RIKITM stands for Residual Income Knowledge Index™, FormFree’s patent-pending measure of Ability-to-Pay (ATP®) based on income and spending. It is scaled so that people who are ready to take on debt have RIKI numbers above 100.
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What is RIKI™?
Related FAQs
What aspects of RIKI™ will change with further research?
What values does RIKI™ impose on borrowers’ behavior?
Does FormFree’s analysis make behavioral or demographic models of borrowers?
Does FormFree’s analysis use machine learning?
Does FormFree’s analysis use artificial intelligence?
Where does FormFree get the data to compute residual income and RIKI™?
Why aren’t residual income and RIKI™ reported for all borrowers?
Is RIKI™ affected by FICO score, location, home ownership, rent history (etc.)?
Why does FormFree’s software classify transactions?
What information goes into residual income and RIKI™ calculation?
What is discretionary spending?
What is adjusted residual income?
What is residual income?
How does FormFree measure ability to pay?
What is ability to pay?
Does RIKI™ replace other measures?