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Asset Building through Credit – Credit Scores + Financial Behavior

September 1, 2014
Economic Opportunities Program
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‘s Asset Building through Credit Pilot explored the outcomes on credit scores and financial behaviors of microentrepreneurs who used a secured credit card.

 

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Asset Building through Credit Pilot

This paper presents the first set of findings from the Asset Building through Credit Pilot program, a demonstration that explored the use of secured credit card, teamed with credit coaching, as a tool to help entrepreneurs to build their credit.

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Client Gains in Credit Scores and Financial Capability

The second publication in this series highlighting the findings from the Asset Building through Credit Pilot details the outcomes of 385 secured cardholders in terms of credit scores and financial behaviors.

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Building a Sustainable Business Model

The third and final publication from the Asset Building through Credit pilot explores how to sustain delivery of a secured credit card teamed with credit coaching.