black information

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black information (uncountable)

  1. (finance) data showing that somebody is uncreditworthy
    • 2002, Bruno Biais, Marco Pagano, New research in corporate finance and banking, page 251:
      As a result, finance companies share only black information with banks (though sharing white information as well among themselves).
    • 2003, Margaret J. Miller, Credit Reporting Systems and the International Economy, page 198:
      It may be possible that black information is a better predictor of default behavior as argued by Chandler and Parker (1989).

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