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How to Build Credit Risk Models Using AI and Machine Learning

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Which works better for modeling credit risk: traditional scorecards or artificial intelligence and machine learning? Take, for example, our new credit decisioning solution, FICO Origination Manager Essentials – Small Business. It’s designed to help lenders make faster origination decisions without increasing risk.

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Credit Scoring: Which Personality Traits Predict Credit Risk?

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Original module design inspired by Sternberg et al. Most of the time traits are not measured in just one exercise within the EFL credit assessment but in many across the assessment. These two examples show intuitively how different insights from an applicant can actually be used to predict credit risk.

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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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How to Build Credit Risk Models Using AI and Machine Learning

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. Which works better for modeling credit risk: traditional scorecards or artificial intelligence and machine learning? Take, for example, our new credit decisioning solution, FICO Origination Solution, Powered by FICO Platform. It’s designed to help lenders make faster origination decisions without increasing risk.

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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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FICO Loan Origination Solution Awarded Best-in-Class

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We are thrilled and honored to be recognized by Aite Group as best in class and the overall rankings leader for our Loan Origination Solution. For nearly 50 years, FICO has pioneered intelligent credit origination powered by world-class analytics. FICO Origination — A Loan Origination Solution You'll Never Outgrow.

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Using Alternative Data in Credit Risk Modelling

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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?