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Published November 12, 2024
Commercial Commercial Insights Credit & Economic Trends Economic & Market Insights
As published on the Business Information blog in a post titled Rising Retail Demand Meets Cautious Lending, Experian’s latest Commercial Pulse Report reveals significant trends shaping the retail sector:
🔹 25% increase in credit demand among retail businesses, as companies boost inventory for expected holiday sales.
🔹 Discretionary retail sectors like home goods face tighter lending, while Consumer Electronics and Department Stores are nearing pre-pandemic credit levels.
🔹 Retail delinquency rates and charge-offs are rising, putting pressure on commercial credit scores.
These insights highlight both opportunities and challenges for retailers navigating today’s economy. Check out the full report to see how these trends could impact your strategy!
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As Tribal lending evolves, understanding how consumer behavior, credit demand and portfolio performance are shifting is becoming increasingly important for effective risk strategy.
See how evolving credit scores, alternative data, and verification tools could help lenders improve the mortgage process and expand access to homeownership.
In this HousingWire conversation, Allison LaForgia speaks with Michele Bodda, Group President of Experian Housing, Verification Solutions and Employer Services. Bodda discusses how lenders can put modern credit scoring and consumer data to work in underwriting today.
Watch the video to hear about:
• Using alternative credit data to better represent consumers with limited traditional credit histories
• Bringing the right information into the underwriting process at the right time
• How Power Profile Plus lets lenders request another score later in the process without repurchasing the underlying credit data
• Experian’s investment in income and employment verification, including its partnership with Workday
• Opportunities to improve efficiency and help more people pursue homeownership
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Explore credit card market trends through Q2 2026, including changes in originations, issuer performance and consumer segments.
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In this episode of the Chrisman Commentary, we explore why income and employment verification are reaching a turning point for mortgage lenders and borrowers alike. Ryan Rosales discusses how new data sources, including Experian Verify’s integration with Workday, are helping move the industry beyond the traditional choice between a few verification providers and cumbersome manual documentation. Tune in to hear how greater competition, expanded data coverage, real-time verification, and a more open ecosystem could reduce borrower friction, lower lender costs, and potentially reshape the future of mortgage origination.