Ecoa Flashcards
Econ covers
All types of credit
ECOA includes the following prohibited bases
Race Age Marital Status Religion National origin Color
RAMRNC
Also receipt of public service assistance
ECOA covers what type of credit evaluation methods
All judgements and credit scoring
Exceptions to ECOA include
Public utilities credit
Incidental credit ( less than 4 installments, not a credit card account)
Government credit
Securities credit
PIGs
True or false. All aspects of credit transaction are covered under ECOA. Like
True
ECOA three step process
Consumer prices disproportionate adverse effect
Creditor proves manifest relationship between the practice and creditworthiness
Consumer show alternative policy or practice that net the same result without disproportionate adverse effect
Creditors cannot discourage applicants by
Making statements to discourage some one from applying
Definition of an application
Oral or written request for credit
Information entered into a computer system
An inquiry when creditor evaluates the information and decided to grant or decline the request
Requests for written preapprovals
A completed application is one where
Information that it regularly receives to make a credit decision has been sent
If information has not been sent, the creditor must make a good effort to receive it
Disclosures must be in a form that the applicant can keep except disclosures for
Monitoring information
Alimony or child support
Can disclosures be made in any language
Yes provided English disclosures are available upon request
Can marital status be a basis to grant credit
No but it can be used to consider rights and remedies.
True or false
Married and unmarried applicants can be underwritten using different standards
False
Should a creditor determine if a person is old enough to enter a contract
Yes
A creditor may consider age as it relaxers to another pertinent element of credit worthiness such as time until retirement if what type of underwriting is used
Judgements