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ck4829

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4. People would do well to remember the Retail Credit Corporation, the first credit rating agency

Reply to Cowpunk (Original post)

Tue Feb 12, 2013, 05:04 AM

Feb 2013

They rewarded investigators more for finding negative information that would hurt a person's chances of getting a job, a loan, etc. than positive information, even if that information was just hearsay.

The Retail Credit Corporation is still around too, it's just called Equifax today.

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