Using non-traditional data for underwriting loans to thin-file borrowers: Evidence, tips, and precautions
March 2008
This paper, published in the Journal of Risk Management in Financial Institutions, demonstrates the value of non-traditional data as a powerful tool for consumer credit risk assessment while highlighting some of the potential risks and precautions that lenders need to think about before using these tools.
Asia-Pacific Credit Coalition
APCC is a PERC-managed coalition of organizations committed to promoting a regional standard for full-file, comprehensive consumer credit reporting to private credit bureaus within the twenty-one Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) member economies. Please visit PERC's coalition for credit standards in the APEC region, the Asia-Pacific Credit Coalition
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