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What is NPV Modeling — and Why Lending Companies Can’t Grow Without It
Lending is a cash flow business. Every decision you make — from marketing spend to credit policy to pricing — has a long-term economic...

Brandon Homuth
4 days ago


Why should a Fintech founder join a venture studio?
🚀 Accelerated Journey Put simply: studios like Ensemblex compress the launch timeline. Especially in highly regulated sectors like...

Chloe Zhu
4 days ago


What Is a Good AUC for a Credit Model?
If you’ve built credit underwriting models, you're familiar with the modeling metric called “AUC.” AUC is the primary metric used to...

Leland Burns & Jim McGuire
May 12


BaaS vs. DIY: A practical guide for fintech founders choosing their infrastructure strategy
To build or not to build? It’s one of the biggest decisions you’ll make. When launching a credit card or lending product, one of the...

Scott Bass
May 12


Credit Compass: High-Impact Insights to Accelerate Your Lending Business
Credit Compass is Ensemblex’s fast, focused consulting engagement built for fintech founders, credit leaders, and lending P&L owners. In...

Brandon Homuth
May 6


New Research on ML Fairness and Explainability
FinRegLab, a nonprofit focused on innovations that advance responsibility and inclusiveness in the financial sector, has released the...

Leland Burns & Jim McGuire
Sep 7, 2023


How To Build an Explainable ML Model
Make explainability the core of the process, not a feature of the model.

Leland Burns & Jim McGuire
Aug 16, 2022


Adapt and Survive in a Changing Economy
“We raised too much money,” he said. “I thought we could figure out the economics later.”

Shawn Budde
Jul 26, 2022


Investing in the Future of Credit
Shawn and I started Ensemblex just over three years ago to help companies start, scale, and improve their credit products. Today,...

Mike Armstrong
Jun 22, 2022
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