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Recently, one of the main questions in my mind is how to adjust the user’s credit limit given a predicted risk. I consider myself a practitioner in the industry with limited experience. Currently, the account management process relies more on expert judgement. We may decrease the limit or freeze

Warren Buffet once said to Bill Gates after he said the computer is going to change everything: “I’ll stick to chewing gums, you stick to computers.”. We have to admit that we don’t understand a lot of things. It is wise to focus on our competencies. However, it

Before I elaborate on the thoughts, I should give readers the typical risk management framework for existing customers used in consumer loans (In a mature market, the contribution of new users is relatively small). Users are segmented into different risk tiers corresponding to predicted default risks. It is similar to

Recently, I have a chance to pick up a book on the history of GIC (Government of Singapore Investment Corporation). The book gives important backgrounds of the creation of GIC. In my opinion, it is a short history of Singapore’s reserve management and its currency. In 1965, Singapore separated

In the last 2 years, I spent a lot of money on electronics and camera gear. Recently, I made an inventory list. I found that I have spent around HKD 250K. This is a large sum of money for me. I reflected on the reasons. First, it happens when I

We read a lot about the economy in the news. They are like data points describing the state of the economy, such as GDP, capacity utilization, purchase managers’ index, cpi, etc. Without a general framework in mind, it is overwhelming. We need to have a framework in mind even if

Time is the most precious resource. With the advancement in technology, it becomes more difficult to safeguard time. I am an iPhone user. After checking the “Screen Time”, the top 3 most used apps are WeChat, Instagram, and YouTube (Actually, the 3rd is Safari. But it is less likely to