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credit bureau

An organization to which business firms apply for credit information on prospective customers.

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credit bureau - a private firm that maintains consumer credit data files and provides credit information to authorized users for a fee

agency - a business that serves other businesses

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The executive added that establishing a credit bureau would give companies and customers the security they need in doing business.

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Following the collection of information and data, the credit bureaus will be able to offer value-added services to different enterprises and businesses.

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ISLAMABAD -- The government has made it mandatory on financial institutions, retailers, telecom service providers and utility companies to provide all relevant data to licensed private credit bureaus regulated by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP).

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The data that the credit bureau collects on you will be used to generate your credit score and report.

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