Data architecture

The VantageScore 4plus product pulls in standard credit file information while also analyzing bank account balance and other transactional data to create an adjusted score

Archway, which will help community and regional banks integrate third-party providers with their existing systems, has raised $15 million of venture funding in connection with the spinoff.

Nearly three in four banks said in a recent survey that finding people with the right skills is a hurdle as they try to comply with decade-old rules regarding their financial models.

To drive the recovery we need to move beyond traditional data and models to incorporate new transaction and payment information that is more timely, more insightful, and more inclusive, FinRegLab's Melissa Koide and FICO's Larry Rosenberger write.

S&P Global has agreed to buy IHS Markit for about $39 billion in stock, a deal that accelerates the wave of consolidation among the finance industry's biggest data providers.

Synthetic data represents a direct one-to-one transformation of the original data that reveals true insights into consumer spending, says Facteus' Lorn Davis.

A three-stage plan combining data analysis, public disclosure and market-based regulatory intervention would better align financial services with what consumers really need.

Many banks buy modeling tools from vendors to help detect new areas of risk, fraud and profitability without realizing their existing systems are capable of doing the same.

Congress should pass legislation authorizing use of nontraditional data sources to make credit more available to consumers who’ve taken a hit from the coronavirus pandemic.

Credit unions use data to help sell products and manage risk but executives must now look at their modeling differently in light of COVID-19. 

The Comptroller's Office has provided banks with guidance on how to structure relationships with data aggregators. Now the bureau needs to focus on the bank-consumer connection.

The Comptroller's Office has provided banks with guidance on how to structure relationships with data aggregators. Now the bureau needs to focus on the bank-consumer connection.

Attempts to rewrite the method for determining unintended discrimination in housing should not bleed into fair-lending laws.

Testing shows an overreliance on machine learning data can unfairly harm credit scores.

A thorough process for approving experiments with artificial intelligence, clear philosophical principles and diverse human involvement are some of the ways BofA says it's working to ensure AI does no harm.

The bank has developed APIs to feed customer data directly to seven fintechs and data aggregators, including MX and Finicity.

Growers Edge is adapting retail financial technology to compete with traditional banks in ag lending and crop insurance.

Every organization has some kind of plan for the future, but advances in technology, cyber threats, changes in regulation and political uncertainty make it extremely difficult to plan for what lies ahead, writes Ian Stone, CEO of Veualta.

The bank is one of many to realize that artificial intelligence is only as good as the data fed into it.

Software startups say bringing borrowers, builders and lenders onto one digital platform can remove some of the risks lenders faced during the crisis.