In 2015, a TransUnion study of lenders in the FinTech industry found that loan stacking represented $39 million of $497 million in charge-offs. At the same time, the number of borrowers engaged in loan stacking doubled between 2013 and 2015. …
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Over the last half decade, rates of account takeover have multiplied significantly. According to a pymnts.com report, account takeovers jumped 300% in 2017, and have been rising ever since. The trend was particularly pronounced in the lending space. Lenders lost $4 billion…
Many online lenders ask borrowers to upload bank statements, pay stubs, tax forms, and other financials to assess creditworthiness. While the broad majority of borrowers who submit financials are legitimate applicants, some do submit documents that are altered or…
Identity fraud is a pervasive and rapidly growing form of online lending fraud. Lenders lost over $6 billion from synthetic identity fraud alone in 2016. As data breaches of personal information continue to rise, the problem is only expected to grow. In 2018,…
The below blog post first appeared on LendIt.com. According to a study by Experian, 63% of businesses experienced the same or more fraud losses in 2018, with a plurality of 33% experiencing higher losses. In online lending, the trend was particularly…