Models & Scores

Designing a Robust Customer Segmentation — Generation of Potential Schemes

A robust segmentation analysis contains two components: first is generation of potential segments, and the second is generation of potential segments.

Published: April 26, 2018 by Guest Contributor
New Trended Attributes to Help Lenders Better Serve Consumers

Experian introduces new trended attributes to help lenders better serve consumers across the credit life cycle

Published: February 28, 2018 by Traci Krepper
Trended Attributes: Key to Segmentation Strategy Development

Trended attributes can provide significant lift in the development of segmentation strategies and custom models are used effectively across the life cycle.

Published: February 19, 2018 by Guest Contributor
Use of Swap Sets to Measure Impact of Model Changes

The phrase swap set refers to “swapping out” a set of customer accounts and replacing them with, or “swapping in,” a set of good customer accounts.

Published: January 7, 2018 by Guest Contributor
Should social media be used as a factor in credit decisions?

With so much data being generated by our social media obsession, should lenders consider social media insights to assess credit risk?

Published: October 18, 2017 by Kerry Rivera
Open up a whole new world of growth with APIs

APIs--Application Programming Interfaces--are the hidden backbone of our modern world which allow software programs to communicate with one another.

Published: September 7, 2017 by Guest Contributor
Benefits of credit scoring options

VantageScore found consumers rendered “unscoreable” by commonly used credit scoring models are nearly identical financial/credit behavior to scoreables

Published: December 8, 2016 by Guest Contributor
Advanced credit risk scores

More lenders are turning to VantageScore® to help achieve their goals and reduce risk

Published: November 10, 2016 by Guest Contributor
Risk models stand the test of time

As credit behavior and economic conditions evolve, using a model that's validated regularly can give lenders greater confidence in the model’s performance.

Published: July 21, 2016 by Guest Contributor
Rethinking the credit score

A recent survey commissioned by VantageScore® Solutions, LLC found that among consumers who are unable to obtain credit, 27% attribute the situation to lack of a credit score. Most consumers support newer methods of calculating credit scores 49% feel that consistent rental, utility and telecommunications payments should count in determining credit scores 50% agree that competition in the credit scoring marketplace is beneficial Lenders can help solve the credit gap by using advanced risk models that can accurately score more consumers. The result is a win-win: More consumers get access to mainstream credit, and lenders gain more customers. >> Infographic: America’s Giant Credit Gap VantageScore® is a registered trademark of VantageScore Solutions, LLC.

Published: February 25, 2016 by Guest Contributor
The current state of credit

Experian® recently released the 2015 State of Credit report, which analyzes key credit metrics across the nation.

Published: December 3, 2015 by Guest Contributor
Are you really using the same model at each bureau?

VantageScore® models are the only credit scoring models to employ the same characteristic information and model design across the three credit bureaus.

Published: October 8, 2015 by Guest Contributor

According to VantageScore® Solutions' annual validation study, VantageScore 3.0 scores 36 million incremental consumers considered unscoreable by conventional credit scoring models.

Published: July 24, 2015 by Guest Contributor

As the summer home buying season kicks into high gear, a newly released survey shows the importance of understanding credit scores and their impact on homebuyer behavior.

Published: June 11, 2015 by Guest Contributor

According to research from VantageScore® Solutions LLC, 30 to 35 million people are not scored by the most popular credit-scoring models. When measured by more modern scoring methodologies — methods that leverage the data that exists in a person's credit file better — as many as 10 million of these unscoreable consumers were found to have prime or near prime credit scores. The study reinforces the importance of using advanced credit scores in order to profitably grow portfolios while providing consumers with access to fair and equitable credit. Credit Scoring Gaps Are Leaving Millions of Consumers Behind VantageScore® is a registered trademark of VantageScore Solutions, LLC.

Published: February 17, 2015 by Guest Contributor

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