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Tracking financial flows is one of the key elements of banking, and payment data enrichment is becoming an increasingly important tool for banks to improve their services and minimise risk. In this article, we look at why it is so important in banking and how to choose a transaction data enrichment API.

Switching banks is more common than one might think. According to a satisfaction survey conducted by J.D. Power, nearly 13% of consumers are expected to switch their primary bank this year. The most common reasons for this shift include high fees, poor customer service, lack of convenient digital banking features, and better offers from competitors. Is there a way to be a part of the client's life journey indefinitely? Let's find out.

For many decades, credit scoring has built the foundation of financial risk assessment and provided banks and other financial institutions with a quantitative view of a borrower's creditworthiness. Traditionally, credit scores are derived from a combination of factors that include payment history, credit utilization, the length of credit history, types of credit used, and recent credit inquiries. These data points offer a very narrow window into the financial behavior of a borrower and often lead to misjudgments in lending decisions. A modern answer to this is smart data. Or, more precisely, enriched data.