Finextra

AUGUST 29, 2024

British FinTech, Lemon, which specialises in SaaS finance for SMB’s has announced a strategic partnership with WiserFunding, a leader in alternative data for credit risk assessment.

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Finextra

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Modern credit risk management now leans significantly on predictive modelling, moving far beyond tra.

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Fintech News

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

In fintech, Agentic AI could enhance fraud prevention, risk management, trading, and customer engagement by autonomously analysing financial data, detecting anomalies, and executing decisions in real time. Theres a risk that AI could inadvertently expose data through cyberattacks, algorithmic vulnerabilities, or insufficient safeguards.

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FICO

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

With all the hype around artificial intelligence, many of our customers are asking for some proof that AI can get them better results in areas where other kinds of analytics are already in use, such as credit risk assessment. My colleague Scott Zoldi blogged recently about how we use AI to build credit risk models.

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The Finance Weekly

AUGUST 26, 2023

, AI helps companies manage risks better, it's like a big shift. It is changing how businesses deal with Enterprise Risk Management (ERM), and AI algorithms can always watch for risks. AI can look at lots of data, find patterns, and predict risks. AI also does tasks automatically and saves time for risk managers.

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The Fintech Times

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

By merging credit spread data with essential corporate information, Agentic AI Company Research by martini.ai provides decision-makers including those in private credit with data-rich intelligence that highlights key trends, risks and opportunities. Rajiv Bhat, CEO of martini.ai With Agentic AI Company Research, martini.ai

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Bank Automation

MARCH 18, 2024

In the dynamic world of financial services, the need for rapid and precise credit decisions has never been more crucial. This demand is driving a transformative shift towards leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) and automation to redefine credit and risk assessment strategies.

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Fintech News

APRIL 16, 2024

Generative artificial intelligence (AI), also known as gen AI, is expected to significantly impact risk management over the next five years, allowing financial institutions to automate tasks, accelerate processes and improve efficiencies. The tech can also draft model documentation and validation reports.

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FICO

MARCH 25, 2020

Home Credit , a global non-bank consumer lender, has successfully reduced its credit risk while maintaining loan volumes and keeping approval rates steady by incorporating the FICO® Score X Data to optimize its loan process in China. This type of financial inclusion is good for the consumer and good for our business. by FICO.

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Trade Credit & Liquidity Management

MAY 29, 2025

(Photo by Dan Dimmock on Unsplash ) Ultimately, these tools enable enterprises offering trade credit to streamline collections and improve cash flow. Real-time insights into credit risk and payment behaviors are turning AR into a strategic function that enhances efficiency, quality, and growth.

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Stax

AUGUST 22, 2024

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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FICO

AUGUST 28, 2017

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.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 10, 2020

Inaccurate and slow credit risk assessment for [small- to medium-sized business (SMB)] commercial loan requests is one of the major reasons that over 50 [percent] of loans are currently declined by financial institutions (FIs),” said Roger Vincent, chief innovation officer at Trade Ledger.

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FICO

OCTOBER 31, 2017

With all the benefits of artificial intelligence, many of our customers are wanting to leverage machine learning to improve other types of analytic models already in use, such as credit risk assessment. My colleague Scott Zoldi blogged a few years ago about how we use AI to build credit risk models. default rate.

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Fintech News

APRIL 16, 2024

This collaboration aims to introduce AI-led credit risk management to KBZ Bank, enhancing its ability to assess creditworthiness across retail and SME products with greater accuracy and efficiency. said Sanjay Uppal, Founder and CEO of FinbotsAI.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 28, 2017

ƒFord Motor Credit Co. 25) that it will implement machine learning credit approval models to determine if it will lend a consumer money as it goes after a segment of the market that doesn’t have a solid credit history. They are typically a good credit risk and are expected to command $1.4

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FICO

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

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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PYMNTS

JUNE 23, 2017

LexisNexis Risk Solution, a data and analytics company that helps loaners assess the risk of small business lending to borrowers, is teaming up with Cortera to add its trade credit analytics capabilities into the mix.

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Fintech News

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Credit rating agency S&P Global Ratings has unveiled its new stablecoin stability assessment service, designed to evaluate their capability in maintaining a stable value in comparison to traditional fiat currencies. The assessment methodology employed by S&P Global Ratings is thorough and multifaceted.

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FICO

JANUARY 21, 2020

Credit scoring is widely used in South Africa to determine the risk of credit applicants — using this kind of objective, precise measure of risk lets banks, retailers and other organizations lend with more confidence, which in turn means more people get approved for credit. About the Empirica Score.

