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Update frequency:
monthly
Average audio length:
33 minutes
Guest interviews
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English
United States
22 episodes
since Jan. 16, 2025
episodic

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SMB lending demand is rising, but so are delinquency rates. In this episode of Credit in Focus, Amy Crawford and Jim Kraus explore new research revealing how lenders are navigating growth, managing risk, and leveraging alternative data, AI, and automation to improve decision precision. The takeaway…

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In this episode of Credit in Focus, we explore how alternative data is helping lenders expand access to credit for thin‑file and credit‑invisible consumers, without increasing risk. Drawing on research from over four million credit card applications, we break down why nearly a quarter of applicants…
Delinquency is rising and confidence in traditional credit data is waning. In this episode, Carrie Coker, Senior Director of Market Planning for Servicing and Recovery, Denise Cross, Director of Consultative Solutions for Servicing and Recovery and Joe Jarpe, Senior Manager of Data Science, explore…
As the economic landscape shifts heading deeper into 2026, lenders are navigating a more complex and uneven risk environment defined by widening financial divides, rising delinquencies, regulatory uncertainty and evolving borrower behavior. In this episode, host Zach Tondre, Director of Market Plan…
In this episode, Kevin King, Vice President of U.S. Credit Markets and Neil Allen, Head of Credit Risk Strategy for UKI explore how alternative credit data is reshaping lending decisions around the world. Moderated by Stewart Watterson of Datos Insights, the conversation brings together regional pe…
As the economy moves deeper into 2026, credit and collections decisions are carrying greater consequences, especially for small businesses. In this episode of Credit in Focus, Carrie Coker and Amy Crawford unpack rising consumer and SMB delinquencies, aggressive federal enforcement and the ripple e…
In this episode, we explore what “alternative data” means and why defining it matters for credit risk management around the world. Moderated by Stewart Watterson of Datos Insights, LexisNexis Risk Solutions experts Kevin King and Neil Allen discuss the growing complexity of credit data, the challen…
As student loan repayments resume after a four-year pause, millions of Americans are feeling the financial strain and so are businesses. In this episode of Credit in Focus, host Carrie Coker, Senior Director of Market Planning, Servicing and Recovery, is joined by Andrea Bell and Andrew Henderson t…
In this episode, Zach Tondre (US) and Neil Allen (UK) dive into the global challenge of financial inclusion, especially for consumers who are new to credit.  From unbanked populations to young adults aging into credit, they explore the barriers that prevent access to financial systems and the oppor…
In this episode, Kevin King, VP of US Credit Risk & Marketing Strategy, and Kim White, Senior Director of North America Fraud & Identity, dive deeper into the complex world of first-party fraud, building on insights from Season 1. They explore how early payment defaults (EPDs) can mask firs…
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