Welcome to the Experian Thought Leadership Hub

Financial institutions face several challenges during the credit decisioning process, such as poor data quality, scalability issues, data fragmentation, and high maintenance costs. Experian can help lending institutions enhance their credit decisioning journey at every step, through:

• Model development
• Model deployment
• Decisioning
• Fraud analysis

Discover how your organization can take your credit decisioning journey to the next level with the Experian Ascend Platform™.

Millions of U.S. households remain unbanked, yet many possess the ability to borrow responsibly. Read our infographic to learn how you can leverage real-time cashflow data to: 

• Reach consumers with little or no credit history. 
• Tailor products to real financial behaviors. 
• Make faster, more confident decisions.  
• Improve access to credit and enhance portfolio performance.

Experian and Plaid have teamed up to power smarter, more inclusive lending.

Read our one pager to discover how the new integration helps you:

• Sharpen risk assessments
• Uncover new growth opportunities
• Increase approval rates

Smarter lending starts with greater visibility.

Read our one pager to discover:

• Why leveraging cashflow data is imperative in today's modern lending environment   
• The types of financial behaviors cashflow data reveals
• The benefits of leveraging cashflow data

Based on interviews with global financial institutions, the Forrester Total Economic Impact™ study, commissioned by Experian, reveals real customer impact stories and business wins delivered by the Experian Ascend Platform™. This infographic shares some of the key findings.

Key insights include:

• 183% return on investment (ROI) and $13.3M in net present value (NPV) over three years
• A car leasing company’s approval rates increased from 60% to 66%, improving consistency and revenue growth
• An airline reduced fraud chargebacks by 99.9%, lowering regulatory risks and financial losses.

Standard credit scores overlook crucial financial behaviors, leaving 62 million U.S. consumers that are thin file or credit invisible without a score.

With alternative data, lenders can:

• Expand reach with precision
  
• Effectively mitigate risk
  
• Maximize ROI

Relying solely on traditional credit scores can leave you with a limited view into consumers’ financial stability.

See how integrating alternative data can help you:

• Identify more qualified borrowers
• Spot potential risks
• Strengthen portfolio performance

Loan loss analysis is an effective way for lending institutions to drive smarter business decisions by identifying loans that have been lost, where they’ve been booked, their key characteristics, and how they’ve performed.

With loan loss analysis, you can gain visibility into: 

• What type of financial institution did that applicant book with (bank, credit union, finance company, etc.)? 
  
• What was the average loan amount, and were others offering more or less? 
  
• What was the estimated interest rate, and how did it compare to yours? 
  
• What was the loan term length? 
  
• What was the average risk score? 

Accessing this information can help your organization validate your lending policies or find out where you can make adjustments to remain competitive in the market and win more business.

Experian's 2025 Future of Fraud Forecast reveals five emerging fraud threats that could challenge businesses and consumers in 2025.

Key insights:

• This year’s predictions show that fraudsters will continue to double down on the digital landscape and leverage Generative AI (Gen AI) to commit sophisticated crimes at a rapid pace.
  
• Half of consumers surveyed said they are concerned about conducting activities online.
  
• 75% of companies cite cybercrime as a top concern.