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A credit rating company is one that assigns ratings of credits for issuers of some kinds of loans or debts. The company gives ratings which can be said to be equivalent to securities. Plainly put, a credit rating is a rating that gives an indication of how secure the loan or debt is and whether repayment can be expected or not. The credit ratings consider the issuers credit worthiness (that is the capability of repayment of debts) and thus it sort of affects the rate of interest that the debtors will charge to the issuer or debt.

In the United States of America, the citizens have the right to get their credit ratings analyzed and get a free copy once every year from each of the three major credit rating companies, viz: TransUnion, Experian, and Equifax. With the credit ratings that they get from such companies, they will be able to assess their own credit worthiness and may be mentally prepared for the rate of interest that may be charged upon them when they go for a loan or a debt. The ratings are used by broker-dealers, bankers, debt issuers, alike to alter their debt policies and rates of interest.

The credit rating agency gathers the credit-debit information of the citizen who requests the agency to issue him a credit-rating. The information required is taken from bank transactions, credit card transactions, and loans taken and repaid. Once the citizen gets the credit ratings of the previous year issued to him, it is his duty to check whether all the details prescribed in the ratings are correct and has to make prompt changes if there are any short comings. This has to be done meticulously as the ratings can play a major role in the denial of the loan that you had requested from a bank or government agency.

The credit rating agencies can make a lot of money by using the credit ratings that they have prepared.

For example if a big credit card company wants to promote their new credit card, they would approach the credit rating agency and tell them the profile of the kind of individual who they think would be interested in buying their new card. In return for a few bucks, the credit rating company gives the credit card company the contact details of all individuals that fit in the given profile.

In each country there are only a few credit rating agencies that have the government’s approval for conducting the credit ratings. Research thoroughly before you approach any credit rating agency.