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Assessing Credit Risk Faster With HPC

By Dr. Sayed Peerzade
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Jul 14, 2023
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4 min read

For banks and other financial institutions, undertaking accurate credit risk assessment of users to extract meaningful insights from historical and projected data is crucial. This equips them to take the right decisions regarding lending and ensure risk reduction.

The conventional methods of credit risk analysis have been manual processes that are time-consuming and labour intensive. Lenders would collect data on borrowers, like credit history, income, and assets. The credit score would be used to determine whether to approve a loan and, if so, at what interest rate. However, the amount of data available to lenders is constantly growing, and traditional methods of assessment are struggling to keep up. This has prompted the financial sector to rapidly use high-performance computing to improve real-time credit risk analytics.

A game-changer in numerous industries, HPC has the capacity to analyse enormous volumes of data and carry out difficult computations at extremely fast rates. In fact, it carries the potential to fundamentally alter how financial enterprises determine creditworthiness and manage risk when used in credit risk analytics.

How HPC Can Be Used for Credit Risk Assessment

HPC services can be used for credit risk assessment in a variety of ways.

  • Data mining: HPC can be used to mine large datasets for patterns and trends that can be used to predict credit risk.
  • Modelling: HPC can be used to build and run complex models that can predict credit risk. It considers a wider range of factors than credit scoring models, such as economic conditions, market volatility, and borrower behaviour.
  • Simulation: HPC can be used to run simulations of different economic scenarios. This allows lenders to assess how their loan portfolio would be affected by changes in the market.
  • Monitoring: HPC services can be used to monitor borrower behaviour over time. They allow lenders to identify borrowers who may be at risk of default before they default.

Achieving Faster and More Precise Risk Assessment

HPC aids with the development and execution of advanced risk models that encompass numerous variables and market scenarios, incorporating complex statistical algorithms and machine learning techniques. These models can identify intricate patterns, correlations, and anomalies in data, thereby significantly improving the accuracy of credit risk assessments.

The enormous amounts of data used in credit risk analytics are frequently difficult for traditional computer systems to handle. HPC enables parallel processing, where several calculations are carried out concurrently, significantly cutting down processing time. Financial enterprises can analyse large volumes of data in real-time thanks to this speed advantage. To meet the expanding demands of credit risk analysis, HPC systems can scale up their computing power by adding more processing units.

By processing and analysing data streams from numerous sources, including transaction data, credit ratings, market data, and macroeconomic indicators, HPC enables real-time monitoring of credit portfolios. Financial institutions can continuously monitor their credit exposures, swiftly spot indications of declining credit quality, and take pre-emptive steps to reduce potential risks because of HPC’s capacity to handle massive volumes of data efficiently.

In the financial industry, fraud detection is strongly related to credit risk analytics. Substantial amounts of transactional data may be processed in real-time by HPC systems, which can also spot suspicious trends and alert to probable fraud. Financial enterprises are shielded from major losses by HPC’s ability to detect fraud quickly and accurately using advanced analytics and machine learning algorithms.

Driving Efficiency and Insights with Yotta HPCaaS

Yotta HPCaaS provides the finance industry with a powerful and scalable computing infrastructure tailored specifically to handle large-scale computations. By leveraging Yotta’s cutting-edge technology, companies can process vast amounts of data in real time, allowing for faster and more accurate credit risk assessments.

In an industry where time is of the essence, speed and efficiency are paramount, Yotta’s HPCaaS, delivered from Yotta’s hyperscale data center, enables professionals to drastically reduce computation times, allowing for near-instantaneous results. This rapid turnaround time empowers decision-makers to respond quickly to market changes, accurately evaluate creditworthiness, and make data-driven decisions with confidence.

Yotta HPCaaS harnesses the capabilities of GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) technology. It supports SQL analytics to Big Data, enabling efficient data processing and analysis. With 10G / 25G network fabric support, Yotta HPCaaS ensures high-speed data transfers. Additionally, it supports advanced analytics and AI/ML (Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning) frameworks, empowering users to leverage cutting-edge technologies for enhanced insights.

In conclusion, HPC is revolutionising credit risk analysis in the financial industry. Its ability to process vast amounts of data in real-time and identify complex patterns is transforming the way financial institutions assess creditworthiness and manage risks. With Yotta Cloud’s HPCaaS solution, organisations can leverage a powerful and scalable computing infrastructure to make faster decisions based on data-driven insights. Furthermore, the robust security measures offered by Yotta’s HPCaaS ensure the protection of sensitive financial information.

Dr. Sayed Peerzade
EVP & Chief Cloud Officer

Dr. Sayed Peerzade is an industry veteran with over 20 years of experience in global technology operations, product development and digital transformation. He is well recognised for his contribution to India’s CIO community and enterprises. He drives Yotta’s cloud business and a host of cloud services.

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