Credit scores misclassify borrowers, especially minorities, leading to inequitable access.
problem Misclassification of borrowers by credit scores, particularly minorities.
method Benchmarked a widely used credit score against a machine learning model.
result Machine learning model improves predictive accuracy for low-quality data, leading to more equitable access.
BSAC improves credit scoring models by leveraging autoencoders and addressing imbalanced datasets.
problem Imbalanced and heterogeneous credit scoring datasets.
method Bagging Supervised Autoencoder Classifier (BSAC) that uses autoencoders and undersampling.
result BSAC improves classification of loan applicants, demonstrating robustness and effectiveness.
Paper tackles transparency and auditability of machine learning in credit scoring.
problem Missed potential in using modern machine learning for credit scoring due to lack of transparency.
method Develops a framework for making black box machine learning models transparent, auditable, and explainable.
result Comparable interpretability can be achieved with machine learning while maintaining predictive power.
Study examines fairness in machine learning for credit scoring.
problem Bias in machine learning models for credit scoring.
method Comprehensive experimental study of fairness-aware machine learning models.
result Fairness-aware models improve fairness while maintaining accuracy.
The paper explores fairness in credit scoring using machine learning.
problem The lack of research on fair machine learning in credit scoring.
method Revisits statistical fairness criteria, catalogs algorithmic options, and empirically compares fairness processors.
result Multiple fairness criteria can be approximately satisfied at once, and fair processors deliver a good balance between profit and fairness.
New machine learning models improve credit scoring in banks.
problem Improving credit scoring models in heavily regulated financial institutions.
method Gradient Boosting Machines (XGBoost) and Shapley Values.
result Improved performance and default capture rate compared to current models.
Paper introduces OCRR Score for quantifying DeFi wallet credit risk.
problem Inability to assess credit risk in decentralized finance.
method Probabilistic measure based on historical and predictive on-chain activity.
result Dynamic adjustment of LTV and LT based on wallet risk profile.
Paper uses RL for better credit scoring and underwriting.
problem Traditional underwriting methods are ungeneralizable in complex scenarios.
method Adapts RL principles for credit scoring, incorporating action space renewal and multi-choice actions.
result RL-based algorithms outperform traditional methods in aligned data scenarios.
A new credit scoring method using Gaussian Mixture Models.
problem Differentiating good from bad borrowers in credit scoring.
method Gaussian Mixture Models for consumer classification.
result The model performs comparably to others and avoids overfitting.
A new algorithm improves credit scoring accuracy for imbalanced data.
problem Poor classification of minority class in credit scoring data sets.
method Weighted-Hybrid-Sampling-Boost (WHSBoost) algorithm with balanced data sampling.
result WHSBoost outperforms other methods in credit scoring accuracy.
Proposes a credit scoring system for Aave accounts.
problem Scoring the creditworthiness of DeFi accounts.
method Tree-based binary classifier for predicting delinquency.
result Validated the credit scoring system for Aave accounts.
Improved credit scoring model with explainability.
problem Making financial decisions based on loan applications.
method Extreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost) model with 360-degree explanation framework.
result Model achieves state-of-the-art performance and provides understandable explanations.
Credit scoring models support loan approval decisions in the financial services industry. Lenders train these models on data from previously granted credit applications, where the borrowers' repayment behavior has been observed. This approach creates sample bias. The scoring model (i.e., classifier) is trained on accep…
AI improves MSME credit scoring using bank statement data.
problem Lack of access to financing for MSMEs due to traditional credit scoring methods.
method Developed a cash flow-based pipeline using bank statement data for machine learning credit scoring.
result Bank statement features significantly improve credit scoring models, achieving AUROC of 0.806.
The paper introduces ESE scores for farmers to assess climate change risks.
problem Assessing climate change risks in individual farmers' credit evaluations.
method Integrating ESG variables into joint liability models and using a mean-variance utility function.
result Optimal group sizes and individual-ESE score relationships under various climatic conditions.
This paper proposes a two-stage scoring approach to help lenders decide their fund allocations in the peer-to-peer (P2P) lending market. The existing scoring approaches focus on only either probability of default (PD) prediction, known as credit scoring, or profitability prediction, known as profit scoring, to identify…
Credit scoring models based on accepted applications may be biased and their consequences can have a statistical and economic impact. Reject inference is the process of attempting to infer the creditworthiness status of the rejected applications. In this research, we use deep generative models to develop two new semi-s…
A new activation function improves credit scoring accuracy for imbalanced datasets.
problem Imbalanced datasets in credit scoring lead to underestimation of misclassification costs.
method Introduces ASIG, an asymmetric adjusted Sigmoid function.
result ASIG-embedded classifier outperforms traditional classifiers across various imbalance ratios.
