Credit in Focus
Episodes
How U.S. Lenders Are Adapting to 2026’s New Risk Reality
30 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
As the economic landscape shifts heading deeper into 2026, lenders are navigating a more complex and uneven risk environment defined by widening finan...
Global Perspectives on Alternative Credit Data
16 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Kevin King, Vice President of U.S. Credit Markets and Neil Allen, Head of Credit Risk Strategy for UKI explore how alternative credit...
Who Pays the Price? Collections, Credit Risk and the SMB Economy in 2026
25 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
As the economy moves deeper into 2026, credit and collections decisions are carrying greater consequences—especially for small businesses. In this e...
Defining Alternative Data: Building a Common Language for Credit Risk Management
04 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we explore what “alternative data” means and why defining it matters for credit risk management around the world. Moderated by St...
Student Loans are Back. Is your Credit Strategy Ready?
12 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As student loan repayments resume after a four-year pause, millions of Americans are feeling the financial strain and so are businesses. In this episo...
Unlocking Opportunity: Financial Inclusion for the New to Credit
22 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Zach Tondre (US) and Neil Allen (UK) dive into the global challenge of financial inclusion, especially for consumers who are new to c...
Untangling Early-Stage Defaults and First-Party Fraud
08 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Kevin King, VP of US Credit Risk & Marketing Strategy, and Kim White, Senior Director of North America Fraud & Identity, dive...
How Financial Institutions Are Winning with Innovative Data-Driven Marketing
24 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jim Kraus, Vice President & Principal at KS&R moderates a conversation with Hemant Deulkar, Senior Director of Market Planning and John McWill...
Tariffs, Tension and Turning Points: The Credit Health of US Businesses
10 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Amy Crawford, Senior Director of Market Planning, and Kristin Carlson-Vinjamuri, Senior Data Scientist at LexisNexis Risk Solutions, ...
Debt, Default and the Future - Bankruptcy Trends & Collections
27 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In our season 2 premier mini-sode, Carrie Coker-Aivaliotis, Senior Director of Servicing and Recovery, Denise Cross, Director Consultative Services fo...
Insights into Credit and the Automotive Industry
07 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we’re joined by Robert Schrimpf, Director of Market Planning, and Craig Stokum, Senior Director of Sales, as they unpack the evolvi...
Navigating Credit Risk in Emerging Markets
23 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Wesley Smith, Senior Director of Strategy for International Credit Risk, Mauro Villarreal, Director of Market Planning for Global Digital Credit Decis...
Commercial Credit Strategies and Insights
09 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join Brian Christein, Senior Vertical Solutions Consultant and Kristin Carlson, Senior Data Scientist at LexisNexis Risk Solutions as they discuss ind...
Collections in the Digital Age: Challenges and Opportunities
24 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Bernard, Senior Analyst for Retail Banking at Celent moderates a conversation with Carrie Coker-Aivaliotis, Senior Director of Market Planning...
Detecting and Preventing First-Party Fraud
12 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What is one of the most vexing challenges in credit risk management? First-party fraud.Kevin King, Vice President of U.S. Credit Risk, Zach Tondre, Di...
It Starts and Ends With Data
26 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Gain a better understanding of the role alternative data plays in personalized marketing strategies.Hemant Deulkar, Senior Director of Data Driven Mar...
Navigating 2025: Key Credit Trends and Insights
12 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode was recorded the week of January 6, 2025.Gain insights into the top 5 credit risk trends that span the customer lifecycle that will have ...
Credit Check: The Pulse of Global Lending Confidence
29 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Unpack the ramifications globally from the 2024 Consumer Lending Confidence Report that was recently executed by Datos Insights in partnership with Le...
Credit in Focus Trailer
16 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Credit in Focus unpacks the global complexities of credit risk across the customer lifecycle, from marketing and origination to account management, co...