BETA
Chapter 1
The anatomy of financial trust
Chapter 2
Starting from absolute zero
Chapter 3
The hidden rules of the credit game
Chapter 4
Navigating credit systems worldwide
YOUR GOAL
Master of Building credit from scratch
Ch 1 · The anatomy of financial trust
sloane Building Credit From Zero
Starting your credit, Get a secured card, Your deposit builds trust!
sloane Two visionaries created a mathematical formula to make lending decisions objective.
sloane The first modern consumer credit databases began at the end of the nineteenth century.
Fun Fact
Ancient credit tablets: In 1800 BCE Babylon, clay tablets recorded grain debts, making credit records older than minted coins.
Glossary
credit (noun)
An agreement by which a borrower receives something of value now and agrees to repay the lender later. Generating a standard FICO score from scratch requires at least six months of reported payment history.
An agreement by which a borrower receives something of value now and agrees to repay the lender later. Generating a standard FICO score from scratch requires at least six months of reported payment history.
Quiz
Which of the following is one of the three major credit bureaus in the United States?
Quiz
How many major credit reporting agencies dominate the United States financial market?
Quiz
Why did Bill Fair and Earl Isaac develop the mathematical credit score in the 1950s?
Quiz
What ancient civilization used clay tablets around 1800 BCE to record silver and grain debts?
Quiz
In what year did Bill Fair and Earl Isaac found FICO to create standardized credit scoring?
Quiz
Before computerized credit scores, how did banks primarily determine who got a loan?