Remove Participant Remove Underserved Remove Underwriting
article thumbnail

ETA Releases Annual Report on Advancing Economic Inclusion – Empowering Underserved Communities with Fintech

Electronic Transactions Association

The report, Advancing Economic Inclusion—Empowering Underserved Communities with Fintech , highlights the innovative products and services revolutionizing the way commerce is conducted through safe, secure, convenient, and rewarding solutions.

article thumbnail

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. The team has been methodical in building a dynamic and robust scoring tool and Home Credit participates on the development.

Risk 97
article thumbnail

SFF 2024 Awards Highlights Fintech Innovation with Updated Categories, New AI Focus

Fintech News

The APIs has not only helped platform partners unlock new revenue opportunities, more importantly, it has allowed ANEXT Bank to engage and enable the ecosystem of partners to accelerate and scale financial inclusion for unserved and underserved MSMEs. The company replaces traditional B2B payment methods (e.g.

AI 100
article thumbnail

Lendbuzz FinTech Raises $150M In Debt And Equity Financing

PYMNTS

FinTech Lendbuzz has announced Monday (July 15) that it has secured an additional $150 million in debt and equity financing led by 83North, with participation from existing investors. “We developed a unique underwriting platform based on alternative data points to evaluate credit risk. with 27 million being working professionals.

Finance 49
article thumbnail

FairMoney Raises VC To Use Mobile Data For SMB Loans

PYMNTS

16) said its Series A round was led by Flourish, a venture of The Omidyar Group, while DST Global and existing backers Newfund, Speedinvest and Le Studio VC also participated. Currently, more than 200,000 customers use FairMoney to access financing, with the company’s algorithm using data from a user’s smartphone to underwrite those loans.

article thumbnail

HSBC Now Accepts Overseas Credit History, But Why is Financial Inclusion Seeing so few Advancements?

The Fintech Times

“With over 20 million underserved adults in the UK, it’s time to rethink access barriers. Through collaboration with policymakers, we can build a financial ecosystem that empowers all consumers, ensuring they can access financial solutions that allow them to participate fully in the economy.”

article thumbnail

Musicians Pick Up The Tempo On Adopting Digital Payments

PYMNTS

Stem’s target client base, said Rabkin Lewis, consists of “not just the artists, but also their management teams, the labels that work with and all the various collaborators, songwriters, producers … all of them are part of a population of creators that we see as being underserved by financial tools and technologies.”.