Welcome to the Experian Thought Leadership Hub

Most commercial risk models are designed to assess every industry. Construction operates by a different set of rules. Explore the data, research, and analytics behind Experian's first construction-specific score and learn how trade creditors can improve risk visibility, credit decisions, and portfolio performance.

Explore Experian's Q3 2026 U.S. economic outlook and scenarios forecasts.

• See GDP projections for 2026 and 2027.
  
• Understand the outlook for inflation and unemployment.
  
• Review expectations for Federal Reserve interest rates.
  
• Compare base-case, optimistic and pessimistic scenarios.

See how Experian’s Mortgage Loan Performance dataset on Snowflake helps teams quickly turn complex questions about mortgage portfolios into actionable insights. Explore how natural-language queries and ready-to-run analytics can support market sizing, credit risk, prepayment, escrow risk, and portfolio strategy.

Learn how SBFE data and Experian's analytical capabilities help lenders drive growth and improve decisioning.

• 20M+ small businesses and 110M+ accounts are represented in SBFE data, giving lenders significantly broader credit visibility than internal data alone. 
• Nearly 40% of new commercial credit activity is coming from businesses less than 1 year old, highlighting the importance of building credit visibility early. 
• AI is a top priority for 50% of banking leaders, but the webinar stressed that AI success depends on high-quality, validated, and enriched data.

Learn how fraud teams can recognize scam activity earlier and strengthen prevention across the customer lifecycle.

• Explore five common scam types and their lifecycles 
• Identify behavioral, device and payment red flags 
• Understand how AI is changing scam tactics 
• Discover tools for detecting high-risk activity sooner 

Understand how first-party fraud is changing across financial institutions and what it means for your organization. Learn from Experian experts using industry benchmark data. 

• Explore year-over-year first-party fraud trends 
• Compare fraud rates across banks, credit unions and fintechs 
• Learn practical strategies to benchmark and strengthen fraud prevention 

Credit card performance remains a key indicator of consumer financial health. Join Experian experts as they explore the latest credit card trends shaping 2026.

• Credit card balances, utilization, and payment behavior
• Delinquency and risk trends across consumer segments
• What lenders and businesses should watch in 2026

Economic uncertainty remains elevated amid geopolitical instability, but the U.S. economy continues to show resilience. Explore Experian's latest base-case forecast and what it could mean for businesses planning ahead.

• GDP growth projected at 2.0% in 2026 and 2.1% in 2027
• Inflation expected to rise to 3.5% in 2026 before easing to 2.1% in 2027
• Unemployment forecast to hold steady at 4.4% through 2027

In this webinar, Experian experts explore how organizations can apply proven consumer fraud prevention tactics to strengthen commercial lending defenses.

What you'll learn:

• How consumer fraud strategies can be adapted for commercial use cases
• Where commercial lending is most exposed and how to mitigate risk
• How shared signals across identity, behavior and devices can improve detection