In this episode we talk with the COO and Co-Founder of SEON, Bence Jendruszak, as he discusses fraud prevention tools and the different types of fraud that fintech companies should be focused on today.
Ron Suber discussed the challenges that online fraud can present to marketplace lenders in his keynote speech at the Fintech Fraud Summit last week in San Francisco; to mitigate fraud, companies must have a comprehensive risk and compliance system that protects it from attacks and fraudulent loans; Ron Suber outlined Prosper's risk and compliance approach in his presentation providing an example for marketplace lenders seeking solutions for mitigating and managing fraud. Source
SoFi said it missed their internal 4th quarter earnings projections due to lower than expected loan performance, increased hiring costs and expenses related to management changes according to the WSJ; the company also said they expect the loan performance trend to continue into 2018 as the look to refine their credit model; the company is also looking to improve fraud prevention, automate loan processing and get better at collections. Source.
Experian's fraud prevention data network, in existence since 1991, will be available for use in North America later this year.
In this episode we talk with the CEO and Co-Founder of Sardine, Soups Ranjan, about fraud prevention. He discusses the trends in fraud attacks today and how fintechs can prepare themselves in their battle with fraudsters.
Sardine, a leader in the fraud prevention and compliance space has upped its game against widespread fraud.
Loan stacking has reportedly been influencing an increase in default rates for marketplace lenders; TransUnion has reported data on delinquency rates and online fraud; firm announced an expansion of its Fraud Prevention Exchange at LendIt USA to help mitigate online lending fraud and specifically loan stacking. Source
The service from Whitepages Pro can add another layer to identity verification for online lenders; it provides lenders with analysis of a potential borrower's associated phone number, email, mailing address and business name; Whitepages CEO Rob Eleveld says the service gives lenders a broad profile of the borrower which in most cases is difficult to fraudulently create; it can also be accessed through APIs which makes connecting to the service easy for lenders. Source
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