by Hannah Wiser | Feb 23, 2021 | Artificial Intelligence
Through the lens of Financial Risk, this blog series will focus on Financial Institutions as a premier business use case for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. This blog series has covered how a financial institution (FI) can use machine learning (ML) and...
by Jonathan Leonardelli | Feb 13, 2020 | Business Analytics
A recent white paper I wrote discussed the benefits of scenario analysis. The purpose of scenario analysis is to see how economic, environmental, political, and technological change can impact a company’s business. The recent outbreak of COVID-19...
by Jonathan Leonardelli | Mar 25, 2019 | Regulations
I would argue that a critical step in getting ready for CECL is to review the vintage curves of the segments that have been identified. Not only do the resulting graphs provide useful information but the process itself also requires thought on how to prepare the data....
by Jonathan Leonardelli | Mar 18, 2019 | Regulations
Paragraph 326-20-30-3 of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) standards update[1] states: “The allowance for credit losses may be determined using various methods”. I’m not sure if any statement, other than “We need to talk”, can be as fear inducing. Why is...
by Jonathan Leonardelli | Mar 11, 2019 | Regulations
I don’t know about you, but I find caterpillars to be a bit creepy[1]. On the other hand, I find butterflies to be beautiful[2]. Oddly enough, this aligns to my views on the different stages of data in relation to model development. As a financial institution (FI)...