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From Growth at All Costs to Sustainable Profitability: Lessons from a Leading LatAm Fintech
Over the past decade, easy capital, VC expectations, and aggressive customer acquisition targets led many fintechs to pursue scale with a...

Brandon Homuth
Aug 27, 2025


How Can You Test Lending Ideas Without High Costs?
Many early-stage lenders hesitate to test new product ideas because of the perceived expense. That's a shame, because great testing...

Brandon Homuth
Aug 26, 2025


Do I Need to Monitor My Credit Model?
Do you want to accurately and consistently segment risk, therefore enabling your entire credit strategy? Then yes, you need to monitor...

Leland Burns & Jim McGuire
Aug 18, 2025


Credit vs. Prepaid: What Founders Need to Know Before Building a Card Product
Same form factor. Very different infrastructure. They look identical in-hand, but credit and debit cards are very different on the back...

Scott Bass
Aug 11, 2025


What Is ‘Outside-In’ Testing, And How Does It Accelerate Learning for Fintechs?
We recently worked with a fintech trying to increase the profitability of their loan product. The obvious lever: price. Lower the...

Brandon Homuth
Aug 4, 2025


My Model Works. Why Do I Need a New One?
"If it ain't broke, don't fix it." Lenders often push back when we suggest exploring a new model build. It's fair—model builds require...

Leland Burns & Jim McGuire
Jul 28, 2025


Who Can Help Me Build My Credit Card Program?
Launching a credit card (or other lending product) can make you feel like you're spread pretty thin. There's a myriad of vendor, partner,...

Scott Bass
Jul 21, 2025


What Are Leaky Variables and Why They Ruin Credit Models
What Exactly Is a Leaky Variable? A leaky variable is any feature in your training data that contains information you won't have at...

Leland Burns & Jim McGuire
Jul 7, 2025


Is Your Test Strategy Just Creating Noise?
Running tests has technically never been easier. With highly configurable back-end tech and sophisticated data analysis tools widely...

Brandon Homuth
Jul 7, 2025


Can Lenders Scale to the Mass Market Without Losing Control?
We see so many lenders get stuck in the same paradoxical situation: they're trying to expand their reach to the millions of underbanked...

Brandon Homuth
Jun 30, 2025
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