Lending strategy

Anonymised data helps us better understand the risk profile of credit union borrowers. Information on topics such as County Court Judgments (CCJs) benefits credit unions because they can benchmark applications, understanding decisions against country-wide trends. The data set on CCJs is relatively small and so this information should be viewed as an indicator of trends…

Money comes in. Money goes out. Calculating disposable income is hard given our tendency to spend what we earn. The Office of National Statistics has found 3 in 10 households break even at best. In many of these cases there’s a budget deficit. Citizens Advice report that 5m British adults have less than £10 left…

We’re nice people in the credit union movement. We often ‘err’ on the side of accepting loans, especially where borrowing will really help members out of a tricky situation. This can knock our risk appetite out of line with expectations. In such circumstances bad debt costs run over budget. Members may want (and intend) to…

Open Banking for credit unions provides an opportunity to educate members and improve credit decisions. Because Open Banking lets lenders view applicants’ bank transactions there’s no need for paper bank statements. But with data scandals an ever-present threat, this information should be used securely and fairly. NestEgg believes in fair use of data. This means:…

Nearly 20 years ago, a book was published which was to change marketing forever. Before that, marketing* was about interrupting people with messages they didn’t ask for and didn’t want. “Interruption Marketing was easy. Build a few ads, run them everywhere. Interruption Marketing was scalable. If you need more sales, buy more ads. Interruption Marketing…