Federal Law Requires Creditors to Explain the Reasons for the Denial

question 24

True/False

Federal law requires creditors to explain the reasons for the denial of credit.

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Definitions:

Interest Expense

The expenses an entity faces for borrowing money, encompassing loans, bonds, or credit lines.

Effective-Interest Method

An accounting practice used to allocate loan or bond interest expense over the life of the loan/bond based on the loan's/bond's yielding interest rate.

Bond Premium Amortization

The gradual reduction over time of the amount by which a bond's purchase price exceeds its face value.

Carrying Value

Another term for book value; it's the value at which an asset is recognized on the balance sheet.