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2023 Alternative Credit Data Impact Report

Understanding the opportunities and challenges of alternative credit data.
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Gain Next-Generation Insights

Alternative credit data looks beyond traditional credit data, which typically focuses on long-established credit activities. These expanded credit insights, when paired with traditional credit behaviors, deliver a more comprehensive view into a consumer's creditworthiness.
Public records 

 Public Records


Identity insights

 Identity Insights


Stability insights

Stability Insights


Address insights

 Address Insights


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Asset insights

Asset Insights 


 
     Alternative Data Offers Expanded Insight

      An improved understanding of consumer credit risk can help you see
      opportunity  where others simply see risk.

Benefits of Non-Traditional Credit Sources

The key to better lending decisions is incremental predictive insights.

Using scoring models and attributes which tap into proven and reliable sources of alternative credit data allows you to:

Extend better offers

Improve credit decisions on the margin by more
effectively evaluating borderline applicants.

Grow approval rates

Identify off-margin consumers underestimated 
by traditional credit scores.

Expand your addressable market

Seize opportunities to turn credit invisibles — both
thin-file and no-file consumers — into valuable customers.

Improve booking rate and profitability

Extend more accurate pricing and terms to consumers across the credit spectrum who have been misclassified by traditional credit assessments.

Enhance portfolio management process

Monitor changes across the customer lifecycle. 

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Incorporating alternative credit data can deliver greater visibility into credit risk than using traditional data alone.

Alternative credit data goes beyond traditional credit data to deliver a broader, more comprehensive picture of consumer creditworthiness and associated risk. Non-traditional data like professional licenses, asset ownership and public records can help bridge the gap when paired with traditional credit data.

Alternative Credit Data Impact Report

A study of the adoption, utilization and impacts of alternative data

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Gain a better understanding of alternative data adoption and usage trends

Alternative Consumer Data: What You Should Know

How financial inclusion in consumer lending can be achieved using alternative credit data.

A New Perspective on Small Business Lending

Lenders are turning to alternative credit data to gain additional insights to fuel portfolio growth.



“84% of respondents use alternative credit data in marketing and credit risk assessment across the customer lifecycle.”



LexisNexis Risk Solutions delivers a comprehensive report on the state of alternative data usage across the lending ecosystem. 225 financial institutions were surveyed, collecting responses from banks, credit unions, non-bank lenders and fintech organizations to gain insights on how alternative data is being leveraged in lending decisions, origination strategies and prescreen marketing.

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Financial inclusion, increased visibility and improved segmentation are driving adoption of alternative credit data

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Alternative credit data is driving meaningful business impacts

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Overall satisfaction with alternative data is high, though some challenges and barriers remain



    The 2023 Alternative Credit Data Impact Report offers more insights into
    alternative data usage and outcomes, including deep dives into:

  • The top drivers of alternative data adoption

  • Benefits of incorporating alternative data and its impacts on revenue growth

  • Challenges that may be limiting adoption rates


This article is for educational purposes only and does not guarantee the functionality or features of LexisNexis products identified. LexisNexis does not warrant this article is complete or error-free .


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