Decentralising Personal Credit Score: Is Blockchain the Solution?

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Author(s): Imbert Theadore (University of Southern Cross, Singapore)and Paul Jek Sitoh (University of Durham, UK)
Copyright: 2022
Pages: 12
Source title: Handbook of Research on Social Impacts of E-Payment and Blockchain Technology
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): P.C. Lai (University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-9035-5.ch003

Keywords: Business & Management / Business Science Reference / E-Commerce

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The current process of securing a loan involves a cumbersome know-your-customer (KYC) process. The process also raises a question about the ownership of credit scores. In this chapter, the authors propose a solution based on a combination of decentralized identifier (DID) W3C blockchain and cryptographic wallet to make it possible to make credit scores possible. A decentralized identifier to enable a loan applicant to assert who he/she is without relying on a centralized identity issuer is key to enabling loan applicants to own his/her own credit score. The use of blockchain is to enable loan applicants to have his/her identity recorded immutably on a store that is trusted by all parties. Finally, the use of a cryptographic wallet is to enable loan applicants to assert identities on demand and prove his/her assertion.

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