivers banks the same technical advantage so they can compete on experience and relationships rather than technology,” the company said. .

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FICO

APRIL 12, 2023

And while some of our clients’ business lines benefit from the very latest innovations, others such as mortgage continue to find that older versions of the FICO® Score – even some that were first developed decades ago – meet their needs for credit risk assessment. That’s because FICO® Scores are built to last.

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FICO

MARCH 18, 2021

Concentrations of risk – It’s worth being extra vigilant as to where exposure to credit risks are highest – be it by geography, region, commercial sector or customer segment. An up-to-date assessment of the impact of expected loss of cash inflows and outflows during the coming months and years will need close attention.

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FICO

JUNE 5, 2023

But as more providers take steps towards extending mobile phone leasing to underserved markets, new demographics and segments with thin credit files, while offering the lasts handsets and access to high-speed services, they face a multitude of challenges.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2021

It's a complex ecosystem, however, in which financial institutions must coordinate with insurers, institutional investors, and each other to not only originate trade finance, but mitigate risk and distribute assets. You have to look at risk in its entirety," said Gugelmann. There are many new ways of risk mitigation.".

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Nanonets

APRIL 5, 2023

While access to credit is crucial for many people and companies, lenders must also protect themselves from the risk of default and ensure that they can remain financially solvent in the long run. Without proper filtering, lenders run the risk of approving high-risk borrowers, which can lead to increased loan defaults and losses.

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FICO

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Enhancing Credit Assessment for Existing Customers. LIFECARD, a credit card company with more than 5.7 million accounts, is the first lender in Japan to adopt the FICO® Score to enhance its credit assessment for existing customers. Scoring Innovation in the Japanese Market.

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FICO

JUNE 13, 2017

Any rated organization shall be allowed access to their individual rating and the data that impacts a change in their rating. Rating companies shall not provide third parties with sensitive or confidential information on rated organizations that could lead directly to system compromise.

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FICO

JANUARY 8, 2021

For FICO, customer development means working with customers through all the stages of the lifecycle – from marketing to originations to customer management. What kind of credit risk does she pose? Odds assessment of the last card to be played. FICO Loan Origination Solution Awarded Best-In-Class.

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Fintech News

JANUARY 16, 2024

High mortgage rates and inflation pose a risk of stressed customers defaulting on their mortgages, potentially causing government interventions. Banks must assess their readiness to address interest rate-related risks and potential economic challenges.

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FICO

NOVEMBER 22, 2018

Many lenders in markets outside the US use FICO® Scores to assess the risk of consumers applying for loan, but don’t continue to monitor those consumers’ risk using the FICO Score. The FICO® Score has been available in the Russian market through the National Bureau of Credit Histories (NBKI) since 2008.

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FICO

OCTOBER 21, 2021

How can lenders best measure and manage credit risk, given the disruptive patterns in consumer behaviour over the last 18 months? Last week a FICO team met with chief risk officers from some of the biggest UK banks to discuss these and other challenges, at our UK CRO Summit. What is the value of a diverse team and new ideas?

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FICO

OCTOBER 10, 2022

To avoid situations like this, it is critically important that credit scoring models are proven over time and based on sufficient data to reliably assess a consumer’s credit risk in a way that doesn’t generate a low score. Remember: credit scores are only one factor in determining credit readiness.

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FICO

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Several of my FICO colleagues have written about the benefits of applying data-driven techniques to strategy design within the credit risk space. These segments separate the assessed population into groups that tend to react in a similar manner to the same treatment.

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FICO

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

“We have been on a journey in Saudi since 2011, to grow lending and increase financial inclusion through the adoption of advanced risk assessment tools,” said Swaied Alzahrani, CEO of SIMAH. Prior to the implementation, lenders in the region had been relying heavily on salary data to assess a consumer’s propensity to repay a loan.

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FICO

MARCH 21, 2023

14% said the financial outlook for their company was very strong, and another 50% assessed the outlook as strong. Investors and other secondary market participants want a credit score that is predictive of credit risk and proven over time. Greater volatility in the securitization market is anticipated this year.

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FICO

MARCH 8, 2021

That’s why FICO has been focused on finding new ways to demonstrate responsible financial behavior so that lenders can confidently extend credit to more consumers. . We’ve conducted research and developed frameworks that are used to assess many types of alternative data sources used in credit decisions (for more, see our recent white paper ).

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FICO

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

In assessing the predictive value of new scores or new data, significant weight is given to model performance measures. I have seen studies claiming a credit risk score can offer as much as 20% improvement in credit risk assessment over a predecessor model, as measured by relative improvement in Gini.

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Tearsheet

AUGUST 7, 2024

Morgan’s financial strength and Slope’s innovative approach to credit risk assessment and monitoring. embedded finance market is determined to be worth $ 20 billion , with many organizations looking to implement solutions that reduce friction, streamline processes and support origination. By combining J.P.

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FICO

APRIL 24, 2023

Trust combines this fast onboarding journey with comprehensive risk assessment by using predictive models, analytics and parameters built into its decision engine. We combine risk management fundamentals with data science and customer segmentation to help us arrive at optimum risk outcomes,” said Lohia. “We

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FICO

APRIL 28, 2020

Customer Onboarding & Management Banreservas , the largest bank in the Dominican Republic, has centralized and automated its credit origination processes, enabling it to assess 80 percent of its loans automatically, increase loans processed by 30 percent and offer up-sells to 47 percent of approved applicants.

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FICO

JANUARY 15, 2021

In our top post, Vice President and General Manager of Scores, Sally Taylor explained the new FICO Resilience Index, designed to provide lenders with a more precise assessment of consumer credit risk and consumers with demonstrated talent for weathering economic storms greater access to credit.

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