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Strengthening Infrastructure for Financial Systems – Credit Bureaus December 5, 2002. Nataliya Mylenko Consultant Financial Sector Operations & Policy The World Bank Tel: (202) 458-5917 Fax: (202) 614-1548 Web: http://econ.worldbank.org/programs/credit_reporting/.
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Strengthening Infrastructure for Financial Systems – Credit BureausDecember 5, 2002 Nataliya Mylenko Consultant Financial Sector Operations & Policy The World Bank Tel: (202) 458-5917 Fax: (202) 614-1548 Web: http://econ.worldbank.org/programs/credit_reporting/
World Bank Credit Reporting Systems Project • Legal reform • bank secrecy, privacy and data protection, consumer rights • Regulatory Reform • Establishment and enhancement of credit bureaus • special emphasis on SME and micro-finance credit reporting • Public Database Modernization • Education and Outreach - consumers, judiciary http://econ.worldbank.org/programs/credit_reporting/
World Bank Credit Reporting Systems Project Research • Surveys of public and private credit registries worldwide, survey of financial institutions regarding their use of credit information 1999-2002 • Book “Credit Reporting Systems and International Economy” edited by Margaret J. Miller, MIT Press, forthcoming in early 2003 http://econ.worldbank.org/programs/credit_reporting/
World Bank Credit Reporting Systems Project 2002 Global survey of private credit registries jointly with “Doing Business” project at the World Bank • Goal: Understand how to improve the environment for credit information firms and private sector development • Comprehensive assessment of credit information availability across countries • More than 100 countries around the world • Directory of credit reporting firms http://econ.worldbank.org/programs/credit_reporting/ http://rru.worldbank.org/doingbusiness/
Credit scoring –efficient use of credit history information • Credit scoring is a statistical method used to predict a probability that a borrower will default or become delinquent. • Credit scoring was introduced in consumer lending in 1950s • Since early 1990s credit scoring was applied in SME lending
Percentage of Banks which consult a credit registry for small business loans
Cost and time savings from credit reports and credit scoring Some case studies: • A bank in Canada: processing time decreased from 9 days to 3 days, in 18 month since scoring was implemented • A bank in US: processing time decreased from 3-4 weeks to a few hours. • A bank in Netherlands: processing time decreased from 8-10 hours to 15 minutes for existing clients and 45 minutes for new clients • A bank in the US: average cost of processing a small business loan decreased from $250 to $100 after implementing scoring system
Survey of Latin American Banks -importance attached to credit reporting
Percentage of Banks which consult a credit registry for small business loans
Status of credit reporting around the world • Maps indicating development of credit reporting in private and public sector across all regions of the world can be accessed at: http://econ.worldbank.org/programs/credit_reporting/topic/16017/