Any session at a non-process conference with the word “process” in the title gets my attention, and I’m here to see Max Humber of Borrowell discuss how data-driven deviations allow you to make changes while maintaining the integrity of legacy enterprise processes. Borrowell is a fintech company focused on lending applications: free credit score monitoring, and low-interest personal loans for debt consolidation or reducing credit card debt. They partner with existing financial institutions such as Equifax and CIBC to provide the underlying credit monitoring and lending capabilities, with Borrowell providing a technology layer that’s more than just a pretty face: they use a lot of information sources to create very accurate risk models for automated loan adjudication. As Borrowell’s deep learning platforms learn more about individual and aggregate customer behaviour, their risk models and adjudication platform becomes more accurate, reducing the risk of loan defaults while fine-tuning loan rates to optimize the risk/reward curve.
Great application of AI/ML technology to financial services, which sorely need some automated intelligence applied to many of their legacy processes.