Lending strategy

In September NestEgg processed one loan application every 10 minutes. This anonymised data set provides new insights into Covid-19’s impact on lower income borrowers. The pandemic is hitting around 1/3 of credit union members badly. But this isn’t yet showing in the credit data – there’s a lag that lenders need to be aware of.…

There are good missed payments. That might sound counter-intuitive. No one wants to see missed payments on a credit file. But a more careful look at the data can reveal an applicant getting back on track. There are missed payments but things are improving. An accept. Not a decline. For what many lenders consider to…

Credit unions save low income borrowers, in Great Britain, £120m in excess interest every year. NestEgg users generate a ‘social dividend’ of £200 saved interest, each working hour. However, 40% of loans are declined. As a result, every year 100,000 vulnerable applicants are turned away by affordable credit providers. Research into declined pay day loan…

On 10 June our webinar looked at lending trends since lockdown. We wanted to find out how Coronavirus affects the financial health of credit union borrowers. Responsible lenders can adjust their lending to this new reality. At the end of the webinar, and this article, we share two risk-based personas. These are example types of…

In mid-April NestEgg was one of the presenters at the Finance Innovation Lab Covid19 event. We shared research on credit union loan applications since lockdown and explored how NestEgg is planning to measure the impact of, and recovery from, Covid19. To do this we’ll be using the new Financial Health Indicators, built partly with funding from…

Covid-19 will increase bad debt. Covid-19 means falling credit scores. Spending 1/5 of monthly income on credit is already tight. But losing 20% of a salary (assuming employers pass this cut on), means debts will be harder to repay. And the self-employed are faring worse. Currently they can only claim £94 per week. Support schemes…