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Merchant Underwriting: What It Is, How It Works, and Why It’s Important

Stax

The merchant underwriting process is a critical step that payment processors and financial institutions use to assess the risk associated with onboarding new businesses. Learn More What is Merchant Account Underwriting? What is the Purpose of Merchant Underwriting?

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Medical record automation: How a leading underwriting provider transformed their document review process

Nanonets

Life insurance companies rely on accurate medical underwriting to determine policy pricing and risk. These calculations come from specialized underwriting firms that analyze patients' medical records in detail. One leading life settlement underwriter found their process breaking under new pressures.

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Carrington Labs Partners with Taktile to Streamline Credit Risk Strategy for Lenders

Fintech News

Carrington Labs, a Sydney-based provider of customised cash flow underwriting models and credit risk analytics, has formed a partnership with Taktile, a New York-based decision platform, to assist consumer and SME lenders in refining their credit risk strategies.

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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. This presents a gap in the market and an opportunity for FinTechs to fill it with automated underwriting technologies, like an automated small business credit score.

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How to Streamline Your SaaS Clients’ Merchant Underwriting Process—and Improve Adoption Rates

Stax

From there, your users must go through an application and underwriting process that determines their eligibility to accept payments. TL;DR Merchant underwriting is the risk level assessment process an acquiring bank carries out on every new merchant before they grant them a merchant account. What Is Merchant Underwriting?

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The Role of Digital Payouts In Mitigating The Insurance Industry’s Business Continuity Risks

PYMNTS

The insurance industry is all about risk mitigation, and not only when it comes to underwriting policies. According to Reuter, the majority of insurance carriers continue to use this disbursement method because it’s familiar to both the insurance carrier and policyholder. Prioritizing Business Continuity.

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Rethinking The SME Loan Underwriting Model In Southeast Asia

PYMNTS

The small business credit gap is a global issue, a problem that banks and FinTechs continue to hack away at, yet one that remains stubbornly persistent. Traditional banks will require credit histories and collateral to underwrite a small business loan, both of which many SMBs in Southeast Asian nations lack.