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KakaoBank supplies 1.2 trillion won in mid to low credit loans using non-financial data

KakaoBank is expanding loans to mid and low credit borrowers using an alternative credit scoring model built solely on non-financial data. The bank said it additionally supplied 1.2 trillion won in such loans by reassessing applicants rejected under financial-data models. About 12 percent of mid to low credit loans handled since adopting the model in 2023 went to individuals and sole proprietors newly selected through alternative-data evaluation. Cumulative supply since July 2017 has exceeded 16 trillion won.