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Company update/Credit referencing and support

Sageworks upgrades lending platform

Sageworks, a financial information company that offers lending, credit risk and portfolio risk solutions to banks and credit unions, today announced the rollout of significant enhancements to the Sageworks Lending Solution for financial institutions to increase flexibility and customization.

23 July 2018

Company update/Credit referencing and support

Credit Simple to merge Open Banking data with credit scores

Credit Simple, the fintech where every Australian and New Zealander can get their credit score and credit file for free, forever, has launched free online budgeting tool Money Simple.

23 July 2018

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ClearScore taps Open Banking to combine credit ratings with financial data

ClearScore today marked its third anniversary by announcing it has exceeded 7m users globally and unveiling ‘OneScore’ - a world-first service that will transform the way consumers view, and take control of, their financial health.

17 July 2018

Company update/Credit referencing and support

Callcredit rebrands as TransUnion

Callcredit, the UK’s second largest credit referencing agency, has today announced the change of its brand name to TransUnion, after being acquired by the leading global risk and information solutions provider in a £1 billion deal last month (19 June).

12 July 2018

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Citrusxchange launches blockchain-based supply chain financing platform

Canadian startup Citrusexchange has unveiled a blockchain-based platform for supply chain and invoice financing.

10 July 2018

Company update/Credit referencing and support

Equifax partners with consents.online for Open Banking

Equifax, the consumer and business insights expert, has formed a strategic alliance with consents.online, a digital consent management and AISP accredited Open Banking platform which for the first time allows UK consumers and small businesses to manage the sharing of their financial information.

09 July 2018

Company update/Credit referencing and support

Canopy partners with TrueLayer to bring Open Banking to the rental market

TrueLayer, a leading provider of financial APIs, has partnered with rental marketplace Canopy.

05 July 2018

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EBA warns banks on being too passive or proactive on fintech

As they seek to steer a course through the new fintech environment, financial services firms must beware the risks to their business models of both being too passive and too gung-ho in their embrace of new technologies, says a European Banking Authority report.

03 July 2018

Company update/Credit referencing and support

Metro Bank partners CreditLadder for rent reporting

Tenants among the 1 million-plus customers of Metro Bank, the UK’s newest high street banking sector entrant, are now able to report their rent through CreditLadder to reference agency Experian.

02 July 2018

Company update/Credit referencing and support

Fico offers free cybersecurity ratings to businesses worldwide

Silicon Valley analytics firm FICO today announced that FICO Enterprise Security Score Portrait is available, free of charge, to all organisations worldwide.

27 June 2018

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McCann Fitzgerald launches credit reporting compliance app

McCann FitzGerald, one of Ireland’s premier law firms, has today launched another legaltech application in a suite of AI-driven applications designed to revolutionise the delivery of legal services.

25 June 2018

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Linedata Exchange Europe 2018 - live blog

Welcome to Finextra's live coverage from the Linedata Exchange Europe 2018. The theme for this year's event centres around transformation and how digital, operational and industry-wide transformation can be leveraged to deliver growth.

19 June 2018

Company update/Credit referencing and support

BBVA teams up with Fintonic on loan marketplace

Fintonic, the app that makes money management and savings easy for over 450,000 users, continues to grow. It is the first PFM to develop a full lending platform as part of its standard offering, the checkout is within the app, providing a true Amazon style experience.

04 June 2018

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Quint launches company focussed on real-time data insights

Qunit Group, one of the leading fintech companies in the UK, has launched Infinian, a new data company, to leverage and commercilaise the Groups vast real time data assets.

31 May 2018

News/Credit referencing and support

Banks will have to develop PFM tools under FCA high-cost credit reforms

UK banks will be forced to develop develop alerts for customers who may be about to slip into the red as well as a range of prompts and PFM tools that make it easier to keep on top of finances following a review by the Financial Conduct Authority into the high-cost credit market.

31 May 2018

Company update/Credit referencing and support

Instantor Insight uses machine learning to assess credit risks

Today Instantor, the Swedish fintech company making financial decisions easy, announces Insight.

22 May 2018

Company update/Credit referencing and support

Equifax works with HSBC on Open Banking credit applications

HSBC UK has created the first live use case of open banking for credit applications using the InterConnect platform from Equifax, the consumer and business insights expert.

17 May 2018

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Poland puts credit histories on the blockchain

The largest credit bureau in Central and Eastern Europe, Polish Credit Office, is teaming up with local DLT specialist Billon to move millions of credit histories to the blockchain.

14 May 2018

Company update/Credit referencing and support

Workers Credit Union signs for Sageworks lending tech

Workers Credit Union of Fitchburg, Mass., has recently partnered with Sageworks, a financial analysis company that offers lending, credit risk and portfolio risk solutions.

11 May 2018

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Hong Kong brings lending decisions into the digital age

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) is looking to bring lending into the digital age, allowing banks to forgo traditional credit checks on some personal loans in favour of big data analysis.

11 May 2018