信用评分几乎影响了一个人的金融生活的各个方面 - 从购买房屋或开始业务到信用卡的利率。信用检查还用于筛选租赁住房,银行账户和工作的申请人。然而,大约4000万人没有信用文件或“薄”文件,使其“无法可行”,大约4500万更低的分数。*具有良好信用评级的人们在整个生活中少了约25万美元,而不是穷人评级 - 可以去建造资产的节省。

非营利组织,如微型企业开发和首次购房组织,为低收入,贫困,薄或无信用文件消费者提供贷款,以帮助这些消费者建立信贷和资产。However, many nonprofits and other small lenders cannot report their loan repayment data to the three major credit bureaus—Experian, TransUnion, and Equifax—because they face barriers such as small portfolio sizes or the high cost of credit reporting (i.e., technology, compliance, know-how).