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New `findr` framework balances credit risk accuracy with fairness and transparency

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Researchers have introduced `findr`, a novel semi-structured framework designed for binary credit risk modeling. This framework aims to balance predictive accuracy with transparency and fairness by decomposing the logit into an interpretable structured component and an orthogonal neural residual. The system uses an in-processing Wasserstein penalty to mitigate group disparities and includes diagnostics to measure the structured component's contribution to the logit variation. Evaluations on simulation studies and public credit datasets demonstrate that `findr` performs comparably to logistic regression for linear signals while capturing predictive gains from neural models when nonlinear structures are present. AI

IMPACT Introduces a new method for transparent and fair credit risk modeling, potentially improving decision-making in financial institutions.

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  1. arXiv stat.ML TIER_1 English(EN) · Victor Medina-Olivares, Stefan Lessmann, Jonathan Crook ·

    $\texttt{findr}$: Transparent and Fair Credit Risk Decisions through Semi-Structured Regressions

    arXiv:2608.24582v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Credit risk models increasingly need to combine predictive accuracy with transparent explanations and auditable fairness constraints. Logistic regression remains attractive because its coefficients are easy to interpret, but it can …

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