Credit Scores are ubiquitous and instrumental for loan providers and regulators. In this paper we showcase how micro-loan credit system can be developed in real setting. We show what challenges arise and discuss solutions. Particularly, we are concerned about model interpretability and data quality. In the final sectio…
Synthetic data improves credit scoring models' performance without compromising borrower privacy.
problem Scarcity of real data for credit scoring models due to privacy concerns.
method Privacy-preserving training with synthetic data.
result Credit scoring models trained with synthetic data show a reduction of 3% in AUC and 6% in KS compared to real data models.
A new framework integrates credit scoring into profit scoring for better P2P lending investments.
problem Maximizing profit while minimizing risk in P2P lending investments.
method Two-stage framework using Light Gradient Boosting Machine (lightGBM) to integrate credit scoring into profit scoring.
result The proposed framework identifies more profitable loans and provides better investment guidance.
GBM outperforms DL in credit scoring tasks, but performance depends on dataset.
problem Benchmarking deep learning vs. gradient boosting for credit scoring.
method Used three datasets with different features to compare DL and GBM.
result GBM is more powerful and faster than DL for credit scoring.
Credit scoring is without a doubt one of the oldest applications of analytics. In recent years, a multitude of sophisticated classification techniques have been developed to improve the statistical performance of credit scoring models. Instead of focusing on the techniques themselves, this paper leverages alternative d…
EWS-GCN improves credit scoring by analyzing money transfer connections.
problem Improving credit scoring in transactional banking data.
method Edge Weight-Shared Graph Convolutional Network (EWS-GCN) combining graph and recurrent neural networks.
result EWS-GCN outperforms state-of-the-art models in credit scoring.
The study tests and optimizes fairness in credit scoring models.
problem Discrimination in credit scoring models based on protected attributes.
method Formal testing and variable identification to optimize fairness and performance.
result Guidance on monitoring and improving algorithmic fairness in credit scoring.
This paper improves credit scoring models using a novel dataset distillation technique.
problem Limited scalability of pretrained models for tabular credit scoring datasets.
method Integrates class imbalance-aware dataset distillation with pretrained models.
result Improved AUC by 2.5% in financial datasets.
Urban traffic systems worldwide are suffering from severe traffic safety problems. Traffic safety is affected by many complex factors, and heavily related to all drivers' behaviors involved in traffic system. Drivers with aggressive driving behaviors increase the risk of traffic accidents. In order to manage the safety…
A new method combines federated learning and logistic regression for better credit scoring.
problem Improving credit scoring models while protecting data privacy.
method Projected gradient-based vertical federated learning (FL-LRBC) for logistic regression.
result Significant improvement in AUC and KS statistics due to data enrichment.
Paper compares ML methods for credit scoring, highlighting feature selection and scaling impacts.
problem Determining default risk in credit scoring models.
method Eight ML methods (SVM, Naive Bayes, DT, RF, XGBoost, KNN, MLP, LR) with feature selection and scaling.
result Feature selection and scaling improve model performance in credit scoring.
CCI combines Bayesian and gradient boosting to create fair, reliable credit risk scores.
problem Tackles high-stakes lending decisions with changing data distributions and fairness constraints.
method Combines Bayesian neural risk scorer and fairness-constrained gradient boosting with shift-aware fusion.
result CCI achieves best trade-off between discrimination, calibration, stability, and fairness.
The paper compares ML models for credit scoring and investment decisions using explainable AI.
problem The opacity of machine learning models in financial services.
method Comparison of various machine learning models (single classifiers, ensembles, neural networks) and explainability techniques (LIME, SHAP).
result Ensemble classifiers and neural networks outperform in credit scoring models.
The study develops a machine learning system for credit scoring and default prediction.
problem Developing a robust credit rating and default prediction system.
method Combines NLP, AE, GBM, DE, and SHAP/LIME for model interpretability.
result Obtained excellent out-of-sample performance in credit rating and default prediction.
