Credit Scores
Loan Jargon
Five C's
Credit Cards
Miscellaneous
100

This part of a credit score is 35% of the total score and pertains to your timeliness.

What is PAYMENT HISTORY?

100

This term describes the total amount borrowed.

What is PRINCIPAL?

100

This "C" pertains to the moral integrity of a borrower.

What is CHARACTER?

100

A credit card is not money, but rather this.

What is a LOAN?
100

You should only borrow money if you are confident that you can do this thing.

What is PAY IT BACK?

200

This part of the credit score makes up 30% of the total score and pertains to quantity.

What is AMOUNTS OWED?

200

This is a signed document to legally establish a loan between two individuals.

What is a PROMISSORY NOTE?

200

This "C" pertains to the likelihood that your income will continue to be or won't be reliable in the future.

What is CONDITIONS?

200
This is the length of time between billings and is approximately one month in duration.

What is BILLING CYCLE?

200

In order to finance a large purchase, you must ensure that you have a good one of these.

What is CREDIT HISTORY or CREDIT SCORE?

300

This part of the credit score is 15% of the total and pertains to duration.

What is LENGTH OF CREDIT HISTORY?

300

This is a specific name for a contract pertaining to a home loan.

What is a MORTGAGE?

300

This "C" pertains to the ratio of your total debs to your total income.

What is CAPACITY?

300

Some credit cards have these, which often come with cash back rewards or travel credits.

What are ANNUAL FEES?

300

The four major credit card networks in the US include Visa, Mastercard, Discover and this.

What is AMERICAN EXPRESS?

400

This part of the credit score is 10% of the total and pertains to frequency.

What is APPLICATIONS?

400

This is the term for the date by which the loan must be fully repaid.

What is MATURITY DATE?

400

This "C" pertains to your net worth, namely your assets minus your liabilities.

What is CAPITAL?

400
Interest will be charged on these types of balances on a credit card.

What is UNPAID?

400

This is a chart which describes how much of the principal and interest get paid with each payment.

What is an Amortization Table.

500

This part of the credit score is 10% of the total and pertains to variety.

What is CREDIT MIX?

500

This is another name for the interest that must be repaid on a loan.

What is a FINANCE CHARGE?

500

This "C" pertains to what you have of value that the lender could resell if you failed to pay your loan in a timely manner.

What is COLLATERAL?

500

These will be charged if you fail to make a payment on time or fail to make the minimum payment on your credit card.

What are PENALTIES?

500
You can use a credit card for purchasing merchandise, transferring balances from another card, or receiving this.

What is a CASH ADVANCE?

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