Morgan State University students win Zillow's HBCU Hackathon with app that measures financial credibility outside of credit scoring
The app also shows lenders data points to help determine whether potential homeowners qualify for a mortgage and offer them a way to prove creditworthiness outside the traditional credit scoring system.
- The app also shows lenders data points to help determine whether potential homeowners qualify for a mortgage and offer them a way to prove creditworthiness outside the traditional credit scoring system.
- Zillow also will donate $25,000 to Morgan State's computer science program as part of the first-place prize.
- Users can build a positive payment history and receive a "Z-score," which can be used as an indicator of creditworthiness.
- The other hackathon prize winners were teams Straw Hat Crew of Fisk University and First Move of Howard University.