10 episodes
Global Credit Score Panel Global Credit Score Panel
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The nature and uses of credit scores locally and globally can have adverse effects on credit consumers by serving as barriers to entry and barriers to mobility in financial systems. Our plan is to create a podcast series that will explore credit scores and their impacts around the world, with a focus on finding more equitable solutions.
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Credit Scoring in the Age of Big Data: Panel Discussion with Dr. Cristian Bravo and Dr. Josh Lauer
Join credit scoring experts Dr. Cristian Bravo and Dr. Josh Lauer in a talk on the impact of credit scoring and big data on social inequality. This is a student effort from the Franke Global Leadership Initiative supported by the Mansfield Center.
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The History of Credit Scoring: Interview with Dr. Josh Lauer
Dr. Josh Lauer is an associate professor of media studies at the University of New Hampshire and current Kluge Fellow in Digital Studies at the Library of Congress. He is the author of Creditworthy: A History of Consumer Surveillance and Financial Identity in America (2017) and co-editor of Surveillance Capitalism in America (2021). In this interview, we discuss the history of credit scoring and discrimination that has resulted from the use of credit scores.
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Data Aggregation for Credit Scoring: Interview with Raúl Carrillo
Raúl Carrillo is the Deputy Director of the LPE Project and an Associate Research Scholar at Yale Law School. His research critically analyzes the laws of money, banking, and finance, by approaching money as a technology of governance. In this interview, we discuss the complications of data aggregation for credit scoring, and how it can be used fairly.
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Credit Scores and Financial Advising: Interview with Debra Casper
Debra Casper is a Financial Counselor with Clearwater Credit Union in Missoula, Montana. In this interview, we discuss how Debra advises her clients to manage their finances and maintain a good credit score.
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How Credit Scores are Calculated: Interview with Carolyn Kurr
Carolyn Kurr is a Chief Financial Officer, and in this interview we discuss how credit scores are calculated in the United States.
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Ethics of Credit Scoring with Mobile Phone Data: Interview with Dr. Cristián Bravo Roman
Dr. Cristián Bravo Roman is an Associate Professor in Statistical and Actuarial Sciences at Western University in Ontario, Canada. He is also a co-author of the paper "The Value of Big Data for Credit Scoring: Enhancing Financial Inclusion using Mobile Phone Data and Social Network Analytics". In this interview, we discuss how mobile phone calling patterns can be used to predict borrowing behavior and the ethical implications of these findings
Read the paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2002.09931