The development of credit card application should be in proportion with the expectation of terrible credit hazard on the grounds that it doesn't utilize security collateral as guarantee. The use of credit scoring can be utilized to help the credit hazard assay in deciding the customer's eligibility. Data mining has been demonstrated as a significant tool for credit scoring. The objective of thi...

This paper presents novel evidence on the role of credit scores in the dynamics of committed relationships. We document substantial positive assortative matching with respect to credit scores, even when controlling for other socioeconomic and demographic characteristics. As a result, individual-level differences in access to credit are largely preserved at the household level. Moreover, we find...

a r t i c l e i n f o JEL classification: D42 F21 F22 O17 Keywords: Informal credit Formal credit Moneylender Foreign capital Emigration General equilibrium This paper makes an attempt to provide a theory of determination of interest rate in the informal credit market in a less developed economy in terms of a three-sector static deterministic general equilibrium model. There are two informal se...

Credit scoring model have been developed by banks and researchers to improve the process of assessing credit worthiness during the credit evaluation process. The objective of credit scoring models is to assign credit risk to either a ‘‘good risk’’ group that is likely to repay financial obligation or a ‘‘bad risk’’ group who has high possibility of defaulting on the financial obligation. Constr...

Data mining has been increasing as one of the chief key features of many security initiatives. Often, used as a means for detection of fraud, assessing risk as well. Data mining involves the use of data analysis tools to discover unknown, valid patterns as well as relationships in large data sets. Decades have seen a massive growth in the use of credit cards as a transactional medium. Data mini...

With the ageing of the population, and increasing demand for individuals to be financially literate and self-sufficient, older Australians may find themselves at greater risk of fraud. Although the proportion of the elderly experiencing fraud is lower than for those aged less than 65 years, this is the crime they are most likely to experience and the effects can be devastating as the elderly ar...

This Article explores the relationship between consumer credit markets and bankruptcy policy. In general, I argue that the causative relationships running between borrowing and bankruptcy compel a new strategy for policing the conduct of lenders and borrowers in modern consumer credit markets. The strategy must be sensitive to the role of the credit card in lending markets and must recognize th...

The security of wireless LANs has been a source of concern for businesses and individuals who are aware of its advantages due to its flexibility. With the increase in the use of wireless LANs for enterprises and homes, where information assets are shared continually, security is of the essence. With the increase in ecommerce and eservices, there is the risk of identity and credit card theft. Th...

Other papers presented at this conference have documented the substantial recent decline in real estate prices and the impact of this decline on financial institutions. This paper will take the decline in bank capital as a result of exposure to real estate as given, and address how banks have responded to their deteriorated financial condition. The paper will show that real estate losses, combi...