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Re:When Banks Use Facebook Friends To Determine Your Credit ... by yummyfajitas on Wednesday December 14, 2011 @03:57PM (#3353557)
Here is some actual data comparing ethnic groups. It does indeed conclude that blacks are more likely to exhibit risky financial profiles than whites.

http://www.bos.frb.org/economic/wp/wp1992/wp92_7.pdf

However, the study also concludes that for a sample of black people statistically identical to whites, the approval rate is only 82% (compared to 90% for whites).

Re:When Banks Use Facebook Friends To Determine Your Credit ... by chc on Wednesday December 14, 2011 @04:01PM (#3353570)
Interesting. That study was only shortly after the FICO scoring system was introduced, so I'm curious if anything has changed.