But as with traditional scores, there are
multiple alternative credit scoring models out there.
Not exact matches
Offer
multiple payment options — For shoppers leery of giving
credit card information to an online merchant they've never dealt with before, offering
alternatives such as PayPal or Google Checkout is another way to gain their trust.
«Marcus offers an option for consumers who are searching for a simpler
alternative to
credit card borrowing, where rates can change and
multiple fees can be charged,» said Harit Talwar, who is leading the initiative for Goldman Sachs.
Consumers who have taken out
alternative loans
multiple times and paid them back have a significantly lower probability of delinquency on a traditional
credit product.
While the details of the offering remain unclear — Equifax has not responded to
multiple inquiries from ValuePenguin — it's touted as an
alternative to a
credit report security freeze.
«Dynamically allocating among carefully selected
alternative managers, we pursue opportunities across
multiple fixed income and
credit strategies while diligently managing their associated risks.»
The
alternative to this would be to contact the issuing bank and request a
credit line increase, or to use
multiple cards, keeping the maximum balance on any one card below about 30 % of its
credit line.
Credit union commenters explained that
alternative 2 allows creditors to rely on settlement agents when needed, unlike
alternative 1, which they believed would require creditors to hire staff attorneys to perform closings in
multiple jurisdictions, increasing costs and limiting their ability to perform closings nationwide.
Community bank and
credit union commenters were concerned that
alternative 1 would require creditors to assume more responsibility for settlement activities and require that they hire staff attorneys licensed to practice in
multiple jurisdictions, which would increase costs that would be passed on to consumers.