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The credit history is constantly tracked by credit rating agencies and they assemble a record of all your borrowing activities or attempts - successful or unsuccessful, track your repayments morale and record any actions taken to recover overdue payments through collection agencies. For individuals these agencies also gather and collate a wide range of personal information. This information is then sold by these credit agencies to organizations that are considering whether or not to offer credit to the individuals or companies in question. All the credit agencies usually also offer a supplementary service known as credit scoring which statistically analyses a credit history and assesses the likelihood that a borrower will or will not repay the borrowed money. The higher the score, the better would be the credit history and hence, the higher would also be the probability that the loan will be repaid on time. Chances that the individual with a higher credit score gets a better deal when it comes to a loan are therefore higher. It however is not the credit agencies that decide whether or not a credit history is adverse. Instead, it is the individual credit companies that make that decision. Each lender has its own credit policy which they utilize to demarcate the level of credit risk that they are prepared to accept and at what interest rate. In case the
applicants' credit score attains a pass level, credit will be offered on
the credit company's usual terms, however if the credit score falls below
the minimum pass level, the applicant will be described as one having an
adverse credit history. Following this, depending upon how low a credit
rating the applicant has scored and the credit company's lending policy in
effect, the applicant will either be refused, or else offered a lower
credit facility, usually offered a higher rate of interest considering the
higher risk that the lender is undertaking by providing the loan. |
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