• Ascend to new marketing heights and protect your brand in a regulated prospecting ecosystem
  Learn how financial institutions are transforming their credit card prescreen and ITA marketing using Ascend Marketing™ to reduce friction from marketing to prospecting to acquisition with new capabilities.
  
  
• Grow your commercial lending portfolio in a tighter credit market
  With economic uncertainty and tightening credit markets, small business lenders are still interested in growing their portfolios. Learn about analytic tools that help lenders grow their business while maintaining a healthy level of risk. Hear directly from a lender about how they’re approaching this challenge successfully.
  
  
• The emerging horizon: transformative technologies reshaping banking and finance
  Dive into an insightful session where we’ll unlock the secrets of how AI and emerging technologies are reshaping the finance sector. This session offers banking professionals a deep dive into the world of AI and technology, equipping them with cutting-edge strategies and a comprehensive understanding to master the rapidly evolving landscape. Join us to become a part of this transformative journey and lead the charge in the tech-driven future of banking and finance.
  
  
• The future of mortgages: a journey through our innovation roadmap
  Ever wondered how data, analytics and technology can help reshape the mortgage experience? We’re here to answer that! We’re actively working on transforming the borrower’s journey, making it smoother and more efficient. Curious about our current roadmap? Join us for an engaging session filled with insightful product demonstrations, compelling case studies and lively discussions.
  
  
• The modern era of open banking
  While open banking has existed in other parts of the world for several years, it’s now making its way to the United States. According to Celent, 72% of retail banks in North America state that they have a clear strategy to engage in the open ecosystem. Credit risk assessment in account opening is one key way this open ecosystem will impact financial institutions. This session will explore the latest guidance from the CFPB and the connection between open banking and credit risk.
  
  
• The year in fraud and the year ahead: trends, tools and tips for finding balance
  Whether it was first-party fraud, credit washing or stubborn synthetics, 2023 was a significant year for old and new fraud types. Come hear about the latest research in fraud trends, what’s working, what’s not, and what to expect in 2024 and beyond in fraud trends, fraud types and fraud tools for both consumer and small business risk mitigation.
  
  
• Understand and enable automotive consumer experiences in a digital world
  Delve into key industry trends; tackle prevalent challenges; and explore strategies to empower lenders, dealers and OEMs to thrive in the competitive landscape of today’s digital world.

• Build operational excellence using alternative data, advanced analytics and state-of-the-art business processes
  Learn how clients are using Premier Attributes℠ and Trended 3D™ as well as Clarity data to feed advanced analytics into a purpose-built business process designed to enhance the efficiency of the decisioning process and lower the total cost of acquiring customers.
  
  
• Credit reporting data accuracy: Do you understand your level of risk exposure? 
  In this session, you’ll learn how Experian is working with data furnishers to be more transparent and simplify the reporting process, what Experian is doing to ensure accurate credit risk assessments from data ingestion to credit report delivery and what tools Experian has built to help data furnishers manage their risk exposure.
  
  
• Drive portfolio growth via prequalification strategies
  Discover how lenders use proactive and passive prequalification to fortify customer and commercial relationships, optimizing experiences and fostering substantial institutional growth.
  
  
• Holistic fraud decisioning meets automated authentication — optimize your fraud tech stack
  Hear from the experts about best-in-class products that cover the landscape of fraud vectors. Knowing when to pull additional data, where to use the data and how to make a comprehensive decision will lead to fraud savings and minimize operational spend.
  
  
• The future of verifications: harnessing GenAI for speed and efficiency in research verifications
  Learn how Experian Verify™ is turbo charging manual verifications and reducing costs and timelines needed to complete manual verification using the latest in GenAI technology. Witness firsthand the simplicity and ease of completing a manual verification with Experian Verify in this live, interactive demonstration. Gain insights directly from our seasoned experts and a pioneering client who has already embraced this innovative approach.
  
  
• The story of the consumer that you declined
  Bureau inferencing can be used to help you understand what happened to the consumer you declined — and to those consumers you approved but who booked with your competitor.
  
