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Credit (finance)
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Domestic credit to private sector in 2005
Credit is the provision of resources (such as granting a loan) by one party to another party where that second party does not reimburse the first party immediately, thereby generating a debt, and instead arranges either to repay or return those resources (or material(s) of equal value) at a later date. The first party is called a creditor, also known as a lender, while the second party is called a debtor, also known as a borrower.
Any movement of financial capital is normally quite dependent on credit, which in turn is dependent on the reputation or creditworthiness of the entity which takes responsibility for the funds.
The term credit is used similarly in commercial trade, known as "trade credit", to refer to the approval for delayed payments for purchased goods. Sometimes, credit is not granted to a person who has financial instability or difficulty. Companies frequently offer credit to their customers as part of the terms of a purchase agreement. Organizations that offer credit to their customers frequently employ a credit manager.
Credit is denominated by a unit of account. Unlike money (by a strict definition), credit itself cannot act as a unit of account. However, many forms of credit can readily act as a medium of exchange. As such, various forms of credit are frequently referred to as money and are included in estimates of the money supply.
Credit is also traded in the market. The purest form is the credit default swap market, which is essentially a traded market in credit insurance. A credit default swap represents the price at which two parties exchange this risk ? the protection "seller" takes the risk of default of the credit in return for a payment, commonly denoted in basis points (one basis point is 1/100 of a percent) of the notional amount to be referenced, while the protection "buyer" pays this premium and in the case of default of the underlying (a loan, bond or other receivable), delivers this receivable to the protection seller and receives from the seller the par amount (that is, is made whole).
[edit] See also
Consumer credit
Credit Bureau
Credit report
Credit risk
Credit score
Debt
Default (finance)
Fair Credit Reporting Act
Fair Isaac
Financial literacy
Installment credit
Interest
Payday loan
Peer-to-peer lending
Predatory lending
Revolving credit
Risk-return spectrum
Settlement (finance)
Subprime
Social Credit
[edit] External links
New York Times/PBS FRONTLINE multimedia collaboration "Secret History of the Credit Card," November 2004.
Wikinvestopedia Credit/Lending Glossary
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