Score More Customers with Confidence

OneScore for Alternative Finance is a next-generation, cloud-based credit risk score designed to help alternative finance lenders approve more applicants without raising risk thresholds. By combining traditional credit history with exclusive alternative data from Equifax—including DataX, Teletrack, telecom, and utility payment data—OneScore provides a more complete view of consumer creditworthiness. 

Built with advanced machine learning, OneScore empowers lenders in short-term lending, lease-to-own, subprime fintech, and traditional finance to grow portfolios, improve risk assessment, and deliver faster, more efficient underwriting.

Expand Scorable Population
Reach more consumers, including thin-file and credit-invisible applicants.
Improve Approval Rates
Approve up to 40% more applicants without adding risk.
Reduce Early Defaults
Lower first-payment delinquency risk.
Stronger Predictive Accuracy
Deliver up to 66% higher KS lift in key industries.
Alternative + Traditional Data
Combine  the power of DataX, Teletrack, utility and telco data with credit data.
Streamlined Underwriting
Automate decisioning and reduce costly manual reviews.

When used in combination with traditional credit data from Equifax, OneScore for Alternative Finance can deliver significantly higher predictability than other alternative data scores.

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48% KS lift in short-term lending.

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66% KS lift in lease-to-own.

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45% KS lift in subprime fintech.

Unlock Growth Across Lending Segments

From fintech startups to traditional lenders, OneScore for Alternative Finance equips a variety of organizations to expand their lending reach, minimize risk, and serve more consumers responsibly.

Short-Term Lenders

Confidently approve more applicants while reducing early delinquency rates.

Lease-to-Own Providers

Improve segmentation and predictive accuracy with a 66% KS lift.

Powered by Alternative Data and AI

OneScore for Alternative Finance leverages Gradient Boosting Machine learning models and Equifax Amplify AI to merge traditional credit data with differentiated alternative data. By tapping into DataX, Teletrack, utility, and telco payment histories, OneScore provides a single, predictive score that can be seamlessly integrated into underwriting workflows via the cloud—helping lenders make smarter, faster credit decisions.

Expand Your Market. Reduce Your Risk.

With OneScore for Alternative Finance, lenders can expand into underserved segments, approve more applicants, and reduce early default risk—all with a single, cloud-based score powered by exclusive Equifax data and advanced machine learning.

Frequently Asked Questions

A cloud-based credit risk model that was built specifically for use in alternative finance lending. It combines traditional and alternative data to score more consumers, including thin-file and credit-invisible applicants.

It helps approve more applicants, improve risk prediction, reduce defaults, and expand into underserved markets.

Unique Equifax assets including DataX, Teletrack, utility, and telco payment histories.

Traditional scores rely only on credit accounts. OneScore incorporates alternative data, making it more predictive for broader populations.

Yes. OneScore can be used as a primary, supplemental, or attribute-based score to enhance proprietary models.

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