  
• What’s next is now
  Get a bird’s-eye view of the state of the economy and credit updates on growth rates, delinquencies and balance increases. Learn how the industry is leveraging risk triggers, account reviews and predictive attributes to prepare for the future.

• Elevating fraud detection for your digital journey
  In the digital-first kingdom, online identity signals rule. An email and phone-centric approach mitigates risk while ensuring a positive customer experience. Learn more about the convergence of identity, credit cards, email and phone signals to reduce friction at customer touchpoints and boost automated approvals.
  
  
• Connecting disparate data for greater insights and actions
  Learn how Experian and AWS solutions can connect your institution’s disparate data lakes to drive greater insights, best practices, and bring internal and external datasets together. Discover how to maximize these insights to reach new levels and increase customer engagement through personalized offerings.
  
  
• Grow, protect and reduce risk to your existing portfolio using cash flow data
  Hear how open banking technology plus transaction data can be used to proactively identify cross-sell opportunities, such as credit line increases or new card offerings and reduce portfolio risk. Leverage insights across the credit lifecycle to inform your go-forward marketing and segmentation strategies.
  
  
• Increase approvals in underserved markets using emerging fair lending best practices, without compromising on risk
  Inclusive lending is more than a regulatory gesture and can be used as a growth driver within historically underrepresented communities while not compromising on risk. We’ll review a range of approaches and show an example of how adversarial debiasing can be used to achieve your fair lending goals.  
  
  
• Leading the charge: how Experian is pioneering the GenAI era in finance and technology
  Join us at the forefront of a radical shift where we explore the groundbreaking fusion of content generation and artificial intelligence — GenAI. In an era where the pace of change is lightning-fast, mastering cutting-edge technologies is no longer a luxury; it’s a necessity. GenAI stands at the cusp of this transformation, offering unparalleled opportunities and benefits that promise to redefine the very fabric of financial institutions and beyond.
  
  
• Recession or soft landing? Navigate the economic and credit environment
  Amid a slowing economy, consumers and businesses continue to struggle with higher interest rates, tighter credit conditions and rising delinquencies, creating a challenging environment for lenders. Our experts will lay out our latest economic forecasts and provide actionable insights into key consumer and commercial credit trends.
  
  
• Strategic considerations for defining your ideal credit-decisioning system
  Every organization has its own unique goals and objectives, and there’s no one-size-fits-all approach to credit decisioning. This talk will focus on the set of strategic questions and considerations that will lead each organization to the next step in building its ideal credit-decisioning system. Discussion topics include data augmentation, decision-logic agility, score segmentation and the “build versus buy” dilemma.

An evening when stars will align with the Wild Wild West. Giddy up for a unique universe where we witness an unforgettable fusion of cowboy hats and celestial wonders. The event will be held outdoors with some dirt-paved areas. Feel free to embrace Western flair or shine in your best smart casual look.

• Fraud data network 2.0: a new update on a classic tool
  Today’s fraud data networks, aka consortiums, aren’t your father’s negative files. They include unique offline and digital data assets, custom attributes, and ML/AI models. Why now? What’s different? And what value can they provide? Come see how advanced analytics are elevating this well-known approach to fraud prevention and combatting current problems like first-party fraud, auto lending fraud, credit washing and mules.
   
• How to use alternative data to evaluate credit risk
  Hear how you can use alternative data to holistically measure a consumer’s creditworthiness. Explore the vast amount of data that’s available through Experian — from property data to banking insights to consumer-permissioned data — to segment, analyze and underwrite unbanked and new-to-credit consumers.
  
  
• Innovation in portfolio securitization: Experian Loan Exchange
  Introducing Experian Loan Exchange, a platform that connects portfolio sellers with institutional investors. With unparalleled insights into the loans and consumers behind them, this secure, trusted platform allows greater visibility and confidence — a win for all parties involved and a way to propel your institution to fuel new growth fast.
  
