How Upstart Is Making Credit More Accessible

Christina Trampota
3 min readAug 9, 2022

Let’s face it: The lending process for most personal loans is often arduous and burdensome. Traditional financial institutions are often extremely risk averse, resulting high denial rates for most Americans. In fact, Upstart found that while 80 percent of Americans have never defaulted on a loan, less than half have access to prime credit.

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Christina Trampota

Product and Growth for the Digital Customer by day, Professor at night. Global Innovation Leader, Startup Advisor, Public Speaker, Board Member