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Newcomers arriving in the U.S. now drive more than 50% of U.S. population growth. Yet lack of domestic credit history means millions of recent arrivals appear only as no-file or thin-file when applying for financial services. Nova Credit helps lenders access global consumer credit bureau data to acquire millions of these newcomers with no additional risk.
The opportunity today
Boost approval rates for an untapped market
Immigrants face an uphill battle to start their lives in a new country. Underwriters who remove barriers to entry are rewarded with loyal, often lifetime customers.
12.5 Million
New and qualified immigrants
5 Credit Products
Needed in the first 2 years
A word from our partners
Case studies
We're removing a barrier for millions of newcomers to the U.S. who arrive and instantly lose access to the credit history they built elsewhere. It's challenging to underwrite an applicant without knowing their credit history and the absence of a credit identity can make significant transactions, like getting a credit card, very difficult. Nova Credit's Credit Passport helps American Express give people access to their international credit data so that they can arrive and thrive in this country.
Sara Milsten, Senior Vice President, New Member Acquisition, U.S. Consumer Services at American Express
Using Nova Credit's services, we have a better way to quickly and accurately evaluate the loan requests of members outside the U.S.
United Nations Federal Credit Union
Nova Credit makes the process extremely easy. It’s a huge advantage for our property managers and leasing agents, and a win-win situation for everyone.
Intellirent
product features
Introducing the Credit Passport®
Nova Credit provides lenders with consumer credit data that is translated to a U.S.-equivalent score and reports it in a format that is familiar to American underwriters. We deliver this information seamlessly to enable instant decisioning for our clients, including major U.S. financial institutions, consumer lenders, telecom companies and tenant screening platforms. Nova Credit operates as a reseller Consumer Reporting Agency (CRA) under the U.S. Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA).
manage risk at scale
High-quality data in a familiar format
U.S. equivalent credit score
Tradelines and payment history
Credit-seeking inquiries
Aggregate risk attributes
Additional data such as employment history and more
compliance
Nova Credit and compliance
A collection of frequently asked regulatory and compliance questions by our customers and partners.
What is Nova Credit's legal structure?
Nova accesses credit data from international markets based on the express consent of the consumer. Through our integrations with international credit bureaus across the globe, we are able to act as a technology service provider to obtain and deliver the information at their request. In the U.S., Nova is considered a reseller consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), subject to various federal and state laws, including the FCRA and state data protection laws.
How does Nova Credit handle consumer disputes?
The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and international privacy laws provide consumers with an opportunity to dispute information in their credit histories that may be inaccurate, incomplete or otherwise incorrect. We care about resolving these issues as efficiently as possible. For more information about our dispute resolution process, please see our Disputes Page.
How does Nova Credit address the security of consumer information?
Data privacy, information security, and compliance are at the heart of everything we do at Nova Credit. Nova employs organizational, technical and physical measures to protect security, confidentiality and integrity of customer information. These safeguards include:
AWS-managed disk-level encryption of our report database using AES-256 algorithms and TLS 1.2 standard encryption for data in transit Internal and external vulnerability scans
- Annual independent audit against the SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO 27001 standards. Both certifications are in good standing
- Regular company-wide training
- Robust monitoring and testing for security vulnerabilities
- Role-based access controls
- AWS-managed disk-level encryption of our report database using AES-256 algorithms and TLS 1.2 standard encryption for data in transit
- Internal and external vulnerability scans