Re:On the Rise of FinTechs – Credit Scoring Using Digital Fo...
by skinnymuch on Saturday June 23, 2018 @02:49PM
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How would someone’s credit score be messed up forever? Debts are cleared completely after 7 years and have less weight after about half way through that time. Bankruptcy is along the same lines.
So your example isn’t correct.
Re:On the Rise of FinTechs – Credit Scoring Using Digital Fo...
by taurine on Saturday June 23, 2018 @03:08PM
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You still owe any debts after 7 years (up to 15 years in some states). Zombie debt is not "completely clear". But ok, read "mess up your credit score for 7 years" instead. Then point remains: Marginal high-risk credit underwriting is not only dangerous to the institution, but also to the receivers of the loans (and the economy in general). It is socially perverse to hook lower-income people to consumer credit. To have middle-income people lose their house.
Re:On the Rise of FinTechs – Credit Scoring Using Digital Fo...
by watersb on Saturday June 23, 2018 @06:38PM
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Ten years. Maybe. If there are no errors on your credit report.
If you are poor, then don't create more debt! It should be hard to rack up such a debt, not easy and accessible. No amount of credit is going to increase your social status, because you have to pay it back with your own current/near-future money.
If we want social justice for the poor through access to more money, then capitalism is not a good way to go. The state should become a credit provider.