Ben Cutler

Ben Cutler is a senior director for small business risk-strategies at LexisNexis Risk Solutions.

Community banking

Alternative Data Is Vital to Expanding the Credit Pie

There are millions of businesses deserving of loans that banks using traditional data resources might overlook due to their thin credit histories.

By Ben Cutler

February 17

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Originations

Mortgage rates hit a five-month high

But views are split, at least in the near-term on whether rising mortgage rates are holding back the Spring home purchase season.

By Brad Finkelstein

1m ago
Digital banking

FedNow could be that rare tech innovation whose results match the hype

FedNow emerges as a key component of our industry's digital transformation, filling the void in our payment infrastructure and paving the way for a new era of banking.

By Naseer Nasim

2h ago
Politics and policy

Buy the People: Why the CFPB is a lightning rod government agency

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was created to protect the people from financial predation. But there are very different interpretations of what that means, and whether the people should be protected by — or from — the government.

3h ago