The Creditinfo Chronicle
State of the Art in Credit Risk Modeling by Prof. Bart Baesens
Watch the webinar here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCyssAKrmEk or a lower resolution version can be found at https://youtu.be/nLK0obQz1-0
Webinar Overview
Credit risk modeling is undoubtedly among the most crucial issues in the field of financial risk management. With the recent financial turmoil and the regulatory changes introduced by the Basel accords, credit risk analytics has been receiving even greater attention by the financial and banking industry. Continue reading »
Creditinfo Georgia – SME Access to Finance
By Nataliya Soldatyuk and Elene Zoninashvili
The economy is not dominated by large and multinational corporations. SME‘s are greatly responsible for economic growth and therefore an important sector to focus on. Creditinfo Georgia has invested to develop specific tools to help companies provide better, more effective decisions to enable greater access to finance for SMEs.
In Europe, for instance, 99% of businesses are small and medium enterprises, and in the same time they contribute 58 cents in every euro in economy. This situation is not specific to the Europe. Continue reading »
The benefits of monitoring and supervising your credit reports – Creditinfo Lithuania national tv coverage
Creditinfo Lithuania were interviewed on national TV News about the benefits which people receive by monitoring and supervising their credit reports. A number of representatives from Lithuanian banks were also involved. The TV reportage with English subtitles can be found here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7eInf9IX8A&feature=youtu.be Continue reading »
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Analyst from Lithuania – among TOP online data scientists
Darius Barušauskas, Analyst within the Econometric Modeling Department at Creditinfo Lithuania, has succeeded in a competition organised by the world’s largest community of data scientists, www.kaggle.com.
JOIN US for a live webinar: State of the Art in Credit Risk Modeling by Prof. Bart Baesens
| Date: | Thursday, 22nd October 2015 | Time: | 15h00 CEST |
| Location: | Webex | ||
| Topic: | State of the Art in Credit Risk Modeling | ||
| Speaker: | Prof. Bart Baesens – Professor, KU Leuven University (Belgium) and Lecturer, University of Southampton (UK) | ||
| Link to Join: | https://meetings.webex.com/collabs/meetings/join?uuid=MAYEUHT6EQ50GI4DVYS1D8JHAS-FAZL | ||
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Creditinfo working with SOS Children’s Village Lithuania
”Creditinfo take seriously what is today often called corporate social responsibility, or what others may call karma. Simply put, we believe, ’what you sow, is what you reap’. Creditinfo want to make a difference in the world, so we participate in a number of initiatives that benefit society, particularly those impacting on the communities within which we operate,” advised Mr. Reynir Grétarsson, CEO and owner of Creditinfo Group hf. Continue reading »
The day when Lithuanian SME’s received their credit reports
Creditinfo Lithuania organized it’s first Open Door day – a special event for 70 thousand small and medium companies that received their own credit reports for free. The purpose of this initiative was to present companies data that is available on the credit bureau. Continue reading »
Creditinfo – working towards a better education in Afghanistan
Creditinfo has repeatedly donated to Waresa-e-Faqeer, a primary school for both girls and boys in the Kama District, Nangarhar Province of Afghanistan being operated by DARMAN (Development And Relief of Medical for Afghan Nation). DARMAN also runs a much needed clinic for the poor in an outskirt of Kabul.
DARMAN aims to develop the people of Afghanistan through culturally appropriate projects aimed at improving health, education, skills, and living conditions. The organisation was established the same year Creditinfo was established, in 1997, in Pakistan by a group of medical professionals, engineers, educational specialists, and university professors. At that time, the majority of its members were refugees from Afghanistan. They returned to their homeland in May 2002 with a desire to serve their fellow countrymen. DARMAN is a registered Afghan NGO, a non-governmental organisation with its central office currently located in Karte Nao, in Kabul Province, Afghanistan. Continue reading »
The Credit Reference Bureau in Mali (BIC) is now a reality
ARTICLE written by Youssouf Camara from L’INDEPENDANT n°826 on 10-Sept-15
English Translation
The Credit Reference Bureau in Mali (BIC) initiated by the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO) and whose law was passed three months ago in our country is now a reality. The contracts related to this project which aims at centralizing the information on clients and helping with decision-making while granting credits, were signed on Wednesday, September 9th 2015, in the BNDA conference room. The signing ceremony involved the Professional Association of Banks and Financial Institutions (APBEF) represented by its Vice President, Mr. Sekou Barry (DG BCIM Mali) and the BIC of WAMU area, Creditinfo VoLo, represented by its Director General, Mr. Adamou Sambaré. This ceremony was presided over by BCEAO National Director, Mr. Konzo Traoré and many leaders of the banking and financial sector from the 25 reporting institutions. Continue reading »
Creditinfo VoLo ensures better access to credit
Ceremonial contract signing with ABPEF and APSFD, Niger
Creditinfo VoLo signed a service delivery contract with the Professional Association of Banks and Financial Institutions (ABPEF) and the Professional Association of Decentralized Financial Systems (APSFD) of Niger to ensure better access to credit.
On August 31st 2015, Orabank’s Head Quarters in Niger hosted a signing ceremony for the service delivery contracts that binds Creditinfo Volo and 16 institutions namely BOA Niger, BAGRI, Bank Atlantic Niger, Commercial Bank of Niger, BIA Niger, Bank Islamic of Niger, BSIC-Niger, CBAO Niger, ECOBANK Niger, ORABANK Niger, SONIBANK, SAHFI SA, TAANADI SA, Asusu SA, Credit Mutuel of Niger and SACCOs Kokari, Continue reading »
BIG Data Lending in Sub-Saharan Africa, Responsibility is Key to avoid pain of the past.
The experience of the over-indebtedness crisis amongst the poorest in Kosovo and other regions such Andhra Pradesh in India is still a clear memory to those who had to manage the human and financial fallout from these situations. This type of crisis is caused by 2 factors; excessive liquidity largely from donor funded institutions and secondly no credit bureau infrastructure, or usage of it.
Are we about to witness the same cycle in sub-Saharan Africa with the highly funded race to provide loans through the trend of alternative/big data, at the same time as MFIs are not integrated into the “credit bureau culture”? Continue reading »
Due Diligence is not just a tick in the Box! by Kevin Abela
In the past couple of months the igaming industry has been tainted by the so called Calabrian ‘Ndrangheta’. Malta is home to over 350 igaming companies due to the favourable tax position offered by the Maltese government and is understandable that a number of these companies are based in Malta. Continue reading »
The human face of big data – the trust advantage
The Creditinfo Global Forum 2015 held in Istanbul, Turkey in September 2015 brought together 175 influential specialists, practitioners and providers within the credit and finance industry from 57 countries. Amongst the participants were representatives from Central Banks, Commercial Banks, Credit Bureaus, MicroFinance Institutions, Regulatory Authorities, Financial Associations and many more.