  
• Machine learning for credit risk: best practices for building, fine-tuning, deploying, monitoring and retraining models
  Take a deep dive into the world of ML, specifically tailored for financial services where governance is paramount. Discover a comprehensive range of best practices for building, fine-tuning and deploying robust and effective ML models. Explore critical strategies for monitoring and retraining these models to adapt to evolving risk landscapes.
  
  
• Stay ahead of mortgage lending by understanding the latest trends influencing borrower behaviors
  Join us as we explore recent mortgage trends, including the fascinating ties between home prices, interest rates and mortgage delinquencies, and how the changing consumer demographics impact mortgage applications. Experience firsthand how data and predictive analytics empower lenders to identify qualified applicants, anticipate at-risk loans, fortify portfolios and foster financial stability.
  
  
• Tap into data, analytics and decisioning ecosystem capabilities through your MeridianLink systems
  Experian’s data, analytical and decisioning ecosystem capabilities, such as PowerCurve ^®, Ascend Ops ™, Ascend Intelligence Services™ and more are now available through MeridianLink’s loan origination systems. Learn how you can now easily tap into these capabilities for improved business performance.
  
  
• Unify your consumer and commercial fraud prevention strategies
  Learn how to create a digital strategy around digital and physical identity as part of your digital transformation and customer experience. The strategy aims to not only combat Identity information theft to protect consumers, but also protect companies by routing out fraudsters who hide behind a VPN, use compromised devices or perform a massive bot attack.  

• A collections strategy greater than the sum of its parts
  Data, advanced analytics and machine learning are transforming all aspects of collections during a time when consumer debt pressure is building. In this enlightening session, learn to harness the power of data-driven insights, predictive modeling, enhanced segmentation and optimized decisions to ensure you have the strongest contact data and best collections strategy to reduce delinquencies and boost recovery rates.
  
  
• Auto finance insights: trends translating into Experian Automotive innovations
  Join us to hear the latest updates in the ever-evolving automotive landscape that will focus on auto finance insights, economic updates and industry trends. We’ll also share Experian Automotive’s product roadmap, unveiling our newest product innovation and features.
  
  
• Consumer initiated soft inquiries
  With the rise of soft inquiries, it’s important to be in the know about what this data can tell you. Hear more on what soft inquiries can predict and how to use this intel within your business strategies.
  
  
• From credit reporting to artificial intelligence: the future of data regulation at both the federal and state levels
  Whether it’s regulations for the credit reporting ecosystem or concerns around artificial intelligence, policymakers are focused on the use of data. Hear directly from Experian’s public affairs leadership and leading authorities about current and emerging trends at the state and federal levels and how Experian and our partners are preparing and responding.  
  
  
• Is it credit risk or fraud risk? Yes!
  Risk convergence is the phenomenon of outsized risk that occurs when one risk overlaps with another and then even transforms into yet another risk. Learn best practices for identifying different types of first-party fraud (FPD/EPD, Bustout, Synthetic), challenges in confirming and tagging it, and what types of tools are most effective. Hear how a custom modeling engagement has helped one client significantly decrease first-party fraud.
   
• Unleash innovation with AI and advanced analytics for next-gen challenges
  Join us as we engage with visionary data science leaders from Experian’s Innovation Lab, American Express and Barclays as they discuss the latest technological breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, embedded learning and data exploration. In the evolving world of financial services, these experts will share their thoughts in how advanced analytics can not only address today’s challenges but also pave the way for future innovations.
  

• Accelerate deposit growth while safeguarding against fraud
  Discover how banks and credit unions are leveraging data, analytics and marketing to drive DDA growth while balancing customer experience and safeguarding against future fraud losses.
  
  
• Empowering growth and reducing risk with an integrated analytics and decisioning ecosystem 
  Experian has made it easy to leverage our most cutting-edge technology and turn on new services to compete in today’s environment. Hear how you can tap into the capabilities of our integrated platform today and how we can help you chart a roadmap for advancing your business capabilities across the credit lifecycle from analytical insights to automated decisioning.
  