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FICO

APRIL 5, 2017

. 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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FICO

APRIL 28, 2023

Credit Risk and FICO Score Trends? credit risk and FICO® Score trends. At the same time, increasing adoption of recent innovations in credit scoring solutions should benefit consumers, leading to greater consumer empowerment opportunities and credit access.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 19, 2016

16) said Lendingkart will offer its credit risk assessment technology to banks and other alt-lenders starting in 2017. According to Lendingkart Cofounder Harshvardhan Lunia, the company will look to expand its reach in the SME lending market over the next six months by having other banks use its credit risk analytics software.

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FICO

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Managing fraud is a balancing act that starts with knowing your fraud risk appetite. Striking the right balance between top line growth, profitability, compliance, and protecting your bottom line against fraud loss means that establishing a fraud risk appetite is an imperative to success. Step 3 – Collaboration with Risk.

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FICO

MARCH 28, 2017

The company were asking me to advise them on the production of a ratings model, to help them rank their customers, old and new, for risk. For example, a firm might assess certain qualitative aspects of their clients, say “management capability”, and assign them a grade based on that.

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The Fintech Times

APRIL 15, 2024

“By analysing big data and rapidly assessing risks, AI empowers financial companies to make well-informed decisions. However, a significant revolution lies ahead – the personalisation of services based on individual user assessments. “Finally, AI is reducing risk in the embedded insurance space.

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Payments Source

JANUARY 28, 2020

Alternative lending companies are one of the strongest examples of how leveraging rich financial transaction data can be used to go beyond traditional credit risk assessments, says Finsync's Eddie Davis.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 16, 2019

But it occurred to them that their solution was useful outside of HR — and that many of the things that made someone a good hire of over time could also make them a good credit risk over time, if the artificial intelligence (AI) model they were using to screen with were modified to that task.

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The Fintech Times

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

Ltd : Developed an ‘e-KYC’ solution to digitally onboard customers, using advanced technologies like artificial intelligence, machine learning, thumbprint and facial recognition for a streamlined digital KYC platform Soft Net Technology : Proposed a centralised loan application platform in response to pre- and post-Covid challenges.

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FICO

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Lenders are looking for new ways to connect with the estimated 3 billion people worldwide who fall outside the credit mainstream. These “credit invisibles” don’t have credit cards, bank accounts or credit history — so how can a lender assess their risk? those with a credit history.

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FICO

OCTOBER 18, 2016

And if that consumer is looking to secure any type of credit, the party on the other end of the transaction will use the FICO Score to critically inform an important decision: should my organization assume business risk by transacting with this person? A score that quantifies cyber risk.

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Fintech Finance

JULY 15, 2024

By leveraging line-by-line transaction data, Recap’s credit risk engine can assess a merchant and return a funding offer in under two minutes without any further underwriting requirements such as a credit check on the owner or management accounts or business bank statements.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2020

Even more significantly, our research shows that FIs are using AI with greater focus than they have in the past, with two areas emerging as key applications: payments fraud and credit risk. Supervised systems like BRMS are simply not capable of responding to the dynamic, constantly shifting nature of these risks.

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FICO

JUNE 13, 2017

The use of scores that rate a firm’s cybersecurity risk — such as the FICO® Enterprise Security Score — is picking up momentum. As more entities rely on these scores and ratings, their governing bodies and relevant regulatory agencies will care more about how these tools are used to drive decisions to mitigate risk.

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FICO

JUNE 26, 2020

Analysis of FICO® Resilience Index data by Tom Parrent, former chief risk officer for Genworth Financial, shows that from 2010 to 2015, nearly 600,000 additional mortgages could have been originated to consumers with FICO® Scores between 680 and 699, had the FICO® Resilience Index been available to lenders at the time.

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FICO

JANUARY 4, 2018

What were some of the most interesting risk analytics topics last year? Judging from the views on the FICO Blog, risk professionals are keenly interested in new ways to approach risk analytics. Here were the top 5 posts of 2017 in the Risk & Compliance category: US Average FICO Score Hits 700: A Milestone for Consumers.

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FICO

OCTOBER 21, 2021

How can lenders best measure and manage credit risk, given the disruptive patterns in consumer behaviour over the last 18 months? Last week a FICO team met with chief risk officers from some of the biggest UK banks to discuss these and other challenges, at our UK CRO Summit. Managing Risk Models in a Crisis.

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