Across
- 2. An excellent credit rating
- 5. A state law that sets a maximum interest rate that may be charged for customer loans
- 6. A written statement of a customer’s credit history, issued by a credit bureau
- 7. A good credit rating
- 8. Unlicensed lenders who charge illegally high interest rates
- 12. A person who borrows money from others
- 13. Property pledged to insure repayment of a loan
- 15. The use of someone else’s money,borrowed now with an agreement to pay it back later
- 16. A business that gathers, stores, and sells credit information to other businesses
- 18. A loan for a specific amount that must be payed in full,including a finance charges by a stated due date
- 22. A service available to charge customers whereby purchases are not billed to the customer until much later than the standard billing time
- 24. Potential creditors who think you are a good risk
- 26. The total of assigned points used to determine the likelihood that you will repay a debt as agreed
- 27. An organization that makes high-risk customer loans
- 28. A responsible attitude toward honoring obligations
- 29. System a method of evaluation in which points are assigned by a credit bureau based on several factors
- 30. A person or business that loans money to others
Down
- 1. The financial ability to repay a loan with present income
- 3. Legal business that makes high interest loans based on personal possessions pledged as collateral
- 4. The complete record of your borrowing and repayment performance
- 9. Someone who promises to pay if the borrower fails to pay
- 10. The value of property you possess
- 11. A timeframe within which you may pay your current balance in full and incur no interest charges
- 14. A preestablished amount that can be borrowed on demand with no collateral
- 17. The cost of credit expressed as a yearly percentage
- 19. Involves providing a service for which you will pay later
- 20. Businesses that pay a monthly fee to the credit bureau for access to this information
- 21. A measuring of creditworthiness based on an analysis of your credit and financial history
- 23. The total dollar amount of all interest and fees you pay for the use of credit
- 25. Where a borrower can use credit up to a stated limit
