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Credit Report VS Credit Score

Understanding your credit report and how your credit score can impact small business loans is a crucial aspect of your small business.

    Kymberlin Bush
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Key Takeaway A credit report offers detailed information about your credit history, and it is useful for long-term planning and loan applications, where a credit score provides a general snapshot of your creditworthiness, and is often used by lenders to assess loan applications.
Kymberlin Bush

Kymberlin Bush

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Kymberlin earned her Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing from Pacific University in 2020 and resides in Portland, Oregon.
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