credit bureau

noun

1. a firm that investigates the creditworthiness of and assigns a credit rating to a client's customers or potential customers.

Example Sentences

Most landlords don’t report rental payments to credit bureaus, so that information is generally left off, though experts say that’s changing.

From Vox

He said he would focus on getting relief to Americans struggling under pandemic-related financial setbacks, in part by policing credit bureaus and mortgage and student lenders.

From Washington Post