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Using Alternative Data in Credit Risk Modelling

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This comment from a participant in our recent EMEA Risk Leadership Forum caused a lot of chuckles and nodding heads. When it comes to evaluating credit risk, everyone wants to know if, when and how lenders will start probing their Facebook account. However, this is not going to meet the regulatory tests in all markets.

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Collections Analytics: Are We Missing the Credit Risk Revolution?

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Having worked in credit risk for most of my career during the revolution in analytics, it continues to concern me that the collections and recoveries (C&R) divisions of banks seem to be left behind. Innovations in credit risk analytics that have been widely adopted in other risk areas rarely get used at the C&R level.

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Tracking Credit Risk in a Challenging Economy - South Africa

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FICO is a world leader in credit scoring, with credit scores in some 30 countries. The Empirica Score features the following two components: An Account Origination score, which rates the risk of a credit applicant at account origination. Account Origination Analysis Shows Downward Shift in Risk.

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Using Alternative Data in Credit Risk Modelling

FICO

When it comes to using alternative data in credit risk assessments, the field has really opened up over the last few years. Here is useful information on how to assess alternative data and combine it with so-called traditional data to improve credit risk models. Multiple Types of Alternative Data. How Much Value?

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Is First-Party Fraud a Credit Risk Problem?

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It’s difficult to define the problem and many banking professionals debate the merits of who “owns” the first-party fraud problem — the credit risk group or the fraud group. The Relationship Between Credit Risk and First-Party Fraud. Credit Risk and Fraud Across the Customer Lifecycle.

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Origination Scores: Say “Yes” to More Credit Applicants

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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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How to Address Portfolio Risk Volatility Through Economic Uncertainty - Part 1

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Credit risk industry veterans who managed consumer loan portfolios through the Great Recession can recall the challenge of responding to swiftly changing borrower payment behavior and the resulting delinquency and default rate volatility during that time. risk that only manifests during periods of economic stress).