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Searching for a loan could lead to credit checks

Customers searching online banks for the best deal available are being warned that they could be credit checked without knowing it.The Telegraph newspaper reports that Emma Heywood, a 28-year-old civil servant from south London, discovered that Cahoot, the online bank that is part of Abbey National, had run a credit check on her as she researched her options for a personal loan on the internet. Ms Heywood claims she had not submitted a completed application for the loan when the credit check was made.”It’s disgraceful,” she said. “I did not think they would perform a credit check if you had not gone through with the application. There is a broader issue here about protecting consumers from this; it is not fair to put them in this position. Cahoot’s system needs redesigning so the credit check is not made until you finally submit the application.”Any credit check leaves a “footprint” behind with credit reference agencies and, if a large number of footprints appear on a record, consumers’ credit ratings can be affected.

Posted in Uncategorized, loan, college loan, cash loan, loan rate, cash loan online, loan finance | November 2007

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