Lending Technology Think Tank 2.1 Review

7th April 2022

Credit Connect’s hosted its third Online Lending Technology Think Tank last week which saw lending strategies and the future of the sector discussed by ten leading professionals from a variety of lending sectors.

The event was attended by over a hundred lending professionals from banks, credit card providers building societies, loan providers, credit unions and fintechs were amongst the viewers across the four sessions.

The themes of credit risk, affordability new technology and lending strategies were discussed by panellists and Chair Chris Warburton from ROStrategy The insights from the event were recorded and now can be viewed by clicking on this link.

Event Chair, Chris Warburton from ROStrategy said “It was of course delight to be able to host the Online Lending Technology Think Tank.  It was a lively discussion with some interesting ideas, from the shifting data and credit risk landscape post-pandemic, new ways and models to assess affordability and some of the risks associated with the new lending environment… certainly all very thought-provoking with some fresh ideas.”

Colin White Founding Director at Credit Connect said “It was great to see such a great mix of lending professionals take part in the industry panel discussions supported by the viewer interactions responding to the survey polls and asking questions during the lending focused event.”

“We have had some great feedback from the attendees and am looking to continue some of these conversations at the next virtual Lending Technology Think Tank in September and at the face to face Credit & Collections Technology Think Tank in Manchester on 17th November.”

If you are interested in speaking or becoming a sponsor for the next event then call 01622 535075 or email events@credit-connect.co.uk for more information. More online events will be confirmed soon.

The event was sponsored by Alvaria and Webio.


Selected Event Poll Results
Where is your organisation in terms of Open Banking adoption?

  • Investigating 20%
  • Developing 15%
  • Implemented 45%
  • Not currently considering 20%

What information do you think lenders need to enable better risk-based decisions?

  • Real-time information 83%
  • Lender specified data 8%
  • Data gleamed from face to face or audio contact. 9%
  • All of the above 0%

Are you satisfied with the current compliance software that your contact centre utilises?

  • Totally satisfied 10%
  • Mostly happy with current solution 20%
  • The solution could use improvement 70%
  • Looking for alternatives/do not have compliance software 0%

* ALL EVENT DATA AND POLL RESULTS ARE COPYRIGHTED TO CREDIT CONNECT MEDIA AND SHOULD NOT BE USED OR SHARED WITHOUT OUR PERMISSION

Lending Technology - Think-tank