Author(s)

Xiao-Lin Li, Yu Zhong

School of Management, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.

Personal credit scoring is the application of financial risk forecasting. It becomes an even important task as financial institutions have been experiencing serious competition and challenges. In this paper, the techniques used for credit scoring are summarized and classified and the new method—ensemble learning model is introduced. This article also discusses some problems in current study. It points out that changing the focus from static credit scoring to dynamic behavioral scoring and maximizing revenue by decreasing the Type I and Type II error are two issues in current study. It also suggested that more complex models cannot always been applied to actual situation. Therefore, how to use the assessment models widely and improve the prediction accuracy is the main task for future research.

Credit Scoring; Ensemble Learning; Dynamic Behavioral Scoring; Type I and Type II Error

X. Li and Y. Zhong, "An Overview of Personal Credit Scoring: Techniques and Future Work," International Journal of Intelligence Science, Vol. 2 No. 4A, 2012, pp. 181-189. doi: 10.4236/ijis.2012.224024.