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The infrastructure of trust: building AI foundations for inclusive, explainable finance

Finextra

Toward inclusive finance at scale The next chapter for AdviceRobo lies not in building bigger models, but smarter infrastructure —systems that: Are multi-lingual and culturally contextual , Run efficiently even in data-constrained environments, And prioritize inclusion, from UX to underwriting. The ambition?

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Sub-Prime Lending’s Late-Year Bounce

PYMNTS

This reverses the previous year’s trend, between 2016 and 2017, when sub-prime loan originations across categories fell by 7.1 Matt Komos, vice president of financial services at TransUnion , said this indicates a growing risk tolerance among lenders across underwriting categories. “In 30 was the biggest jump since 2016.

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8 Southeast Asian Fintechs Featured in Forbes Asia 100 to Watch List

Fintech News

Zed’s innovative offering will include a no-fee credit card with features such as no hidden charges for international use, zero-interest on purchases for up to 31 days, and an advanced app with real-time transaction monitoring and security features like card freezing and unlimited virtual cards for secure online transactions.

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Cash or Credit: A Millennial Story

FICO

Pew Research, 2016 ). The Millennial generation came of age during the Great Recession and some studies from Bankrate and others, have shown they are credit averse, and favor debit cards over credit cards. Last year Millennials surpassed Baby Boomers as the largest generation in the U.S. (

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US Average FICO Score Hits 700: A Milestone for Consumers

FICO

FICO regularly tracks the national FICO Score distribution as an important gauge of US consumer credit behavior. When I last blogged about this topic based on data from April 2016, the key takeaway was “the beat goes on.” year-over-year decrease in the recent serious delinquency rate between April 2016 and 2017 (17.1%

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Combating Commercial Cards’ Need For The Personal Guarantee

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Unless a business is at least five years old, its credit profile is likely quite thin, leaving banks to rely on personal guarantees to underwrite an account. “With the changes that have happened in underwriting and risk assessment, it’s just one of the things that should go.”

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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.