Credit estimation and bankruptcy prediction methods have been utilizing Altman's z score method for the last several years. It is reported in many studies that z score is sensitive to changes in accounting figures. Researches have proposed different variations to conventional z score that can improve the predicti…
XPER methodology decomposes credit scoring model performance.
problem Monitoring and understanding the key drivers of credit scoring model performance.
method XPER methodology based on Shapley values, decomposing performance metrics into feature contributions.
result A small number of features explain a large part of model performance.
We present a new approach to understanding credit relationships between commercial banks and quoted firms, and with this approach, examine the temporal change in the structure of the Japanese credit network from 1980 to 2005. At each year, the credit network is regarded as a weighted bipartite graph where edges corresp…
Paper compares AI models for credit scoring and explains them.
problem Lack of interpretability in advanced AI models hinders credit risk management.
method Comparison of logistic regression, AI algorithms, and techniques to interpret AI models.
result Advanced tree-based models provide the best prediction of client default.
Monotonic neural additive models simplify machine learning for credit scoring.
problem Complex machine learning methods make models less transparent and fair.
method Introducing monotonic neural additive models that simplify neural networks while maintaining regulatory compliance.
result Monotonic neural additive models achieve similar accuracy to complex neural networks but are more transparent and fair.
The paper is aware of the importance of certain figures that are essential to an understanding of Credit Scoring models in credit acceptance process optimization, namely if the power of discrimination measured by Gini value is increased by 5% then the profit of the process can be increased monthly by about 1 500 kPLN (…
The article compares neural networks and logistic regression for credit scoring and introduces a new probability calibration technique.
problem Improving credit scoring accuracy using machine learning techniques.
method Comparison of logistic regression and neural networks, feature importance assessment, temporal feature inclusion, and SURE probability calibration.
result Neural networks can slightly improve credit scoring performance, and SURE calibration technique enhances probability calibration.
Identifying customer segments in retail banking portfolios with different risk profiles can improve the accuracy of credit scoring. The Variational Autoencoder (VAE) has shown promising results in different research domains, and it has been documented the powerful information embedded in the latent space of the VAE. We…
Credit scoring plays a vital role in the field of consumer finance. Survival analysis provides an advanced solution to the credit-scoring problem by quantifying the probability of survival time. In order to deal with highly heterogeneous industrial data collected in Chinese market of consumer finance, we propose a nonp…
The paper introduces new processors for fair credit scoring.
problem Fairness in credit scoring with multiple sensitive variables.
method Logical processors (LP) and Multistage processors (MP).
result Logical processors are effective for handling multiple sensitive variables.
Meta-learning framework for credit risk assessment of SMEs, aligning financial statement dates with evaluation dates.
problem Temporal misalignment of credit scoring models leading to bias and inconsistent predictions.
method Two-step temporal decomposition: static model for annual PDs, dynamic model for monthly PDs; stacking architecture to aggregate multiple models.
result Framework effectively captures credit risk evolution over time, improving temporal consistency and predictive stability.
This paper uses graph neural networks to predict SME default risk using transaction and ownership networks.
problem Predicting credit risk for SMEs facing limited financial histories and collateral constraints.
method Graph Neural Networks applied to multilayer network data of SME transactions and ownership.
result Combining network data with traditional data improves credit scoring and models contagion risk.
RMT-Net tackles biased credit scoring data by learning from both default/non-default and rejection/approval tasks.
problem Missing-not-at-random selection bias in financial credit scoring data.
method Reject-aware Multi-Task Network (RMT-Net) that leverages the correlation between default/non-default and rejection/approval tasks.
result RMT-Net improves credit scoring models by learning from both default/non-default and rejection/approval tasks.
The study improves credit evaluation in peer-to-peer lending using machine learning.
problem Traditional credit histories are insufficient for distinguishing good from bad borrowers.
method Used machine learning classification and clustering algorithms to predict creditworthiness.
result Achieved 65% F1 and 73% AUC on LendingClub data, identifying key secondary attributes.
This study compares neural networks, SVM, and decision trees for corporate credit rating predictions.
problem Predicting corporate credit ratings using machine learning methods.
method Applied four machine learning techniques (Bagged Decision Trees, Random Forest, SVM, MLP) to credit rating datasets.
result Decision tree-based models outperformed other techniques in terms of 'Notch Distance' measure.
The study examines how social biases are reinforced in machine learning models used for credit scoring.
problem Reinforcement of societal biases in machine learning algorithms for credit scoring.
method Analysis of machine learning models predicting gender or ethnicity based on loan applications data.
result Machine learning models can reflect and reinforce social biases present in the data.