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Esprit Financial Group Inc. (Esprit) (EFGO.PK) Receives RFQ for Credit Adjudication Services for Chinese Banks
Esprit Financial Group Inc. (Esprit) (EFGO.PK) Receives RFQ for Credit Adjudication Services for Chinese Banks.
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[{"type":"text","content":"LAS VEGAS, NV, June 14, 2007 - Esprit Financial Group Inc. (ESPRIT) (EFGO.PK) www.espritfinancialgroup.com received a Request for Proposal (RFQ) today for a credit adjudication service to be implemented for a group o banks' objectives are to improve the performance of their overall loan portfolio, and reduce the number of loan defaults and delinquent accounts.\n\nWith the Chinese economy in overdrive, financial institutions want to maximize the opportunities to service the increasing levels of disposable income, while limiting unnecessary exposure to credit risk. \n\nThe group was attracted to Esprit after discovering our capabilities in the Australian PayDay loan market. The Company's Cash Now proprietary 'E5' credit adjudication system was successfully implemented in the Australian market, after being perfected in the North American market. The system includes a quick credit scoring analysis capability that is consumer friendly in terms of length and disclosure requirements, but robust enough to appropriately categorize the level of risk with any given loan application. \n\nImportantly, the system was developed to allow lenders to assess credit risk even in the absence of traditional credit indicators such as loan history, payment patterns, and other third party verification. This is vital in the Chinese context, where financial institutions may not have the metrics and predictive payment behaviour of consumers that is taken for granted in North America. \n\nWhat impressed the Chinese banks was the proprietary rule-based capabilities of the Cash Now 'E5'credit adjudication system, specifically designed to evaluate risk where there was little or no credit history. \n\nEsprit has developed a method based on the patterns with which customers answer questions about their loan requests to provide sufficient input upon which to base a scientific evaluation, rather than reliance on strictly traditional business techniques. The 'E5' Validity Scale takes most of the guesswork out of the loan approval process.\n\nGarr Winters, CEO of Esprit commented; \"We were quite surprised and flattered that the banks were familiar with our success in the Australian market, and were aware of our loan risk assessment capabilities. This may prove to be a very unexpected dividend over and above the original intent of developing our 'E5' system for the ...