The Fintech Times

JULY 31, 2024

“One of the most meaningful ways we protect our customers and their homes is to work with them to understand and mitigate risk,” said Rebecca L. .” ” With ZestyAI models, carriers are able to move from territory-based segmentation to a property-by-property risk assessment.

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Fintech News

JUNE 12, 2024

It integrates an advanced cyber risk exposure scanning solution into the underwriting process. This technology enhances risk assessment by generating a real-time security posture score within a minute, allowing eligible small and medium-sized enterprises to obtain instant policy issuance in under 10 minutes.

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Risk Assessment Assessments Cybersecurity Underwriting 86

Payments Source

JANUARY 28, 2020

Alternative lending companies are one of the strongest examples of how leveraging rich financial transaction data can be used to go beyond traditional credit risk assessments, says Finsync's Eddie Davis.

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Underwriting Risk Assessment Payments Data Digital Payments 84

The Fintech Times

MARCH 29, 2024

From enhancing risk assessment accuracy to personalising products and services, insurers are leveraging data analytics to optimise decision-making processes, mitigate risks and cater to evolving consumer needs. “At Cowbell, we are actively assessing the cyber risk posture of over 39 million businesses in the US and the UK.

Risk Assessment 59

Risk Assessment Underwriting Assessments Risk 59

FICO

AUGUST 16, 2021

FICO Applauds FHFA Inclusion of Rental Data in Underwriting. Last week, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced that Fannie Mae will begin considering borrowers’ rental payment history in its risk assessment process. We share the assessment that the key to expanding access to credit is seeking alternative data.

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Underwriting Risk Assessment Assessments Financial Inclusion 52

The Fintech Times

JULY 30, 2024

By leveraging payment transaction data and providing loan underwriters with real-time credit data, Network International hopes to enable its SME merchants to access new sources of capital. The combination of our payments data with Biz2X’s digital underwriting prowess is a clear advantage to lenders and merchants alike.”

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Underwriting Embedded Finance Risk Assessment Settlement 52

Fintech Labs Insights

OCTOBER 13, 2015

In the agreement, both companies will leverage the other’s unique security layer to combine email risk assessment with fraud scoring. Emailage, which debuted at FinovateSpring 2015 , offers a tool that assesses the risk associated with an email address. Feedzai made its European debut at FinovateEurope 2014.

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Risk Assessment Assessments Risk Fraud Prevention 26

Stax

AUGUST 22, 2024

In this article, we’ll discuss what SaaS companies looking to become payment facilitators need to know about risk management strategies. PayFacs handle risk assessment, underwriting, settling of funds, compliance, and chargebacks which exposes them to greater potential risks.

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Risk Management Risk Regulatory Compliance Payment APIs and Integration 88

Fintech News

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Jenfi uses a proprietary risk assessment engine that evaluates both a business’s creditworthiness and its marketing growth efficiency. This integration provides Jenfi with real-time data on a company’s revenue growth and marketing return on investment, enabling continuous monitoring and fast underwriting decisions. With a US$6.6

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FinTech Cross-Border Payment APIs and Integration Credit Cards 112

Nanonets

APRIL 11, 2023

The need to minimize risk and maintain loan portfolio quality : In a volatile economic environment, lenders must carefully manage risk to protect their loan portfolios and maintain financial stability. This includes borrower information, income, and other relevant details required for underwriting.

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Finovate

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Power f raud detection and risk management While GenAI can continuously monitor transactions to detect anomalies and identify fraudulent patterns, Agentic AI can instantly flag suspicious activities, alert relevant parties, and even block transactions.

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AI Assessments Compliance Automation 105

Nanonets

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

According to a recent study by Datos Insights , the insurance industry lags in terms of digitisation, with only 20% automation in underwriting and less than 3% automation in claims processing across sectors. Underwriting and claims processing are two key insurance processes that are still handled manually.

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FICO

MARCH 25, 2020

The score was used in addition to data from loan applications, Home Credit’s existing internal scorecards, and other external data sources to cut credit risk on point-of-sale (POS) loans by 25 percent and online loans by 15 percent compared to the old generation of models. Read the full release. . . by FICO.

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Risk Financial Inclusion Point-of-Sale (POS) Risk Assessment 97

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Bloomberg is providing the data in the current global economic crisis to aid the markets with ready, accessible information that is timely and transparent for active credit assessments and predictive models to assess the volatility of the current market. They can also assess ongoing credit quality.

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Credit Risk Risk Risk Management Assessments 85

PYMNTS

AUGUST 28, 2017

The machine learning study compared results from a Ford Credit scoring model with a machine learning model developed by ZestFinance using its underwriting platform to do deeper analysis of applicant data. Machine learning-based underwriting will be a game-changer for lenders, opening entirely new revenue streams.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 24, 2020

These circumstances have brought to the fore what has long been a central concern for lenders: assessing and managing credit risk. This vital task is complicated even in normal times due to the multitude of financial risk factors in play at any given time. percent employ it for credit underwriting.

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The Fintech Times

MARCH 12, 2024

“Launched in 2012, the UN Environment Programme’s Principles for Sustainable Insurance Initiative (PSI) acts as a framework for the industry to tackle ESG risks and opportunities. It allows insurance providers and their customers to assess the risks of today and help prepare them for those of the future.”

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Mitigation Risk Underwriting Risk Assessment 72

Stax

JANUARY 8, 2024

Several US legislations (like the Patriot Act, anti money laundering laws , or FinCEN regulations) require PayFacs to know the identities of the business owner(s) they plan to facilitate payments for, during the underwriting stage. This requires sound underwriting policies and procedures. This means PayFacs always need to be vigilant.

