Today, startups are trying to fix this by scoring... Netflix habits and metro card usage? 🎬
Yes, binge-watching Bridgerton might actually affect your loan approval 😅
It took until the 1970s Equal Credit Opportunity Act for banks to embrace the system. Not because the math was better - but because the law said "Stop being awful to women and racial minorities." 📜
ALT President Gerald Ford signing the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, 1974.
A $2 bar bet in 1956 San Francisco completely revolutionized how the world measures trust. That napkin math now controls 90% of US loans and gates everything from apartments to jobs 🤯 🧵 👇