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JARGON BUSTER

There’s a lot of TLAs used in credit - "Three Letter Abbreviations" such as APR, CCJ and LTV. Plus the use of non-words - like disassociation.

We explain all of the credit jargon we can think of, in plain English, with some helpful stuff thrown in.

Click on any of the credit jargon shown below to get more information. If you can’t find what you’re looking for, or if you need more than is shown, please contact us and we’ll add it for you. ASAP.

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