Banking, when it began in 13th century Italy, was personalised service. After the Industrial Revolution, when demand surged, that service became standardised and became available to the masses. The next big disruption in banking came when information technology emerged. Processes became more efficient, and profit margins fattened. Again, however, the change was inside-out, meant to […]
Five Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Digital Lending in India
Financial transactions have become more digitised than ever, including the entire lending process – starting from the initial loan application to the final disbursement and even stages after that. But what is the most radical change is the integration of AI-based solutions in the process. As a result, AI has not only made lending more […]
Here’s Why You Need to Automate Commercial Underwriting
With the advent of the Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), chatbots, among others, you can say automation is everywhere. For example, underwriting used to be a time-consuming and lengthy process for customers who relied on traditional banking and other offline sources for loans. However, with digital platforms now making lending available, underwriting has […]
What is Big Data and How Can Modern Banks Leverage It?
Big data is transforming the world, and its immense advantages have left no industry untouched. For example, big data analytics has been at the core of online banking’s revolution, becoming an integral part of the biggest banks worldwide. The digital world is generating massive volumes of data. According to a study by IBM, more than […]
Bank Statement Analysis Simplified with Added Categories for Inflow and Outflow
Manually assessing data from the Bank Statement PDFs is a strenuous and time-consuming process. Automated Bank Statement Analysis tools on Precisa allow its users to extract the data and categorise them and facilitate more detailed segregation from the bank statements. Why Do We Need a Category View? Different public and private banks have various formats […]
How Bank Statement Analysers Are Aiding in the Search for Lower-Risk Customers
Global loan defaults have increased at a faster rate than they were before the pandemic. Direct consumers and small businesses are still struggling to pay back loans, which is unlikely to improve very soon. While retail lending accounts for 22% of total bank lending and 3.7% of total NPAs, personal loans, home loans, and vehicle […]
Top 5 Fintech Trends Transforming the Digital Lending Landscape
In the post-pandemic world, the Fintech business, like any other, is experiencing changes and facing its own set of unique challenges. FinTech adoption doubled every two years, increasing from 16 per cent in 2015 to 64 per cent in 2019 (Fincom Alliance). The increasing need for digital transformation in companies of all sizes led to […]
Can Account Aggregators (AAs) Usher in a New Age Customer-First Lending
As per expert estimates, at least 2.5 quintillion bytes (that’s an astonishing 2.5 followed by 18 zeros) of data are generated in the world over every, single, day! And a study in 2018 revealed that about 90% of that data had been created in the previous two years alone. It was also predicted that the […]
How Banks Can Build Customer Trust Post-COVID
The 2020 pandemic sabotaged the customer relations and trust banks had built over the years. According to a new Accenture analysis, during the COVID-19 pandemic, replacing in-person branch contacts with impersonal digital transactions via online and mobile channels has accelerated the ongoing decline of consumer trust in banks. Hence, banks need to focus on winning […]
8 Digital Lending Use Cases in India
Digital lending in India is undergoing intense activity given the massive opportunity the sector presents. According to BCG estimates, total digital retail loans could cross the $1 trillion mark in the country by 2023. With that as the backdrop, let’s look at the use cases that drive this juggernaut. Digital Lending Models Available in India […]