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

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.

Risk Management 88

Risk Management Risk Regulatory Compliance Due Diligence 88

PYMNTS

JULY 3, 2018

But SMB loan underwriting at traditional FIs has, for the most part, remained unchanged, even as alternative lenders began exploring the role of alternative data in the risk mitigation process. “Lenders’ primary goal is to assess a consumer’s stability, ability and willingness to pay.

Underwriting 40

Underwriting Small Business Assessments Third-Party Service Provider 40

PYMNTS

APRIL 3, 2019

The cyber insurance market is an emerging sector, Sayata Labs CEO and Co-Founder Asaf Lifshitz explained in a recent interview with PYMNTS, and insurance providers are facing some tough hurdles in underwriting and risk mitigation. Rapid Expansion. Technology, Partnerships Address the Gaps. ”

Small Business 63

Small Business Underwriting Risk Cybersecurity 63

PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2020

Gianluca Pizzituti , CEO and co-founder of invoice financing platform Velotrade , told PYMNTS about the risks financiers must mitigate in the trade finance arena, the role of data in mitigating those threats, and the evolving role of invoice finance to help B2B companies endure the most volatile market many have seen in years.

Finance 68

Finance Mitigation B2B Underwriting 68

PYMNTS

JANUARY 30, 2019

The PayNet tool uses the firm’s proprietary database to predict borrower risk, and will deploy Numerated’s custom rules-based and borrower segment-based credit decision-making capabilities to match lenders’ risk mitigation needs.

Risk 57

Risk Risk Mitigation Small Business Underwriting 57

FICO

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Cyber-readiness is increasingly a necessity for organizations, but for insurance underwriters, evaluating an organization’s cybersecurity risk and setting the appropriate insurance premium continues to be an inexact science.

Cybersecurity 51

Cybersecurity Risk Mitigation Mitigation Underwriting 51

FICO

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

Cyber-readiness is increasingly a necessity for organizations, but for insurance underwriters, evaluating an organization’s cybersecurity risk and setting the appropriate insurance premium continues to be an inexact science.

Cybersecurity 40

Cybersecurity Risk Mitigation Mitigation Assessments 40

PYMNTS

JULY 23, 2019

According to the publication, citing reports from Beijing media group Caixin Media, banks will be required to obtain primary, original documentation from the corporate borrower and its trading partner to stronger finance underwriting. JD.com, Suning.com Spark Concerns. Technology, he said, is key to that endeavor. “As

Finance 51

Finance Disputes Verification Underwriting 51

PYMNTS

JUNE 13, 2016

While some lenders actually embrace the practice, viewing it as a form of loan consolidation, others argue the practice can obscure the true risk of a borrower. ” OnDeck and Prosper, meanwhile, told reporters that they have integrated algorithms in their risk assessment strategies to detect and avoid loan stacking.

Risk Mitigation 40

Risk Mitigation Risk Assessment Underwriting Risk 40

PYMNTS

JUNE 23, 2016

So far, enterprise security solutions focus on strengthening the detection and mitigation of potential breaches within a corporate IT system or involve businesses taking out insurance in the event of a data breach. “We’re looking to assess the entire security of the enterprise,” he said.

Cybersecurity 40

Cybersecurity Data Breach Assessments Breach 40

M2P Fintech

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

A loan origination system is a software solution that automates the entire loan process for lenders, right from lead generation and customer onboarding to credit assessment and transfer to the loan management system. Faster decision-making : Automated data sharing speeds up credit checks, approvals, and underwriting processes.

Origination 52

Origination PCI DSS API Underwriting 52

FICO

JANUARY 24, 2018

Our FICO ESS customer, Barbican Insurance Group , participated in an excellent panel discussion about the evolution of the underwriting process. Barbican’s Cyber Business Group Leader, Graeme King, explained, “Risk and IT can be disconnected in respect of to cyber insurance. FICO ESS is a powerful risk mitigation tool.

Cybersecurity 55

Cybersecurity AI Underwriting Risk 55

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 3, 2019

In response, FIs are prioritizing credit assessment, underwriting and borrower verification processes, and finding that technology can be instrumental in bolstering their fraud mitigation strategies.

Small Business 63

Small Business Credit Union Mitigation Account Takeovers 63

PYMNTS

APRIL 8, 2016

It also signals a different kind of consolidation in the alternative finance sector, with different FinTech companies joining up to enhance the sophistication of technology behind lending and credit underwriting. ” The SME Underwriting Legacy . ” “This frustrates the borrower, and this frustrates the lender,” he added.

Underwriting 40

Underwriting Small Business Mitigation Risk Mitigation 40

PYMNTS

JULY 11, 2017

Indeed, banks must tread carefully in the world of trade finance, and with such little room for error and financial losses, risk management is critical. In many ways, collaboration with FinTechs has become a key part of risk mitigation for banks, with researchers finding that only 1.4

Finance 43

Finance Risk Mitigation Risk Non-Bank 43

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.

Automation 52

Automation Process Fraud Detection Payment APIs and Integration 52

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Land Gorilla links construction lenders with technology to manage that lending process, a space that involves complexities and requires lenders to assess and manage risk based on a deluge of factors. Those include project duration and the risk of a project not being completed, managing permits, visibility into inspections and beyond.

Mitigation 64

Mitigation Payments Risk B2B 64

PYMNTS

MAY 10, 2018

Simultaneously, the report noted, a spike in bad corporate loans is also signaling to FIs that they need to improve their digital offerings with cost savings benefits, risk mitigation and other advantages that can strengthen their financial standings. ” Banks Need to Multitask.

SWIFT 40

SWIFT Risk Mitigation Mitigation On-Demand 40

PYMNTS

JUNE 14, 2016

While some lenders actually embrace the practice, viewing it as a form of loan consolidation, others argue the practice can obscure the true risk of a borrower. OnDeck and Prosper, meanwhile, told reporters that they have integrated algorithms in their risk assessment strategies to detect and avoid loan stacking.

Risk 40

Risk Risk Mitigation Risk Assessment Authorization 40

PYMNTS

JULY 5, 2018

Trade Ledger operates an open banking platform for banks to assess lending risk to their corporate customers in real time. “A major problem for banks and other lenders across the globe is the cost, effort and perceived higher risk of loan origination in the SME sector in particular,” McCann said at the time.

Assessments 40

Assessments Mitigation Small Business Risk 40

PYMNTS

APRIL 12, 2016

So, no one would argue that having reliable tools by which to assess risk is not central to the financial system. FICO-based underwriting doesn’t do a very good job of answering two questions: ‘Can you pay us back, and if you can, will you pay us back?’ The point of lending money is to get it paid back.

Risk Mitigation 41

Risk Mitigation Assessments FBI Consumer 41

Fintech Finance

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

By leveraging data sources across 220 countries & territories, the collaboration will provide region-specific solutions and access to business-relevant data along with documents and risk assessment models to help FIs onboard clients, vendors and dealers digitally and securely.

AML 80

AML Underwriting Security Verification 80