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IFC (World Bank Group) Publishes Credit Reporting Knowledge Guide 2012

The revised Credit Reporting Knowledge Guide 2012 aims to support the dissemination of knowledge on best practices in credit reporting development based on IFC’s experience.   The original Credit Bureau Knowledge Guide (2006) elaborated on the knowledge gained over several … Continue reading

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General Principles for Credit Reporting (Consultative Report)

In 2009 the World Bank, with support from the Bank for International Settlements assembled a Task Force to work on credit information standards Task Force members came from Central banks (including PBC) financ.ial and privacy regulators, multilateral organizations involved in … Continue reading

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World Bank Issues General Principles on Credit Reporting for the Financial Services Sector

The World Bank, in collaboration with the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), various central banks and members of the information industry represented by ACCIS (Europe), BIIA (Asia Pacific) and CDIA (USA), has been working on developing universal standards for credit … Continue reading

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