Fintech Magazine August 2026 | Page 15

THE STATE OF CREDIT DECISIONING

Source: Mastercard’ s The State of Credit Decisioning 2026 Whitepaper

Data has had a positive impact, with

80 % lending organisations reporting improved ability to serve new customer segments

87 %

of lending institutions plan to invest in AI decisioning models in the next two years

60 %

of lenders say that their fair lending or disparate impact monitoring is a challenging part of the credit decisioning process fintechmagazine. com 15