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    A Machine Learning Approach to Predict Default Lease Cases in Sri Lankan Financial Institutions
    (IEEE, 2022-12-26) Perera, V. A. S.; Kavirathne, G. P. R. A.; Karunathunge, L. C. R.; Dewapura, B. N.; Karunasena, A.; Pemadasa, M. G. N. M.
    The economic growth of a country can be aided by a strong financial services industry. Therefore, financial companies play a vital role in today’s society. However, by providing credit facilities, they expose themselves to a significant amount of risks, since most of them lack a proper strategy to identify whether the customer is reliable and capable of paying back on time. Hence, it is widely acknowledged that having a proper strategy in place to manage and lessen the credit risks that these companies face is more beneficial, rather than relying on traditional manual techniques. This study is intended to propose a machine learning-based solution to predict possible financial lease defaults beforehand. The dataset used in this work was obtained from a leading finance company in Sri Lanka, where the data were related to leasing contracts and their equipment. According to the final results of this study, a deep learning model implemented using an Artificial Neural Network, which was compared against several other machine learning models, is the best to predict default lease cases in Sri Lankan financial institutions. The finalized model provides 93.93% of classification accuracy, 85.49% of F-measure, 87.69% of AUROC score, and 80.41% of Kappa score.
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    A Meta-learning approach to Predict Non-performing Loans in Sri Lankan Financial Institutions
    (IEEE, 2022-12-26) Kavirathne, G. P. R. A.; Perera, V. A. S.; Karunathunge, L. C. R.; Dewapura, B. N.; Karunasena, A; Pemadasa, M. G. N. M.
    Most financial institutions make the majority of their income from loan interest. However, due to the current financial crisis in Sri Lanka, non-performing loans have been the focus of financial industry concerns. Before the crisis, financial institutions were more ready to lend to businesses and individuals. Since the crisis, the rate of non-performing loans has increased, limiting the company’s growth. Predicting the likelihood of nonperforming loans can help in lowering this credit risk. Therefore, this paper presents a machine learning approach to predict nonperforming loans of a financial company in Sri Lanka. Moreover, this study also attempts to develop a meta-model that combines various classifiers, including K-Nearest Neighbors, Decision Tree, Random Forest, Support Vector Machine, and Naïve Bayes. The meta-model is also compared with the baseline models. The predictive performance of all models is compared using accuracy, precision, recall, F1-score, and AUROC score. At the end of the study, it was identified that the meta-learning model is the most effective model to handle this case, with a classification accuracy of 93.09%, precision of 82.68%, recall of 92.17%, F1 score of 86.24%, AUROC score of 96.0%, sensitivity of 92.44% and specificity of 93.17%.