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Can Alternative Data Move The Dial For Financial Inclusion?

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And, Experian’s report notes, both consumers and lenders are getting increasingly interested in “those much more comprehensive profiles” becoming a standard part of the underwriting process. While most alternative borrowers are subprime, the report notes, about 20 percent have prime credit scores. What’s Next.

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China’s X Financial Has A New US IPO And 400M P2P Leads

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Banks offer credit limits to borrowers that would seem punitively low in much of the Western world, so there is a pent-up demand for online alternatives. That means the big opportunity for X Financial comes from the 400 million or so Chinese consumers who have credit cards, but are hampered by limits that are too low.

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Truth Squad: Will Weaker Scoring Criteria Create a Mortgage Surge?

FICO

Consumers that experienced a foreclosure in the last 24 months, had a 90-day delinquency or have collections only on file will not make it through the mortgage underwriting process given existing policies. In fact, more than 65% of this population have not seen an update to their credit file in over 48 months. Inactive/stale.

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Stripe Teardown: How The $35B Payments Company Plans To Supercharge Online Retail

CB Insights

‘PayFac’ technology simplifies underwriting and onboarding. Additionally, the company must underwrite risk, and is on the hook in the event of fraud or returned items. ‘PayFac’ technology simplifies underwriting and onboarding merchants. TABLE OF CONTENTS. A decade of online payments innovation.

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Everything You Need To Know About What Amazon Is Doing In Financial Services

CB Insights

In his 2016 annual letter to shareholders , Bezos outlined Amazon’s goal of expanding Amazon Lending: by continuing to work with partner banks to manage the bulk of the credit, the retailer can mitigate credit risk and calm investor nerves. Today, Amazon has expanded its business lending to the US and UK. Amazon SMB Lending.