Client Background
Client is one of India’s premier House Finance Company providing low ticket home loans to the priority sector in India. Priority sector is classified as a relatively unbanked segment with a non steady income stream. Through its operations, the client wants to impact millions at the bottom of the pyramid.
Technology plays a very critical role in accessing and managing risk of lending to the priority segment.
Business Objective
Client has in place extensive lending risk evaluation algorithms that have evolved through its many years of operations. These algorithms have extensive rules for various geographies, income segments to access default events in near future and have held really well. One of the risk metrics for any loan is 3 consecutive payment defaults within the first year of disbursement. Portfolio default rate stood at 6 % translating into Non Performing Assets to tune of 3 M USD.
It was desired to improve detection of risky applicants at the time of loan origination process using Machine Learning.
Solution- AI Based Risk Management
Our team developed a Risk detection platform powered by Machine Learning algorithms for detecting 3 consecutive payment defaults within the first year of disbursement. Platform generates a default score between 0-100 where higher the score, higher the chances of 3 consecutive defaults in first year.
Key features of platform:
- Robust Machine Learning Algorithms built on three years of historical loan portfolio data and tested for different population segments.
- Ingests approx 200 structured and 30 plus unstructured consumer application data points.
- Machine Learning algorithms monitored periodically for any new risk patterns.
Outcome
- Decrease in portfolio default rate from 6% to 2% over a period of 18 months.
- Loan disbursements increased by 10 % to 55M USD.
