Banks use credit scores for a lot of decisions that most people are unaware of. A bad credit score rating will devastate a crediting rating, and that is why it is so important to know what role financial institutions decisions are, and the consequences it plays in everyday living. Banks can decide so many things about how individuals live.

The decisions that banks have on how a person lives, encompasses more than just the balance in their checking account. Credit scores directly come from national reporting agencies with Experian, Equifax, and Trans Union, as well as other smaller state credit reporting agencies to financial institutions. Late payments, judgments, and settlements on any unpaid, or extremely late bills will affect how much credit, or if any credit is offered on loans of any kind. In yesterdays market loans were handled at the local bank, and a friendly handshake determined, along with you savings and checking account balance, how much one could borrow. A personal touch was there, and the bank president could be called on to override an lower level decisions on credit extension.

In today’s world, mass communication and the ability to buy anything from anywhere makes credit and loans much harder to get. As far as credit checks by the different banks and businesses on individuals, most do not know that the credit score will not even be seen by human eyes. It is all automated, and any decision on credit is made in an instant by a computerized mathematical formula. However, how a bank uses that information to deny or grant a loan is totally up to them. They can average a score of just one report, or they can use all three, and use their own statistical model to determine credit worthiness. Some might even just use a top score from one to determine if someone gets credit or is rejected for it. It matters to banks what a credit score is, and how it figures into loans.

If for example, a credit card is wanted a bank will look at where a credit ranking stands. The top is at 800 points, and the low mid range falls between 600, and goes up to about 780 points. This will determine what type of credit card, and the dollar amounts that may be charged on it, or the limit. Mortgages on homes are another area that banks can approve or deny, and the approval is based on the scores too. The scores determine how much of a down payment is needed, or even if a down payment is needed at all. Credit scores determine the interest rate to borrow on money too. A good credit rating will lower interest rates, and a bad one will shoot the rates up to much higher. If the credit rating is too bad, the banks might decide, based on scores that they can not loan out any money at such as big risk.

It might seem unfair that banks judge in such a way, but their job is to make a profit and cut down on default rates, so others will be able to borrow again that are good credit risks. Credit scores even determine what banks will accept a loan application and approve it. It is the source of funding that credit scores determine, and this can limit certain purchases on home, cars, or even business ventures that someone might like to take on.  Investors in banks that back auto insurance companies play a role and it is determined by credit scores too. It is widely held in the insurance circles that coverage of low premiums should be extended to only the best credit score individuals.

There are a lot of other ways that banks use credit scores to determine how a person lives. Other services that are a part of daily living are falling into line with bank and mortgage methods of using credit scores too. Electric companies, phone utilities and landlords are all using credit scores to ensure that customers are reliable when paying their bills.  It all has to do with credit, and the better a credit score is the more options are available on how anyone wants to live in today’s society. 

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