Fintech Takes x Nova Credit Presents Cash Flow Conversations Episode 2: Experimenting With (and Scaling Up the Use of) Cash Flow Data

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Hello, and welcome back to Cash Flow Conversations, a new podcast miniseries sponsored by Nova Credit.

We’re exploring how cash flow data moves from theory (“this is intriguing”) to practice (“wow, that worked!”) across the consumer lending lifecycle.

It’s risky to try something new; especially when said new thing has the potential to increase credit losses, add friction, or create compliance risk.

So, how can we de-risk big change? And how can we design experiments to surface unknowns while keeping credit, compliance, and operational risk in check?

That’s the focus of episode 2, built around a real case study: PayPal’s experiment testing whether cash flow data could strengthen underwriting for its pay-in-4 BNPL product.

(Spoiler: it did.)

Joining me to unpack the results are: Anand Bhushan, Global Head of Credit, Pay Later Products at PayPal and Nikki Cross, Senior Director of Data Science Solutions at Nova Credit.

We dig into how PayPal built the business case for cash flow underwriting, what they learned from strong consumer uptake, real-time approvals, and scores that beat bureaus – and how Nova Credit helped de-risk the process and scale the data across the credit lifecycle.

Subscribe now to catch more episodes of Cash Flow Conversations, coming soon!

This miniseries is brought to you by Nova Credit.

Nova Credit is a credit infrastructure and analytics company that enables businesses to grow responsibly by harnessing alternative credit data.

The company is a CRA that leverages its unique data infrastructure, compliance framework, and credit expertise to help lenders fill in the gaps that exist in traditional credit analytics.

Deploy cash flow underwriting confidently with Nova Credit's proven platform. Check them out at www.novacredit.com.

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