Courtney Lodge has joined the Creditinfo Jamaica team
Creditinfo Jamaica have appointed specialist consultant, Courtney Lodge, (pictured) who brings to the table a wealth of knowledge and experience in finance and credit.
Courtney Lodge is a Business Transformation Consultant and co-owner of his consulting firm, Strategic Corporate Interventions (SCI) Limited. His assignments have included international consultation and training for/with organizations including the Commonwealth Secretariat (India), Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the Caribbean Association of Indigenous Bank, and the Caribbean Association of Industry and Commerce. Continue reading »
Creditinfo Georgia highlighted in The Smart Campaign country report
Creditinfo Georgia have been highlighted in a country report, Georgia Client Voice Research, carried out by The Smart Campaign.
Check out more information at http://smartcampaign.org/tools-a-resources/1088 and
read the report at: http://issuu.com/smartcampaign/docs/voices_from_georgia/3?e=11120844/33529342 Continue reading »
Players of the Month – May 2016
Creditinfo sponsor Kyiv International FC who play every weekend in the Ukrainian amateur football league with 24 other teams. The league will run until October. Our team is currently in the top 8, still getting used to playing on a big pitch. Like Creditinfo, the team is truly international: The players come from Brazil, Cuba, US, Spain, France, Ukraine, Italy, Nigeria, Morocco, Egypt, Kuwait and Iceland. Jon Johannesson, CEO of our office in Ukraine is the goalkeeper (pictured 3rd from the right in the back row). Continue reading »
Creditinfo Academy – Introduction to Social Media by Andrius Cepkus
We were very pleased to welcome Andrius Cepkus from Lithuania. Andrius is a very talented serial entrepreneur with skills in social media. Check him out on Linked In https://lt.linkedin.com/in/cepkus he kindly delivered an interesting introduction to Social Media and advised why he felt it was critical to business. Continue reading »
What do our latest interns think of Creditinfo?
Creditinfo regularly host interns at many of their offices worldwide. Recently, 3 interns worked for Creditinfo Malta and Creditinfo International. Find out how they found their experience working for Creditinfo and in a foreign country.
Creditinfo Localises Credit Scoring, Cites High Credit Card Usage
Jamaica’s loan market was valued at $544 billion throughout the banking system at the end of 2015. Credit-card transactions in that year topped $212 billion. It reflected an annual increase of 10.6 per cent in the value of transactions, while volumes rose 13.5 per cent to 14.7 million transactions, according to Central Bank data.
From May 2016, Creditinfo Jamaica will now provide localised credit scores. Previously, although Creditinfo Jamaica provided access to credit scores since October 2013, the score offered then was based on an expert model. Simply put, the model used then was based on certain features from another market with vast similarities to Jamaica. The localisation of credit scores typically requires nine to 18 months of consecutive data and a rigorous assessment process. The localised score model will help both consumers and lenders as it is more predictable than the expert model and therefore affords a better decision process for subscribers.
Microfinance: Lending Small, Thinking Big
In this video, (click link below) ‘Real Economy’ looks at the world of microfinance in a European market that tends to be dominated by traditional banks. It looks at the world of microcredit in Romania to see how small loans and a little financial training can make a difference.
Also looking at how the model is adapting with technology to the needs of people and businesses in western Europe who can no longer tap into traditional credit from banks. The European Investment Fund (EIF) advise about how best to use microfinance in a search for sustainable employment and growth.
http://www.euronews.com/2016/04/04/microfinance-lending-small-thinking-big/
The next Rembrandt – Data and How we Use It
We use a lot of data to improve business life but we haven’t been using data that much in a way that it touches the soul. It is not just a bunch of information and numbers, it is something beautiful where you can make great stuff out of it.
In following inter
esting video you can see how a group of analysts recreate a painting of Rembrandt using technology and data. They start by gathering the data, followed by determining the subject, afterwards they generate the features and in the end they bring it to life. The result is amazing and stunning, if you wouldn’t know it was made with technology you would think it is a real one.
Check out the link because it has to be said, it is amazing what analysts
are doing and can do with data.
More fond farewells and changes
This month has seen a few changes in the Creditinfo family.
Eyjólfur Eyjólfsson from Credit Bureau Expansion and Nataliya Soldatyuk from Creditinfo Solutions have now left us to follow other avenues. Nataliya is now working in the UK for FICO so we are sure our paths will continue to cross in the future.
These recent appointments and changes come in response to the continued growth and development the company has seen in recent months and the experience of these new appointments will be invaluable in enabling us to offer an even higher level of service for all of our valued clients.
Welcome to John Roberts in the Creditinfo Team!
As Regional Director in Asia & The Middle East
John Roberts has joined the Creditinfo Group as Regional Director Asia & The Middle East. With a background spanning more than 30 years of business and leadership experience, John’s career embraces the communications and marketing sectors, and most recently, the financial industry in New Zealand and internationally.
