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With the summer travel season upon us, a new wave of concerns is hitting consumer wallets. We look at how supply chain shortages, inflation, global conflict, end of COVID relief packages, and potential forthcoming recession will impact consumer credit usage and access – with a special focus on how consumer-permissioned data can make credit more accessible. Join us for the latest insights from David Fieldhouse at Moody‘s Analytics and Jeff Hollander at Envestnet | Yodlee.

Show Notes:
As consumers feel the squeeze from inflation on their wallet, is the time ripe for leveraging consumer-permissioned data to unlock credit for certain populations? Jeff Hollander at Envestnet | Yodlee discusses the benefits of this aggregated data, while David Fieldhouse at Moody‘s Analytics discusses the latest overall economic and credit trends.
Jump ahead to these topics:
1:40 – Latest economic insights & consumer credit trends from Moody‘s Analytics
6:06 – Certain populations and score bands experiencing higher rates of delinquencies
8:12 – How will the student loan population be affected when deferments end?
9:50 – What is Envestnet | Yodlee? And how can it help open access to credit?
12:05 – Has pandemic accelerated use of consumer-permissioned data?
13:50 – How do we get more consumers to opt-in to this data?
15:30 – Envestnet | Yodlee: What is the future of consumer-permissioned data?
16:50 – Moody‘s Analytics position on consumer-permissioned data
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