Risk Management 88

Risk Management Risk Money Laundering Mitigation 88

Nanonets

DECEMBER 13, 2023

A survey by Accenture on underwriting employees found that up to 40% of underwriters’ time is spent on non-core and administrative activities. Risk Assessment and Compliance Prediction: AI can assist in proactively identifying potential compliance risks by analyzing historical data and patterns.

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AI Process Fraud Detection Compliance 102

FICO

JUNE 23, 2023

The updated model reflects the evolving credit landscape and credit behavior to help better inform a higher level of consumer credit risk prediction. The validation results for FICO Score 10 T demonstrate improved credit risk prediction for this segment of the population.

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Credit Risk Risk Assessment Assessments Risk 52

FICO

OCTOBER 27, 2016

ESS can be used by an enterprise to understand its cyber risk and shore up defense gaps. It is also an important assessment tool for third parties such as potential business partners and, notably, cyber insurance providers. The number of underwriters active in the US market is growing rapidly as well, with a double-digit CAGR.

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Risk Underwriting Breach Risk Assessment 97

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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Automation Process Risk Assessment Assessments 52

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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Risk Assessment Risk Management Underwriting Credit Risk 67

Tearsheet

AUGUST 7, 2024

Morgan’s financial strength and Slope’s innovative approach to credit risk assessment and monitoring. The fact that they not only use AI for initial underwriting, but also for the ongoing risk monitoring of the portfolio, is what really attracted us to Slope. The partnership brings together J.P.

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AI B2B Finance Underwriting 59

FICO

APRIL 28, 2023

Credit Risk Assessment Trends For a couple of decades now, there has been a growth in the use of alternative data (i.e., consumer data not included in the traditional credit file) for credit risk assessment. Therefore, we expect the use of consumer-permissioned data to grow in importance in the latter half of 2023.

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Credit Risk Risk Risk Assessment Assessments 52

Nanonets

APRIL 24, 2023

This facilitates verification of customer profiles, streamlining the onboarding process, approving loans and mortgages, assessing borrower risk, etc. Bank extraction software can be used to extract this information and use it for loan approvals and risk assessments.

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Automation Assessments Fraud Detection Risk Assessment 52

Nanonets

AUGUST 16, 2024

Artificial Intelligence (AI) AI is particularly brilliant at handling complex tasks like fraud detection, risk assessment, and claims adjudication. Advanced AI systems can cross-check claim details against policy data, third-party databases, and historical claim records to detect anomalies and assess the validity of claims.

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Automation Process Fraud Detection Payment APIs and Integration 52

Payment Savvy

APRIL 14, 2021

Card brands, such as Visa and MasterCard, assess risk levels before boarding a merchant. Due to an acquiring bank processing card funds on behalf of merchants, MasterCard and Visa delegate this risk review to them. Merchant’s Risk Review. Determining merchant risk is not clear-cut. These factors include: .

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Acquirers Risk Visa Underwriting 52

FICO

OCTOBER 10, 2022

A low FICO score for a consumer can have the perverse effect of preventing them from having access to a second chance through manual underwriting. And financial institutions use FICO® Scores to underwrite lending to millions of people so that they can achieve their financial goals like buying a first home or starting a business.

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FICO

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

For the second year running, FICO has been named as category leader in the recently published Chartis ‘Cyber Risk Quantification Solutions 2020: Market Update and Vendor Landscape’ report. As the report shows, the market for Cyber Risk Quantification Solutions (CRQ) continues to show rapid growth.

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Risk Assessments Underwriting Cybersecurity 52

FICO

DECEMBER 2, 2019

“Cyber insurers all too frequently see the devastating impact that poor vendor risk management can have on an organization,” said Richard Spotswood, Head of Cyber & Technology at Barbican Insurance.

Risk 52

Risk Data Breach Breach Assessments 52

FICO

JULY 31, 2019

As TPRM or third-party risk management grows in importance, so does cybersecurity risk assessment as part of it. The latest Assessment of Business Cyber Risk (ABC) report from the US Chamber of Commerce and FICO discusses four steps for improving third-party cybersecurity risk management. by Doug Clare.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

A press release issued this week said that BNB Bank, a community bank operating across the New York and Long Island metropolitan area, will integrate PayNet technology to enhance its underwriting process for small business loans. In another statement, BNB Bank EVP and Chief Lending Officer Kevin L.

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Community Banks Small Business Risk Assessment Underwriting 53

FICO

JUNE 26, 2019

That said, the market for security risk assessment scores and ratings remains nascent, with a double-digit CAGR that will likely continue into the foreseeable future. The same is true for cyber insurance brokers, underwriters and reinsurers. It’s a great question, and needs to be asked. What Do Cyber Scores Mean?

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Underwriting Assessments CCPA Breach 45

The Fintech Times

MARCH 28, 2024

Our insurance sector partners and clients who have adopted satellite-based risk assessments see the clear benefits and have come back to ask for more. With our satellite-based monitoring and risk assessment technology we have swiftly created the capability to address this gap.

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Innovation Consumer On-Demand Risk Assessment 69

FICO

JUNE 26, 2019

That said, the market for security risk assessment scores and ratings remains nascent, with a double-digit CAGR that will likely continue into the foreseeable future. The same is true for cyber insurance brokers, underwriters and reinsurers. It’s a great question, and needs to be asked. What Do Cyber Scores Mean?

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Underwriting Assessments CCPA Breach 40

Nanonets

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Below are some key examples of how different sectors use this tool: Financial services Banks, credit unions, and other lending institutions use bank statement analysis to assess the creditworthiness of loan applicants. Insurance  Insurance companies rely on bank statement analysis to assess the financial standing of clients.

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Payment APIs and Integration AI Audit Non-Bank 52