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Addressing Portfolio Risk in Economic Uncertainty: Part 2 (2022)

FICO

If we think of a lending portfolio as an exclusive night club, its underwriting policy acts as the doorperson, checking IDs and making sure anyone trying to enter meets minimum acceptance criteria. Traditional underwriting risk management strategy approach in stressed versus unstressed economy. Senior Director, Scores.

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Mapping The Black Box: A Look Inside Machine Learning’s Powers And Quirks

PYMNTS

To some, it may appear that the credit crisis is over — by the numbers, there’s more credit available now than there was in 2007 and 2008, just before the financial crisis hit. It’s irresponsible and unethical to power your lending business with an underwriting model you don’t understand and can’t explain, said Merrill. Explainability.

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SME Alt-Lending Headed For Crash, Firm Says

PYMNTS

The alternative small business lending market has some of the hallmarks of the market conditions that led to the 2007 financial crisis, claims Bibby Financial Services Chief Executive David Postings. It has all the hallmarks of what happened to personal credit pre-2007.”. Credit terms are stretched, and pricing is down.

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How to Address Portfolio Risk Volatility Through Economic Uncertainty - Part 2

FICO

If we think of a lending portfolio as a night club, its underwriting policy acts as the doorperson, checking IDs and making sure anyone trying to enter meets documented criteria. FICO® Scores, often an important contributor to underwriting strategies, are designed to provide valuable risk rank-ordering through all economic cycles.

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Finastra Teams Up with Prelim to Enhance Account Onboarding

Finovate

” Prelim’s technology automates the application process, as well as internal processes such as reviewing, processing, underwriting, and servicing. ” Finastra was forged in 2007 as a result of the integration between Finovate alum Misys and D+H. . Headquartered in the U.K.,

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Lending Club’s Terrible Twos

PYMNTS

I crossed paths with Laplanche back in 2007 and wanted to back him right away,” Petrushka said. When I founded my first startup, it got me thinking — banks are middlemen that can and should be disrupted,” Laplanche noted in a 2007 interview on how he came up with the idea of Lending Club. The Trouble With “Not Being A Bank”.

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Here Are 2024’s Top VC Funding Rounds So Far

Fintech News

Through its software platforms and products, Perfios helps financial institutions take big leaps by shaping their origination, onboarding, decisioning, underwriting and monitoring processes at scale and speed. Founded in 2007, Oobit provides the gateway to spending crypto in traditional commerce settings. It does so by delivering 8.2