Credit

A paper released by the agency’s Center for Financial Research says aspects of someone’s digital footprint — including whether they use Apple or Android — help predict likelihood of default.

The technology arms race among payment fintechs is converging on the market for credit and loans, with Square rolling out an installment payment option for consumers that complements its merchant capital option for sellers.

When it comes to attracting millennials, mortgages could be the key to capturing this demographic for the long haul – provided CUs are willing to put in the work.

The plan identified five risk areas — including cybersecurity — that will be on the agenda for agency examiners next year.

A week after revealing its Stripe Terminal as a way to enter the physical retail space, the online payments provider plans to add financial support through cash advances to the services it provides merchant clients.

Flipkart, an Indian e-commerce company which Walmart bought in August, has launched a cardless credit program for consumers and is expected to apply for an NBFC licence, or a classification as non-bank that provides credit and other financial services in India.

Divido, a London-based retail finance marketplace platform provider, has raised $15 million in a Series A capital round that includes American Express and Mastercard as investors.

“Who’s to know when the economy may turn?” the head of the Alabama bank said in describing its weak business-loan growth as the byproduct of cautious pricing and underwriting.

The CFPB issued an interim final rule on Wednesday requiring that credit reporting agencies keep initial fraud alerts in a consumer’s file for at least a year.

Delinquencies have held steady for a year, and observers are optimistic about upcoming third-quarter data. But the long-term question is whether solid underwriting can overcome higher vehicle prices and consumer debt burdens.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Elijah Cummings have called for an update on probes into the credit reporting giant a year after its massive data breach came to light.

After news of the breach, congressional hearings for the company’s ex-CEO and other blowback were accompanied by legislative calls to action. But a year later, have policymakers done anything?

Legislation allowing regular bill payments to count toward credit history would solve more problems than some critics fear it would create.

The financial technology services company leverages credit data.

Mark D’Arcy was in charge of regulatory reviews and annual stress tests; many see 10-plus point gains following removal of non-loan collections reports.

The number of consumers being pursued by debt-collection agencies fell dramatically in the past year, but it's as much technicality as achievement, and bankers need to keep that in mind when reviewing the credit scores of millions of Americans.

Good credit analysts are in short supply, says David Nicholson, a senior VP of commercial lending at a community bank. But fair warning for job seekers: Only dogged questioners who can think critically need apply, because vetting business borrowers is as much art as science.

The onset of artificial intelligence and machine learning could serve as the safety net some companies need, providing a different and more thorough twist on traditional underwriting and credit checks.