credit bureau

American  

noun

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

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Example Sentences

Other issuers only have access to your total available credit, credit-card balances and overall debt-to-limit ratio, which is passed along to the credit bureaus.

From MarketWatch

These loans can also be helpful if you’re in the process of building up your credit, because buy-now-pay-later companies historically have not reported users’ payment activity to credit bureaus.

From MarketWatch

Bill Pulte, the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, has repeatedly expressed his displeasure with price increases by Fair Isaac and the credit bureaus.

From Barron's

Bill Pulte, the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, has repeatedly expressed his displeasure with price increases by Fair Isaac and the credit bureaus.

From Barron's

Pulte has also indicated External link he may crack down on the credit bureaus.

From Barron's