Credit Scoring

Score the borrowers
the old models can't see.

Explainable AI scoring that combines bureau, telco, cashflow and behavioural data to extend fair credit to thin-file and unbanked borrowers — with reason codes regulators can audit.

The Overview

A risk model for people with no file.

Traditional scorecards need years of bureau history, payslips and collateral — exactly what a first-time borrower in an emerging market doesn't have. PhotonMatters Credit Scoring reads the signals the legacy system ignores: airtime top-ups, mobile-money flows, repayment behaviour and device patterns, alongside any bureau data that exists.

Every score ships with reason codes and feature contributions, so risk teams and regulators see exactly why a decision was made. Champion/challenger lets you test new models safely against live traffic — no black boxes, no surprises.

Thin-file ready — score borrowers with little or no bureau history.
Reason codes on every score — fully explainable and auditable.
Sub-second API — scores returned in real time at 250k+ requests/hour.
Champion/challenger — test and promote models against live traffic.
Risk analytics in production
Capabilities

Everything you need to score with confidence.

From raw data ingestion to a live scoring endpoint — the full pipeline, explainable end to end.

Bureau + alternative data ingestion

Pull credit bureau records and blend them with alternative sources through pre-built connectors and a clean ingestion layer.

Telco & cashflow features

Turn airtime top-ups, mobile-money inflows and recharge patterns into stable, predictive features for the unbanked.

Behavioural & device signals

Repayment history, application behaviour and device-level signals add a real-time risk dimension legacy models miss.

Explainable models with reason codes

Every score returns ranked reason codes and feature contributions, so analysts and regulators see the why behind each decision.

Scorecards & champion/challenger

Build configurable scorecards and run new models in shadow against the champion before promoting them safely to live.

Real-time scoring API (sub-second)

A single REST endpoint returns a score, band and reason codes in under a second — built for 250k+ requests/hour.

How it works

From raw signals to a decision you can defend.

01

Ingest data

Pull bureau, telco, cashflow and application data through connectors into a unified, deduplicated record.

02

Engineer features

Transform raw signals into hundreds of stable, monitored features — from repayment ratios to recharge cadence.

03

Score & explain

Models return a score, risk band and ranked reason codes in sub-second time, every call fully traceable.

04

Decide

Feed the score into origination policy — approve, price or refer — with a full audit trail for every outcome.

Outcomes

Score more people, faster, and prove it.

1 phone

Score the unbanked from alternative data alone — no bureau file or payslip required.

250k+/hr

Sub-second scoring at peak load, so decisioning never becomes the bottleneck.

100%

Audit-ready and compliant — every score carries reason codes for regulators and risk teams.

Put scoring to work

See explainable scoring on your data.

Bring a sample portfolio and we'll show you the lift from alternative data and reason codes in a working demo.

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