Laura Burrows is a Marketing Manager for Experian. With over seven years of experience in content creation within the financial services industry, Laura strives to provide thought leadership that helps businesses succeed and grow. Her content has been featured in numerous top-tier industry publications, including Forbes, Business Insider and Financial Advisor Magazine.

--Laura Burrows

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Trends are pointing toward 2023 being a busy year for debt collectors. The S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Composite Indices show defaults have steadily increased since late...

February 27, 2023 by Laura Burrows

How businesses respond to economic uncertainty can determine whether they get ahead or fall behind. To better prepare for the coming months, you must...

February 6, 2023 by Laura Burrows

Alternative credit scoring has become mainstream — and for good reasons. These scoring models could help nearly 50 million consumers who don’t meet the...

January 26, 2023 by Laura Burrows

Debt. For many, it’s a struggle – and a constant one. In fact, year-over-year delinquency rates have increased as consumer spending continues to rise.1...

December 7, 2022 by Laura Burrows

The collections landscape is changing due to shifting consumer behaviors, demands, regulations and an economy that’s in a constant state of flux. As the...

November 30, 2022 by Laura Burrows

Today’s top lenders use traditional and alternative credit data1 – or expanded Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) regulated data – including consumer permissioned data, to...

October 24, 2022 by Laura Burrows

Traditional credit data has long been a reliable source for measuring consumers’ creditworthiness. While that’s not changing, new types of alternative credit data are...

September 8, 2022 by Laura Burrows

Automation, artificial intelligence and machine learning are at the forefront of the continued digital transformation within the world of collections. And organizations from across...

September 6, 2022 by Laura Burrows

Until recently, lenders primarily used traditional data, or the data contained in Experian’s and other credit bureaus’ core credit files, for their lending-related decisions....

July 12, 2022 by Laura Burrows

Credit reports and conventional credit scores give lenders a strong starting point for evaluating applicants and managing risk. But today’s competitive environment often requires...

May 24, 2022 by Laura Burrows

Nearly 28 million American consumers are credit invisible, and another 21 million are unscorable.1 Without a credit report, lenders can’t verify their identity, making...

January 27, 2022 by Laura Burrows

Credit plays a vital role in the lives of consumers and helps them meet important milestones – like getting a car and buying their...

January 17, 2022 by Laura Burrows

In today’s digital environment, consumers have higher expectations of their interactions with businesses than ever before – and utility companies are no exception. By obtaining a...

April 9, 2021 by Laura Burrows

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has facilitated an increase in information collection among consumers and organizations, creating a prosperous climate for cybercriminals. As businesses and...

March 11, 2021 by Laura Burrows

Dealing with challenges is part of the collections process. But in today’s economic environment, there are even more barriers to overcome. Since it is...

February 18, 2021 by Laura Burrows

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