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Consumers don’t seem to understand what’s happening with their data — does it matter?

  • Research shows 76% of fintech users are unaware that apps can sell their personal data to other parties.
  • 40% of fintech users plan on decreasing their usage, citing fintech’s lack of responsibility in the event of a breach and its indefinite retention of user data.
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  • Paragraph 4’s survey result of “77% reported not reading all the terms and conditions, users have little idea what they’re allowing apps to do with their data”

    Author’s grand finale “people deserve greater transparency over what’s going on behind the curtains”.

    It would appear 3 / 4 of respondents are already being offered something they don’t seem to want?

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  • The challenges of business identity can exacerbate credit accessibility, fraud risks, and regulatory compliance issues.
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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.
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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.
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Enigma | August 24, 2023
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