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Table 1 Summary of the selected variables

From: A credit scoring model based on the Myers–Briggs type indicator in online peer-to-peer lending

Type

Variable

Description

Continuous (original)

Loan

Loan amount/1 M ($)

Income

Annual income/1 M ($)

DTI

Debt-to-income ratioa

Rev balance

Total credit revolving balance/1 M ($)

Rev util

Revolving line utilization rateb

Tot balance

Total current balance of all accounts/1 M ($)

Cred limit

Total high credit limit/1 M ($)

Continuous (derived)

Loan per Income

Loan/income

Tot balance per Income

Tot balance/income

Categorical

Job

Length of the job service

Home

Home ownership

Purpose

Purpose of borrowing

Grade

Credit grade assigned by Lending Club

  1. aDebt-to-income (DTI) ratio is the ratio of borrower’s total monthly debt payments to the total debt obligations, excluding mortgage and the requested Lending Club loan, divided by the borrower’s self-reported monthly income
  2. bThe amount of credit the borrower is using relative to all available revolving credit