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Anon tries to understand credit scores
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this post was submitted on 27 Dec 2025
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How do you think "social credit" would be handled if the US were a socialist/communist country?
1:1 same as credit score - in the worst possible way
Is that relevant to anything? Credit score bad. Next.
I started paying cash for everything about 30 years ago. Haven't needed my credit score since so I froze my credit score access. There have been no downsides.
Nah, it's good for me to know the risk before I lend to someone. Only bad borrowers are against their reputation re repayment history not being public.
Without credit scores, nepotism and bigotry are what decides who gets loans, since lenders will have nothing but 'vibes' to go off of. No thanks.
Huh?
In my country there's debt registries (that you can only be put into when you're late enough on a payment) and lenders will usually ask you for proof of income and list of obligations, or account statements for the last 6 months, to determine if you're capable of paying back.
The disadvantage is, they'll see your account statements. The advantage is, you don't have to have a credit card, or any sort of debt, to build credit. You don't need credit history. If your income is high enough and your expenses are noticeably lower than your income, and you don't have an outstanding debt registry entry, you're eligible for a loan.
Our mortgage delinquency rates are lower than in the US. And home ownership rates are pretty high so it seems people are getting mortgages no problem
Who are you lending to?