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Credit enhancement

The process of reducing Credit risk by requiring Collateral, Insurance, or other agreements to provide the Lender with reassurance that it will be compensated if the borrower defaulted.

Related Terms: 13 Borrow, Credit risk, Collateral, Credit, Default, Insurance, Lend, Lender, Owe, Risk, ROC, ROCE, Ring
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