A credit bureau, also known as a credit reporting agency is a financial institution that collects, maintains, and compiles credit-related information based on an individual's or business's credit history, payment history, credit utilisation, length of credit history, types of credit including outstanding balances, and public records like bankruptcies or liens.
These numerical representations of credit worthiness along with the credit reports are pivotal to banks and FI's, lenders, businesses to make informed risk decisions.
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