Frontbook Credit Policy Tightening for a Regional Bank

Background: As part of an engagement with a Regional Bank, AQN evaluated and recommended changes to the credit card acquisitions policy to stem increasing losses and risk

Outcome: AQN's policy recommendations are expected to generate an additional $8.5M in incremental pre-tax income and reduce net losses by $60M over the next 5 years

AQN’s Approach:

  • AQN was asked to provide guidance on regrounding DM risk curves and developing additional segmentation levering a risk model

  • AQN assessed the value of a new risk model across all acquisitions policy and developed a policy recommendation across channels and risk segments

  • AQN leveraged decision tree statistical analysis to identify the highest risk nodes and the strong potential risk splitters across several data sources to identify potential policy recommendations

Key Results:

  • Recommended leveraging additional segmentation in DM valuation grounding to better differentiate risk with a risk band segment

  • Proposed additional policy cuts leveraging model scores and relationship data to stem risk

    • Combined they are expected reduce origination volume by 11% and reduce front book risk levels by 34%