Lending strategy

It’s too early to establish a trend when you’re looking at just a couple of months’ worth of data. Nevertheless, since March there’s been a definite increase in credit union lending. And it’s a much needed increase. At the beginning of the pandemic Carnegie UK and Community Finance Solutions found that the volume of credit…

Covid-19 has made loan affordability assessment much harder. Furthermore, according to the Financial Conduct Authority, 53% of the UK adult population are showing signs of financial vulnerability. NestEgg’s FREE training session will help loans officers strike the right balance between affordability and vulnerability. During this one-hour course, we’ll look at how credit and open banking…

A Decision Engine for responsible lenders is only as good as its rules. If rules for deciding whether loans should be accepted, declined or referred don’t align with loans officer thinking, buy-in for automation may be limited. If lending strategies don’t align to lending policies, credit governance will be weak. We’ve been reviewing automated decisioning…

Loans staff are increasingly away from work due to Covid-19. Because of this, NestEgg has focussed on reducing workload when processing loans. Enhancements improve member service. NestEgg is Software as a Service and as such our Decision Engine is enhanced over time. And without upgrade fees. Core systems integration Importantly, NestEgg provides an API for…

Growing the loan book in 2021 will continue to be a challenge. Job insecurity and economic uncertainty means it’s harder to make lending decisions. Borrowers’ circumstances change so quickly due to Covid-19. And then there’s rising bad debt. 100,000 new borrowers NestEgg will provide responsible lenders with 100,000 loan applications from new borrowers. NestEgg software…

Ahead of FREE webinar on 3 December, we’ve taken an initial look at Covid-19 changes to credit score and missed payments. 30% of 500 credit union members surveyed told us their financial situation had worsened since Covid-19. Step Change found 28% of adults experienced a negative change in circumstances. Similarly, the Resolution Foundation discovered that…