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Shawbrook Bank enlists Jaywing for IFRS 9 compliance

Credit risk analytics expert, Jaywing, was appointed by Shawbrook Bank at the start of the year to support it through the build of a comprehensive credit risk modelling programme that will underpin credit management, impairment forecast and capital requirement including stress testing and ICAAP.

28 July 2016

Company update/Credit risk

Singletrack wins new contract with Height Securities for cloud CRM platform

Singletrack, the London-based capital markets CRM and research solution specialists, have announced a new contract with Height Securities LLC, a privately held Washington DC-based broker-dealer.

26 July 2016

Company update/Credit risk

Crédit Agricole Consumer Finance increased collections productivity by 30% using Fico

Analytics software firm Fico announced that Crédit Agricole Consumer Finance (CA CF), a leading player in consumer credit in Europe, has seen excellent results using Fico technology to manage customer credit decisions.

25 July 2016

Company update/Credit risk

Dun & Bradstreet launches cloud-based D&B Credit

Dun & Bradstreet has today launched D&B Credit™, the next generation risk management platform for trade credit in the UK and Ireland.

25 July 2016

News/Credit risk

Baidu partners ZestFinance to turn search data into credit scores

Chinese web giant Baidu has made an investment in ZestFinance, a US fintech startup using machine learning to overhaul the credit scoring business. The size of the deal has not been disclosed.

18 July 2016

News/Credit risk

UK P2P lender MarketInvoice raises £7.2m

MarketInvoice, a UK-based P2P lender has secured more than £7m in its latest round of fundraising, defying the economic uncertainty around startups following the UK's controversial vote to leave the European Union.

18 July 2016

Company update/Credit risk

Oracle launches cloud-based debt collection suite

Financial institutions looking to recoup delinquent accounts while maintaining a positive association with their brands have a powerful new tool: Oracle Banking Collections.

28 June 2016

Company update/Credit risk

Numerix teams up with Mexican pricing provider PiP

Numerix, the leading provider of cross-asset analytics for derivatives valuations and risk management today announces a new partnership with Mexico’s Proveedor Integral de Precios “PiP,” the leading independent price provider in Latin America, providing specialized pricing and risk services for valuation of wide range of financial instruments.

22 June 2016

Company update/Credit risk

Fico launches analytic engagement programme for universities

Analytic software firm FICO today announced the FICO Academic Engagement Program, which helps undergraduate and graduate business students at participating universities gain hands-on experience in solving real-world business challenges with state-of-the-art analytical software.

13 June 2016

Company update/Credit risk

Experian ships new fraud and ID plug-and-play platform

Experian, the leading global information services company, today unveiled the fraud and identity industry's first open platform designed to catch fraud faster, improve compliance and enhance the customer experience.

01 June 2016

News/Credit risk

Ormsby Street partners Deutsche Bank to launch credit checking tool in Germany

British startup Ormsby Street has launched its small business credit-checking tool in Germany through a partnership with Deutsche Bank.

26 May 2016

Company update/Credit risk

Halk Bank, Turkey to ramp up collections with Intellect’s Debt Management

Intellect Design Arena Limited, the world's only fullspectrum suite of consumer banking products, today announced that Halk Bank, the largest bank in Turkey has partnered with Intellect to automate their Debt Management processes.

23 May 2016

News/Credit risk

US Treasury calls for online lending oversight

In a week in which the sector has been rocked by the Lending Club scandal, online marketplaces have been warned in a new report from the US Treasury that they need to be more transparent and should, in some cases, face greater regulatory oversight.

11 May 2016

News/Credit risk

Wells Fargo promises faster credit for small business customers

Wells Fargo is ditching the paperwork for small businesses in need of short-term credit with the introduction of FastFlex, an online, fast-decision loan that is funded as soon as the next business day.

10 May 2016

Company update/Credit risk

Affirm appoints eBay executive Carl Gish as CMO

Affirm today announced it has hired eBay Vice President Carl Gish to be its first Chief Marketing Officer (CMO).

04 May 2016

Company update/Credit risk

Moody's Analytics launches UK mortgage portfolio analyser

Moody’s Analytics, a leader in risk measurement and management, today announced the launch of UK Mortgage Portfolio Analyser (UK-MPA), an innovative, customizable tool to help assess and manage credit risk in portfolios of residential mortgages originated in the United Kingdom.

28 April 2016

Company update/Credit risk

PNC Bank to implement BKFS LoanSphere

Black Knight Financial Services, Inc. (BKFS), a leading provider of integrated technology, data and analytics to the mortgage and real estate industries, announced today that PNC Bank N.A., a member of The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. and one of the largest diversified financial services institutions in the U.S., will implement Black Knight solutions.

27 April 2016

Company update/Credit risk

Fico extends partnership with HPE

Analytics software firm Fico today announced an extended partnership with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) to deliver real-time decision management solutions. As a Fico Platinum Partner, HPE will engage with Fico in joint sales, service and support, delivering analytics and decision management, fraud management, originations, customer management and collections and recovery solutions in financial services, healthcare, public sector and automotive markets worldwide.

26 April 2016

Company update/Credit risk

Fico and Capgemini form fraud management alliance

Fico, the predictive analytics and decision management software company, and Capgemini, one of the world’s foremost providers of consulting, technology and outsourcing services, today announced they have formed an alliance to meet the increasing market need for analytic solutions in financial services.

25 April 2016

Company update/Credit risk

Bigbank enlists Provenir for credit and loan processing overhaul

Provenir, provider of risk analytics and decisioning solutions, today announces that Bigbank has chosen the Provenir solution to overhaul its processing of credit and loans.

11 April 2016