  
• Equitable, trustworthy and unbiased machine learning driven lending practices in today’s evolving financial sector
  Discover essential best practices in using ML lending models to ensure fairness and transparency while mitigating bias and embracing diversity for holistic perspectives. We’ll delve into how to combat bias by embracing diversity for holistic perspectives, starting with thorough data collection, meticulous feature engineering and setting clear model objectives for inclusive credit access. Learn about the power of continuous monitoring and how interpretability techniques foster stakeholder trust.
  
  
• How to monetize personalized financial experiences to help boost engagement and lifetime value
  Economic headwinds and fierce competition in the banking industry have acquisition costs soaring, making it more important than ever to be critical of your organization’s advertising spend. Meanwhile, consumers are trending back toward the convenience of banking bundles, and they expect their financial institutions to help them improve their financial health. These conditions create a unique opportunity to extract value from digital experiences. Learn how Experian is partnering with banks to deliver customers rich credit and financial wellness experiences that encourage long-term loyalty, help increase lifetime value and encourage engagement to create a positive return on investment.
  
  
• Innovations in mortgage — a conversation with Newrez Servicing COO, Joshua Bishop 
  Join Newrez/Shellpoint’s Chief Operating Officer (COO), a leader in the mortgage servicing sector, as he discusses pivotal topics such as effective technology management, navigating external economic uncertainties and successfully maneuvering regulatory complexities. Discover strategies for sustained expansion and firsthand insights into establishing industry benchmarks for success within the mortgage landscape.
  
  
• Integrate AI and unstructured data in banking for fraud prevention 
  Learn how AI can harness unstructured data sources, such as text and images, to detect and prevent fraudulent activities.  We’ll address the potential challenges and risks associated with integrating AI and unstructured data, hear how banks are effectively using this combined approach, and understand how Experian’s Ascend Fraud Sandbox™ is revealing new data insights and possibilities in this space.
  
  
• Unlock the value of cash flow data
  Hear how cash flow data can be used not only across the lending lifecycle, but how it can be used as part of assessing existing portfolio opportunities. You’ll see examples of various use cases and how consumer-permissioned data can be used to further assess risk and help you score more consumers. See how adding this type of data to your models powers predictability.

• Advanced marketing in action
  Targeting the right customer with the right offer is more important than ever. Hear client case studies on how institutions use Experian’s Ascend Marketing™  to enable prospecting practices.
   
• Advance model building and development with Experian
  Get an inside look at our innovation roadmap related to model development. Hear client challenges and ways we’re helping them build, test, manage and deploy attributes and models — supported with product demonstrations, case studies and interactive discussions.
  
  
• Driving innovation in commercial credit and lending
  Get an inside look at how Experian clients are creating commercial credit and lending experiences that drive efficiency, automation and scale. Hear client challenges and ways we help power businesses — supported with product demonstrations, case studies and interactive discussions.  
  
  
• Expanding insights — how Experian is innovating with new data sources and solutions 
  We’re powering advanced analytics with a roadmap of innovations that will transform customer experiences. Hear about what we’re working on now — supported with product demonstrations, case studies and interactive discussions.  
  
  
• Navigate the new frontier of fraud prevention: insights and innovations
  Arm yourself with the tools to stay one step ahead of the ever-changing battleground of fraud prevention. Hear how advanced data analytics and an AI-driven platform are combined to combat identity theft, first-party fraud and more. Join subject matter experts to explore
  transformative tools and strategies to get the most out of your financial fraud prevention strategy.
  
  
• Optimize collections to lose less and collect more
  Discover best collection practices in using data and optimization to lose less, collect more and minimize your collection costs, all while remaining in good standing with your regulators.
  
  
• Racing ahead: a turbocharged discussion on navigating the twists and turns of automotive finance regulations
  Regulatory trends at the federal and state levels can significantly impact auto lending business practices and reporting requirements. Join this interactive session to walk the track with a leading industry expert as we discuss current automotive finance regulatory developments.  

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