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SMB Loan Underwriting Prepares For Turbulent Times

PYMNTS

But after years of finding SMBs too unprofitable to finance, lenders have to play catch-up to develop better underwriting processes for greater accuracy and efficiency. “But at the same time, they have all lacked a credible tool to conduct an assessment of these [SMBs] in an independent way.”

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Understanding Risk Management Strategies as a PayFac

Stax

Several US legislations (like the Patriot Act, anti money laundering laws , or FinCEN regulations) require PayFacs to know the identities of the business owner(s) they plan to facilitate payments for, during the underwriting stage. This requires sound underwriting policies and procedures. This means PayFacs always need to be vigilant.

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Understanding Risk Management Strategies as a PayFac

Stax

In this article, we’ll discuss what SaaS companies looking to become payment facilitators need to know about risk management strategies. PayFacs handle risk assessment, underwriting, settling of funds, compliance, and chargebacks which exposes them to greater potential risks.

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How to Automate Insurance Claims Processing

Nanonets

Artificial Intelligence (AI) AI is particularly brilliant at handling complex tasks like fraud detection, risk assessment, and claims adjudication. Advanced AI systems can cross-check claim details against policy data, third-party databases, and historical claim records to detect anomalies and assess the validity of claims.

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Cybersecurity Insurance, AI and Chatbots

FICO

Our FICO ESS customer, Barbican Insurance Group , participated in an excellent panel discussion about the evolution of the underwriting process. Barbican’s Cyber Business Group Leader, Graeme King, explained, “Risk and IT can be disconnected in respect of to cyber insurance. FICO ESS is a powerful risk mitigation tool.

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Is The Great Contraction Coming Soon To Alt Lending?

PYMNTS

While some lenders actually embrace the practice, viewing it as a form of loan consolidation, others argue the practice can obscure the true risk of a borrower. OnDeck and Prosper, meanwhile, told reporters that they have integrated algorithms in their risk assessment strategies to detect and avoid loan stacking.

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Insurers Take The Guesswork Out Of Small Business Cyber Insurance

PYMNTS

The cyber insurance market is an emerging sector, Sayata Labs CEO and Co-Founder Asaf Lifshitz explained in a recent interview with PYMNTS, and insurance providers are facing some tough hurdles in underwriting and risk mitigation. Rapid Expansion. Technology, Partnerships Address the Gaps. ”