TransUnion Africa and MTN create new credit score using mobile call records
The alternative data scoring model uses call data records, which reflect patterns in network usage behaviour, and correlates it with a person’s financial behaviour
In an effort to include and capture more people in SA’s lucrative lending market, credit information provider TransUnion has partnered with MTN to create a new type of credit score that uses mobile call records to make lending decisions...
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