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

Michael McRoberts is a Northwestern graduate in biomedical engineering who spent much of his career designing debt-collection strategies for a credit bureau.

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“New accounts or information can be added or removed from your credit report as well,” the credit bureau adds.

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Under the new program, both fees are charged for scores from each credit bureau.

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Recently, Page said as an example, the county obtained death records from the credit bureau Experian to help update voter rolls.

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To freeze your credit, you'll need to contact each of the three major credit bureaus individually.

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