The Paypers

The new partnership will enable Goodlord’s letting agent customers to build a more accurate picture of an individual’s personal finances, such as income and expenditure, to give a clear indication of their overall creditworthiness, using Open Banking.

Credit Kudos’s Open Banking platform takes a more holistic view of an individual’s finances to make a more informed decision about their affordability and creditworthiness, helping more tenants prove their eligibility to rent.

Potential gaps in their address history, moving properties frequently and the absence of a mortgage or other forms of credit makes it difficult to build a borrowing history. Tenants with irregular incomes are among those most likely to benefit as these additional insights build a more complete picture of their affordability.

The partnership aims to make life easier for renters who experience difficulty in building a robust credit file.

It also helps give landlords peace of mind that tenants can afford to pay the rent given the high levels of income volatility people are experiencing in the current climate. Goodlord’s State of the Industry report recently found that over a quarter (28%) of tenants are worried about the security of their income and one in ten (12%) are worried about their ability to pay rent in the future.

Goodlord announces partnership with Credit Kudos