Underwriting/page/2 news and trends

Amount Debuts AI Policy Optimizer for Risk Assessment, Credit Underwriting
artificial intelligence // October 24, 2024

Credit underwriting strategy can be an untapped competitive advantage for lenders. It turns out analytics can be used to automate and improve that too. To help financial institutions of all sizes customize their credit, pricing and fraud policies, the consumer and small business deposit and...

AI’s Growing Role in Finance Brings Opportunity and Risk, House Panel Finds
artificial intelligence // July 18, 2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) is set to revolutionize finance and housing, bringing both game-changing benefits and thorny new risks that demand vigilant oversight, a bipartisan House panel has concluded. The House Financial Services Committee’s AI Working Group, established in January by Chairman Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., and...

Pipe Aims $100 Million at Embedding Working Capital Solutions Into Business Software
SMBs // June 11, 2024

The most valuable solution is the one that is there when you need it. And for America’s millions of small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), they mostly share one common problem: access to capital. Karen Webster sat down with Luke Voiles, CEO at Pipe, and Thomas Welch,...

Neobank Dave Attributes Best-Ever Credit Performance to AI-Driven Underwriting Engine
Earnings // May 07, 2024

Neobank Dave said it improved its credit performance over the past year with the use of artificial intelligence (AI). Between the first quarter of 2023 and the first quarter of 2024, Dave reduced its 28-day delinquency rate from 2.60% to 1.83%, the company said in a presentation released...

Interviews & Exclusives
Pipe Aims $100 Million at Embedding Working Capital Solutions Into Business Software

June 11, 2024
The most valuable solution is the one that is there when you need it. And for America’s millions of small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), they mostly share one common problem: access to capital. Karen Webster sat down with Luke Voiles, CEO at Pipe, and Thomas Welch, partner at Victory Park Capital, to take a closer look at […]

Why Lenders Should Stop Asking Small Businesses for 36 Months of Bank Statements

June 01, 2023
Small businesses are the backbone of the economy, providing jobs and driving innovation. Hicham Oudghiri, CEO of Enigma Technologies, told Karen Webster, with a nod to the fact that the...

Data Markets Take Guesswork Out of Credit Decisions

May 17, 2023
In today’s challenging macroclimate, many companies are losing resources.  Fortunately, new digital tools and modern lending and financing solutions can help those firms to close gaps and firm up their...

Abound CEO Says AI-Driven Lending Still Needs People to Perform

March 22, 2023
Traditional consumer credit scoring, which overlooks a large proportion of the population, may have been the norm for years, but Gerald Chappell, CEO and co-founder at U.K.-based open banking startup...

Quick Reads
Amount Debuts AI Policy Optimizer for Risk Assessment, Credit Underwriting

October 24, 2024
Credit underwriting strategy can be an untapped competitive advantage for lenders. It turns out analytics can be used to automate and improve that too. To help financial institutions of all sizes customize their credit, pricing and fraud policies, the consumer and small business deposit and loan origination software solutions provider Amount has launched an AI […]

Neobank Dave Attributes Best-Ever Credit Performance to AI-Driven Underwriting Engine

May 07, 2024
Neobank Dave said it improved its credit performance over the past year with the use of artificial intelligence (AI). Between the first quarter of 2023 and the first quarter of 2024,...

Nuvo Adds Equifax Credit Reports to Trade Credit Management Platform

April 25, 2024
Nuvo has added business credit reports and business principal credit reports from Equifax to its trade credit management platform for B2B sellers. This addition will streamline customer onboarding, underwriting and...

TreviPay Debuts Financial Partner Gateway for B2B Payments and Invoicing

October 18, 2023
Global B2B payments and invoicing network TreviPay debuted on Wednesday (Oct. 18) its Financial Partner Gateway. This suite of application programming interfaces (APIs) allows financial institutions to expand their commercial offerings, providing...