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A New Way to Score Credit Risk – Psychometric Assessments

FICO

The scoring methodology was developed by EFL Global and marketed by FICO as part of our FICO Financial Inclusion Initiative , designed to open up credit markets around the world to a larger number of unbanked and underserved consumers. The post A New Way to Score Credit Risk – Psychometric Assessments appeared first on FICO.

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Trade Ledger Partners With Wiserfunding For Commercial Risk Assessments

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Inaccurate and slow credit risk assessment for [small- to medium-sized business (SMB)] commercial loan requests is one of the major reasons that over 50 [percent] of loans are currently declined by financial institutions (FIs),” said Roger Vincent, chief innovation officer at Trade Ledger.

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Empower Picks Up Petal to Expand into Credit Cards

Finovate

Empower also announced it closed the acquisition of Philippines-based consumer credit and lending fintech Cashalo. Empower , a fintech helping to extend credit to underserved consumers, announced plans to acquire underserved credit card provider Petal.

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Home Credit China Cuts Risk by 25 Percent on Thin File Loans

FICO

Home Credit , a global non-bank consumer lender, has successfully reduced its credit risk while maintaining loan volumes and keeping approval rates steady by incorporating the FICO® Score X Data to optimize its loan process in China. They are one of our most sophisticated clients in terms of advanced analytics.”. by FICO.

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Psychometrics and FICO Scores — An Odd Match?

FICO

Lenders are looking for new ways to connect with the estimated 3 billion people worldwide who fall outside the credit mainstream. These “credit invisibles” don’t have credit cards, bank accounts or credit history — so how can a lender assess their risk? EFL has seen a circa. appeared first on FICO.

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Lendbuzz FinTech Raises $150M In Debt And Equity Financing

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The debt funding was led by BHI, ConnectOne Bank, IDB Bank, Viola Credit and a large insurance company. 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.

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FICO Score XD 2 and Innovations in Financial Inclusion

FICO

Some of the top thought leaders in banking, finance, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and credit risk came together in San Francisco to discuss the key trends and innovations in our industry. A key driver of successful financial inclusion is the ability for lenders to effectively gauge the risk of an underserved consumer.