An increase in credit union lending?

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…

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Affordable or vulnerable? FREE loan affordability assessment training

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…

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More referrals for community finance

Over the next two years NestEgg will deliver 10,000s more referrals for community finance. We’ve just completed another dozen in-depth interviews with credit union members. As a result we’re better able to understand their money goals and the impact Covid-19 is having on their finances. These recent interviews provided a contrast with a similar exercise…

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An upgraded decision engine for responsible lenders

decision engine for responsible lenders

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…

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Reducing workload when processing loans

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…

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Growing the loan book in 2021

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…

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