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How Insurers Leverage Fintech Solutions to Bridge the Digital Divide: Tapoly, FICO, SageSure, bolttech, Mylo, Planck

The Fintech Times

These innovative technologies not only enable insurers to streamline operations and enhance customer experiences but also play a pivotal role in extending financial services to underserved communities. “These solutions enhance accessibility by providing digital insurance options tailored to the needs of underserved communities.

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Trade Ledger Partners With Wiserfunding For Commercial Risk Assessments

PYMNTS

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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Ant International and Dock Are Improving Financial Inclusion in Brazil With AI-Driven Credit Tech

The Fintech Times

Both firms aim to make credit services more inclusive for underserved market segments, such as micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs). By adopting these solutions, clients are expected to optimise their credit decision processes, increase underwriting efficiency and reduce costs.

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Empower Picks Up Petal to Expand into Credit Cards

Finovate

Empower , a fintech helping to extend credit to underserved consumers, announced plans to acquire underserved credit card provider Petal. New York-based Petal was founded in 2018 to offer underserved consumers access to credit cards. Financial terms of the deal, which is expected to close later this quarter, were not disclosed.

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CapX Taps Moody’s For SMB Loan Underwriting

PYMNTS

Equipment finance company CapX Partners has announced an integration of Moody’s Analytics technology to strengthen its underwriting and risk mitigation capabilities. “Assessing the creditworthiness of small businesses in a cost-effective manner is one of a lender’s most challenging tasks,” he said.

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

FICO

The introduction of the score has enabled Home Credit to underwrite and evaluate new clients with a thin file more objectively. This has been a big focus for the business in response to strong market demand for consumer loans in China. For its achievement, Home Credit was awarded the 2019 FICO® Decisions Award for Financial Inclusion. “By

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Pockit Launches Income Advance Product

Fintech Finance

Pockit has partnered with consumer lender, SteadyPay, to help perform the credit assessment, to provide underwriting activities required to ensure that all loans are responsible and affordable and to fund the loan book. The service costs a flat £4.99

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