Traditional credit underwriting calculus fails to accurately predict loan repayment behavior
Monish Anand · EP 617: DataSigns Raises $5.4M, Gives Loans To Indian Credit Borrowers At 1/2 The Rate Money Sharks Do With CEO Monish Anand · Apr 2, 2017 · at 3:33
Monish Anand, CEO of Indian FinTech startup DataSigns Technologies, discusses the limitations of traditional credit bureaus when assessing borrower creditworthiness.
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“Well, what we really believe is that the calculus, which is often used to determine credit worthiness is not good enough to predict whether a person will pay back a loan.”
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