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Need smartphone financing? Spruce up that Facebook profile

  • Smartphone financing company PayJoy evaluates potential borrowers on non-traditional data, including Facebook profiles.
  • The factor motivating borrowers to pay is how much they value their smartphone, which is locked if they miss payments.
Suman Bhattacharyya | September 15, 2017
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Data, Partner

The key to onboarding good businesses (at scale)

  • The challenges of business identity can exacerbate credit accessibility, fraud risks, and regulatory compliance issues.
  • Hany Fam, Founder & CEO of Markaaz, shares an innovative and scalable approach to KYB which includes resolution, verification, and monitoring.
Hany Fam, Markaaz | April 30, 2024
Banking, Data

FIs are warming up to alternative data and 93% think it will have a positive impact on their bottom lines

  • Recent data shows that FIs are warming up to the possibilities alternative data presents, albeit slowly.
  • If FIs can better determine who is a good credit risk, it's good for consumers as well as lenders’ own bottom lines.
Rabab Ahsan | April 16, 2024
Data, Lending

The Financial Data Evolution: Unraveling lending in open finance with Akoya’s Rishi Kapadia

  • As part of Tearsheet Talks: Lending x Credit, Data, Rishi Kapadia, product manager at Akoya, discussed "The Financial Data Evolution: Unraveling Lending in Open Finance."
  • Kapadia sees open finance facilitating an evolution in the whole user experience in the lending process.
Tearsheet Editors | October 31, 2023
Data, Lending

Best practices for fusing internal and external data to enhance credit decisioning for SMB lending with Stripe’s Yaakov Erlichman

  • Learn strategic and tactical best practices for maximizing the fusion of internal and external data to enhance credit decisioning and risk management for SMB lending.
  • Stripe's Yaakov Ehrlichman, head of capital and SMB risk, covers both conceptual and implementation considerations for reconciling data sources tailored to the unique needs of the SMB market.
Tearsheet Editors | October 26, 2023
Data, Partner

How payments providers can tap into the growing SMB market 

  • The POS market continues to grow, driven by digitalization and new vertical offerings, but there's a lack of available data around SMB revenue, growth trends, and other metrics to help capture these businesses as customers.
  • Data firm Enigma provides comprehensive data about the identity and financial health of millions of businesses, enabling visibility into real revenues and financial trends across this growing market.
Enigma | August 24, 2023
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