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Alternative credit scoring: A new landscape of opportunities and risks

In many parts of the world, access to centralised, accurate credit histories is taken for granted. However this is not the case everywhere, for example, in India nearly  80 per cent of the  adult population does not have a credit record, and as a result they  have difficulty accessing formal credit.  Clearly many of these people are creditworthy but don’t have read more...

Artificial Intelligence In Lending – Is It A Magic Bullet?

Banks and other financial service companies are built on security and trust. They keep your money safe and you trust them to give it back when you ask for it. If you don’t trust your bank, you will take your money out. But if “too many” people do that then there will be a run on the bank. No bank has enough “cash” to cover all they “owe” to their read more...

Who moved my Bank?

In the last decade or so, the global financial services landscape has undergone many radical changes – mergers and acquisitions, government-backed takeovers and regulatory challenges,that have reshaped the competitive landscape. Rapidly advancing technology and changing consumer behavior have placed the future of the bank branch at significant read more...

The Sharing Economy: Creating New Opportunities for Banks

  The rapid advances in technology have been reshaping the ‘marketplace’. Normally described as the evolution of the market, in many ways, it is actually a “return-to-the-past”, in that technology is enabling markets to operate as they did previously - removing intermediaries and putting economic actors in direct contact with one another once again. One read more...

Housing Finance – Keeping pace with changing customer face

40 years ago, the average first-time home buyer in India was in his late 50’s. This is because, as part of retirement planning, the person was using his savings and provident fund money to buy a house. It was considered to be an integral part of ‘after retirement’ planning. More recently, things have changed and today, the average home buyer is in his 30’s, read more...

The path to profitable growth in retail lending

Despite a significant recovery from the global financial crisis, the retail banking industry is witnessing significant pressure on margins due to stringent regulations, changing customer behavior and increasing competitive threat from Fintechs.   A recent McKinsey study predicted that profit growth of Asia-Pacific lenders may slow to below 4% annually read more...

Risk-based pricing of loans in India: the shape of things to come?

Recently, a leading Indian Bank announced plans to price retail loans based on consumers’ credit scores. This means that loan seekers with strong financials and a good loan repayment track record should get loans at lower rates.   While common in other parts of the world, and common in corporate lending the move is innovative for retail lending in India. read more...

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