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Academic Articles About Credit Scoring

Academic Articles About Credit Scoring

To give the issue a sense of an academic taste, we can refer to Loretta J. Mester who is a vice president and economist in the Research Department of the Philadelphia Fed. She is also the head of the department’s Banking and Financial Markets section. In her article which is named as “What’s the Point [...]

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Why is credit scoring important?

Why is credit scoring important?

Credit scoring is a procedure where an institution or an individual is evaluated based on its past payment patterns. In today’s highly globalized environment credit scoring is getting important day by day. It is important firstly, because it reduces the time and energy spent when evaluating a customer to give credit or enter into a [...]

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Factors That Lower Your Credit Score

Factors That Lower Your Credit Score

Any people know ways to increase their credit score, but what factors actually lower your credit score? 1) Accounts that have been open less than three years. Having long term credit accounts that you consistently pay on time is an important indicator of stability. As your credit history ages, your score should increase. 2) Anytime [...]

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How To Get A Mortgage With A Bad Credit Score

How To Get A Mortgage With A Bad Credit Score

Having bad credit can definitely be a problem, especially when you’re trying to buy a house or a condo. Under current market conditions, it will become a little harder to get many offers on mortgages – especially since some of the sub-prime lenders have taken a serious hit. You should know, though, that there still [...]

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Credit Score Breakdown

Credit Score Breakdown

Although there are several scoring methods, most lenders use the FICO method from Fair Isaac Corporation. Each of t­he three major credit bureaus (Experian, Equifax and TransUnion) worked with Fair Isaac in the early 1980s to come up with the scoring method. A credit score is determined much like a grade in school. Consider how [...]

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Payday Loan for People with Low Credit Score: Hope or Nightmare?

Payday Loan for People with Low Credit Score: Hope or Nightmare?

There always be a pro-contra on payday loan. The largest pro-contra on payday loan is due to the premise that payday loan is purposed to help people getting small amount of cash, usually $100 to $500, quick. Typically, the ones who need payday loans are those that need cash quick and low credit score. What [...]

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Why 3 in 1 Credit Reports Make Sense

Why 3 in 1 Credit Reports Make Sense

You probably wouldn’t be satisfied to see only 1/3 of a medical report about your health – or even to see 1/3 of an inspection report on your car. So why should you be content to see only 1/3 of your credit history? Single bureau credit reports paint only 1/3 of a consumer’s credit history [...]

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