THE SCORE landed an interview with one of the most prolific speakers that mortgage industry has! Hear from Faith Swartz, President of Housing Finance Strategies and founder of the #housingDC22 conference.

Faith spoke to THE SCORE podcast about whether a downturn in the economy could impact the important spotlight that currently shines on housing equality.

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ARE WE HEADED FOR ANOTHER MORTGAGE DEFAULT CRISIS?  For the most part consumer credit is healthy, but will a Recession hit the mortgage industry harder?

Here from Rick Sharga, Executive Vice President Market Intelligence at ATTOM as he breaks down the latest in mortgage foreclosure trends.

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Hear from Steve Ely, CEO of eCredible about how their services help consumers AND small business owners tap into their cell phone and other utility payments to help get access to loans.

Steve spoke to THE SCORE podcast about how using permissioned data that isn’t normally reported to the credit bureaus is likely to be part of loan underwriting in the future.

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You might be surprised to learn that among all the fintechs out there solving for so many unique problems that it’s a student loan provider that American Banker named best fintech to work for. 

According to the Education Data Initiative, the average public university student borrows about $30,000 to obtain a bachelor’s degree. Meanwhile, those who attend private universities borrow around $44,000 on average. Debt loads are also disproportionately impacting minority students.

MPOWER is aiming to reshuffle the deck and help students, particularly those from outside of the United States, choose the right loans and educational experiences. Oh, and American Banker just ranked them the top fintech in the U.S. to work for!

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It’s a question we get all the time: Why do I have so many different credit scores and which one do lenders use?

We posed this question and more to Liz Weston, award-winning personal finance columnist at Nerdwallet, speaker, commentator and author of “Your Credit Score,” which is in its fifth edition!

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For tens of millions of consumers, the monthly rent is the largest monthly debt obligation, but (1) you don’t get rewards for paying it like you do for credit cards, and (2) it doesn’t help your credit score.

Bilt is changing all that. Dan Seder, chief operating officer of Bilt Rewards spoke to THE SCORE about his start-up.

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Hear from John Sun, CEO & Founder of Spring Labs, which creates and oversees anonymous, decentralized data networks that vastly increase the amount, quality, and security of information available to market participants.

John spoke to THE SCORE podcast about how loan transactions are occurring in the crypto market and on the blockchain…and that “know your customer” rules and credit scores will be an important factor in the future.

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Over 63 million Americans are unbanked or underbanked. With fees and interest rates, it's expensive to be one of these consumers. MoCaFi, a popular fintech company, is on a mission to bridge the wealth gap with their innovative solutions and products. Today we meet with their Founder and CEO  Wole Coaxum to understand the lay of the land and what they are up to.

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How are the credit reporting bureaus integrating BNPL financial data and using it? Find out in this episode with Liz Pagel, Senior Vice President, Consumer Lending Business Leader at TransUnion

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Millions of people have been financially impacted by COVID-19 around the world. How has the pandemic impacted the way American consumers are managing their debts? Find out in this episode with Emre Sahingur, SVP for Predictive Analytics, Research and Product Management at VantageScore Solutions.

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