Risk & Compliance Credit Knowledge is Power
Recent study of student loan borrowers examine whether knowing their FICO Score influence a consumer's financial behavior.[Read More]
Risk & Compliance Credit Knowledge is Power
This is a guest post from Rourke O’Brien, Assistant Professor of Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Does regular consumer access to their FICO® Score influence financial knowledge and behavior? Professors Abigail Sussman, Tatiana Homonoff and I recently completed a multi-year research study with 400,000 Sallie Mae customers. Using a randomized control trial research design, we studied whether student loan borrowers who check their credit scores regularly make better financial decisions and manage finances more responsibly. The answer? An emphatic YES. Kelly Christiano, SVP at Sallie Mae and I had the opportunity to present the findings at this year’s FICO World. Sallie Mae was the first national private education lender to offer free access to quarterly FICO Scores through the FICO®Score Open Access program. Our research found that after one year, student loan borrowers who logged on to view their FICO Score had fewer past due accounts and took steps to establish... [Read More]
Fraud & Security Too Many UK Firms Think Their Cybersecurity Is Tops
In a new survey on cybersecurity conducted by research and consultancy firm Ovum for FICO, three out of four senior IT executives at UK firms said they are better prepared for data breaches than their competitors.
Risk & Compliance Australians & New Zealanders Want Online Car Loans
42 percent of consumers in Australia and 40 percent of consumers in New Zealand indicated they would like to apply for their next automotive loan online These were the surprising results of our first global survey on consumers’ automotive finance experience. The study found that there was a growing inclination for vehicle shoppers in the antipodes to apply for auto loans online. Australia and New Zealand had the second and third highest figures among the nine countries surveyed. Only the UK had more respondents who indicated a preference for online at 48 percent. These results indicate a significant shift in channel preference for loans with the majority of consumers in Australia (45 percent) and New Zealand (62 percent) having applied for their most recent auto loans at dealerships. “Unlike the US, where seven in ten respondents would rather apply for their next loan at a dealership or through a visit to the bank or... [Read More]
Fraud & Security Fraud Detection: Applying Behavioral Analytics
A robust enterprise fraud solution combines a range of behavioral analytics models and profiles, which can understand evolving patterns in real time.
Risk & Compliance Chartis Names FICO a Category Leader for CECL
Leader in CECL, FICO says it can ‘deliver a competitive business advantage’ FICO has been recognized as a “Category Leader” by Chartis Research in its report on CECL (Current Expected Credit Loss) technology solutions. The May 2018 report from Chartis compares the CECL solutions of 17 technology vendors, based on both ‘market potential’ and ‘completeness of offering’. Read our release on the report. Leader in CECL: Chartis FinTech Quadrant™ Chartis explains in the report, CECL Technology Solutions 2018, that because most financial institutions in the US outsource almost all of their systems, they won’t be ready to comply until vendors are ready with solutions that match their technology and process requirements. Chartis also observes that vendors with a SaaS and data focus are best placed to deliver the “ideal” CECL offering: a flexible solution with support for core business operations. “Our position in the Chartis FinTech Quadrant for CECL technology solutions... [Read More]
Fraud & Security Survey: Americans Are Frustrated by Security Measures
A new survey conducted by FICO and 72 Point, who polled 2,000 U.S. adults, found 81 percent don’t see the need for what they consider unnecessary security procedures.
Fraud & Security Stay Safe Online with These 5 Tips (Video)
We just completed a survey to ask thousands of consumers in the UK and US exactly what they think about those security measures and fraud processes that are designed to help them stay safe online.
Fraud & Security 5 Keys to Using AI and Machine Learning in Fraud Detection
Recently, however, there has been so much hype around the use of AI and machine learning in fraud detection that it has been difficult for many to distinguish myth from reality.
Fraud & Security Check Your Organization’s Cybersecurity Score — For Free
There’s a lot of buzz about cybersecurity scores — measures of a firm’s cybersecurity risk — but most businesses don’t know how they rank. Now it's easy.
Risk & Compliance How To Issue More Credit Cards With Predictive Analytics
Shanghai Pudong Development Bank Issued More Than 9 Million New Credit Cards Last Year Using FICO Originations Shanghai Pudong Development Bank (SPDB) Credit Card Center, a credit card lending pioneer in China, has increased its customer base using originations powered by technology from analytics software firm FICO. SPDB Credit Card Center’s total number of credit card applications using originations driven by a big data AI analytics strategy has exceeded 9 million, since January 2017. During this incredible growth, SPDB has maintained a controllable risk level while increasing its origination rate more than two-fold to 88 percent of applications. FICO’s big data AI analytics has reduced risk by 50% with an approval rate that is four times higher. For its achievements, SPDB has won the 2017 FICO Decisions Award for Customer Onboarding and Management. The winners of the FICO Decisions Awards were spotlighted at FICO World 2018, the Decisions Conference, April 16-19 in Miami Beach,... [Read More]