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Activity Number: 435
Type: Topic Contributed
Date/Time: Wednesday, August 5, 2009 : 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM
Sponsor: Section on Statistical Learning and Data Mining
Abstract - #304611
Title: Profit Analysis and Customer Satisfaction in Consumer Finance
Author(s): Mikhail Zhuravlev*+
Companies: The College of New Jersey
Address: 2000 Pennington Road, Ewing, NJ, 08628-4700,
Keywords: binary classification ; profit analysis ; consumer finance ; crossvalidation
Abstract:

This study investigates a set of bank data from a cost/profit perspective. In this specific case, the bank would like to know whether prospective consumers will pay back their credit. The common practice is to calculate the probability that a consumer with certain covariates is to be considered as a potential risk. Our study will go further in the use of the probabilities to maximize the profit. In addition, we will show that the same technique can be used to improve customer satisfaction. The technique should be equally applicable in other consumer market including auto loans, credit cards, mail catalog orders, home mortgages, and a variety of personal loan products by insurance firms, mobile phone companies, and other lending institutions.


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