Lenders battle against fraudsters; a case for an industry blacklist
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Lenders battle against fraudsters; a case for an industry blacklist

As digital lending surges in Nigeria, fraud has quietly become one of the industry’s biggest threats, with coordinated identity theft and serial loan defaulters overwhelming individual lenders who battle in isolation. The danger isn’t unique. Kenya offers a stark warning, with an estimated 3.2 million people blacklisted on the country’s TransUnion credit bureau. Without a unified industry blacklist to identify and curb repeat offenders, Nigerian lenders risk following the same path, continually staying several steps behind increasingly sophisticated fraudsters.

How do lenders know when to expand to another country?
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How do lenders know when to expand to another country?

Before you think about entering a new country, you need to step back and ask a more basic question. Are we actually ready to operate there?

How mobile SDK works for lending decisions
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How mobile SDK works for lending decisions

Lenders who are aware of the realities of credit in Nigerian use smart technologies called software development kits (SDK). They are able to program their mobile apps and offer some functionality they may otherwise not have access to.