Importance of credit scoring for loan decisions
“What if they don’t pay back?” If we had to compile a list of questions frequently asked by lenders, this would probably be top of the list. It’s the biggest and most terrifying question a lender is faced with when assessing a loan application.Lenders in Nigeria are constantly forced to confront the reality that Nigerians don’t […]
5 issues that lenders have with Nigerian credit bureaus
Before credit bureaus were created in Nigeria, banks operated as lone wolves, reluctant to share credit information with third parties. They also didn’t have ways of knowing if a borrower had unpaid loans with other banks/financial institutions. As such, borrowers could easily secure multiple loans and cart away funds from different institutions without the lenders […]
BVN is great, but here are 5 ways CBN can make it better
Creating BVN was a commendable first step, but if it doesn’t evolve with technology, it risks becoming more bureaucratic than valuable.