Embedded finance is technically a package deal. It combines a non-financial consumer experience with a suitable and usually complementary financial product or service. All in all, this combination aims to provide a superior customer experience. By 2027, global embedded finance market revenues are expected to exceed $183 billion. Embedded finance brings three advantages in one […]
Why Are Lenders Betting Big on Supply Chain Finance?
Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) are often considered the backbone of the Indian economy, and they account for approximately 30% of India’s GDP and employ close to 111 million individuals. The COVID-19 pandemic posed many challenges across industries and disrupted supply chains. The current Russia-Ukraine war and periodic lockdowns in China have added to […]
Rising Concerns Around Data Privacy with Growth of Digital Lending
The digital lending landscape has witnessed a tremendous boost, especially during the Covid, which has shifted borrowers online searching for viable loan products online. Fifty-seven per cent of consumers prefer internet banking, according to the latest World Retail Banking Report. That’s nearly half the world’s commercially active population reaching out to online banking channels. So, […]
5 Ways Digitisation Can Help Banks and Lenders Ensure Customer Data Safety
Before the advent of computers and technology, lenders and banks stored customer and transaction data in physical ledgers and registers. The physical ledgers, along with other confidential documents related to customers, were stored in safe vaults and lockers, which were guarded by armed physical security forces. Since the advent of computers and subsequently, the internet, […]
How Digital Footprint Data is Shaping the Future of Credit Scoring?
With changes in the way transactions are processed and payments are made, the system for accessing risks or loan underwriting must also change. Lending companies are undoubtedly a susceptible target of fraudsters, especially in the times of digital banking. Where traditional credit scoring fails miserably during digital lending, digital footprints can help make up for […]
How Credit Bureau Data can Help Lenders Predict Defaults and Save Money
Retail loans – the only remaining bright spot on the books of Indian lenders so far – have begun their downward slide. Experts say that it was only a matter of time before the developments on the unemployment front and successive collapse of large banks took its toll on the consumer loan segment. A liquidity […]