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Credit Scoring Practices around the World

Credit Scoring Practices around the World

Credit Score | January 13, 2010 at 6:21 am | 10 comments

In this part we will explore how different countries utilize credit scoring. We will start our analysis with a general description of credit scoring and then we will deal with different country practices starting with United States. According to an article quoted to Wikipedia, credit score is a numerical expression based on a statistical analysis of a person's credit files, to...

Credit Score Breakdown

Credit Score Breakdown

Credit Score | November 19, 2008 at 12:04 pm | 6 comments

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 a teacher calculates grades by taking scores from...

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