Credit card issuers are facing substantial hurdles in maintaining growth rates and defending their profit margins.

This paper illustrates how a set of robust economic filters can be used to estimate a household’s financial “safety net” so that firms can better acquire, segment and market to their cardholders. This economic safety net supplements traditional credit scoring to provide a clearer view of a household’s ability to make monthly payments.

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