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Lending Club Case Study

An in-depth analysis of factors affecting loan default using data from Lending Club.

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General Information

  • This project aims to analyze and identify key factors that contribute to loan default using Lending Club's dataset.
  • The background of the project involves understanding the risk factors in lending and improving loan approval processes by predicting potential defaults.
  • Business Problem: The project addresses the problem of predicting loan defaults to aid in better risk assessment and decision-making for lending institutions.
  • Dataset: The dataset used in this project is obtained from Lending Club, containing various features such as income, loan amount, credit history, and employment length, among others.

Conclusions

  • Conclusion 1: Higher income levels are generally associated with a lower likelihood of default.
  • Conclusion 2: Larger loan amounts have a higher tendency for default.
  • Conclusion 3: Good credit history significantly reduces the risk of loan default.
  • Conclusion 4: Longer employment length correlates with lower default rates, indicating job stability as a crucial factor.

Technologies Used

  • Pandas - version 1.2.4
  • NumPy - version 1.20.1
  • Matplotlib - version 3.3.4
  • Seaborn - version 0.11.1
  • Scikit-learn - version 0.24.1
  • Jupyter Notebook - version 6.3.0

Acknowledgements

  • This project was inspired by the need for better risk assessment in financial lending.
  • Data sourced from Lending Club's publicly available datasets.
  • This project was based on various tutorials and resources available online, especially those focusing on Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) and predictive modeling.

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Created by [@mrchandrayee] Chand Rayee - feel free to contact me!

Created by [@chanchalakusum] Kusum Chanchala - feel free to contact me!

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