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News/payments
Tencent's WeChat Pay will start giving its 600 million users a credit rating, using an AI-based system to determine people's "trust" value, according to local press reports.
14 May 2020
News/startups
Challenger credit bureau Credit Kudos has raised £5 million in a funding round led by Albion VC.
15 April 2020
Mortgage technology startup Koodoo has collaborated with major lenders to launch a purpose-built Website and technology toolkit offering consumer guidance on payment holidays during the Covid-19 outbreak.
31 March 2020
News/retail
Liv, the digital banking offshoot of Emirates NBD, is to offer customers instant access to their credit scores through a single tap.
16 March 2020
News/Credit referencing and support
Credit Sesame is launching a digital bank account, expanding beyond its core business of helping Americans access and boost their credit scores.
11 March 2020
News/regulation
The true benefits and complexities of transformative regulation across financial services is set to become reality in 2020, as firms work to prepare and implement systems to meet compliance standards while maintaining a competitive edge.
06 March 2020
The consumer of today is educated, digitally empowered and more than ever before, wants to make informed financial decisions. This requires financial players to provide a quick, efficient and barrier-free customer service that keeps pace with the dynamic transformations of this new era of payments.
04 March 2020
UK banks Monzo and RBS are to enable customers to check their approval ratings for loan applications by looking up their credit score for free through the mobile banking app.
28 February 2020
Intuit is reported to be on the verge of buying credit scoring firm Credit Karma, furthering its interests in the personal financial management space.
24 February 2020
News/inclusion
Self, a fintech startup promising to help Americans build their credit while also saving money, has raised $20 million in a Series C funding round led by Altos Ventures and Conductive Ventures.
21 February 2020
Nova Credit, a US startup working to improve immigrant access to credit, has closed a $50 million Series B funding round led by Kleiner Perkins and joined by celebrities including U2 guitarist the Edge.
13 February 2020
News/crime
The US Department of Justice has charged four members of the Chinese military over the massive 2017 cyber-attack on credit reporting agency Equifax.
10 February 2020
The UK's point-of-sale credit market is surging, according to analysis from consultant Kearney, with two thirds of millennials now using 'buy now, pay later' services - despite some concerns about the impact on credit scores.
29 January 2020
London fintech startup, Portify has raised £7 million in series A funding to scale its income smoothing service for gig economy workers.
12 December 2019
Federal banking regulators in the US have given their support to the use of the alternative data other than traditional credit scores in determining creditworthiness.
05 December 2019
Following news of the probe into Apple Card’s credit worthiness algorithm after sexism claims, University of Edinburgh Business School reveals that including gender in credit scoring models improves women’s chances of being granted credit.
12 November 2019
US regulators have opened a probe into the algorithm used to determine the credit worthiness of Apple Card applicants after a man took to Twitter to call it "sexist" for giving him a credit limit 20 times higher than his wife's.
11 November 2019
ID Finance, a digital lending platform that uses smart credit scoring technology to target the underbanked in Spain and Latin America, has raised a record £4.4 million on Crowdcube.
05 November 2019
Paidy, a Japanese instant credit startup, has raised $83 million in a Series C extension joined by PayPal and secured an additional $60 million in debt financing.
01 November 2019
TotallyMoney, a UK fintech startup providing consumer credit reports, has secured £5 million in debt funding from Silicon Valley Bank.
30 October 2019
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