Refers to the enterprise legal person engaged in credit reporting business activities approved by the credit reporting supervision and management department. It is a third-party organization other than the two parties to the credit transaction, with a certain scale of credit information database.
In a narrow sense, a credit reporting agency refers to a profit-making information service professional institution specializing in the collection, processing, evaluation and dissemination of credit information. Generally speaking, it refers to an enterprise legal person that is approved by the credit supervision and management department and specializes in credit business activities. Credit agencies are usually divided into three categories, namely, enterprise credit agencies, individual credit agencies and property credit agencies. The concept of credit reporting agency can also expand the types of enterprises in other credit management industries, such as credit rating, enterprise collection, credit management consulting and other institutions, and even produce different titles.