black information

English

Noun

black information (uncountable)

1. (finance) data showing that somebody is uncreditworthy
   • 2002, Bruno Biais, Marco Pagano, New research in corporate finance and banking, page 251:

     As a result, finance companies share only black information with banks (though sharing white information as well among themselves).

   • 2003, Margaret J. Miller, Credit Reporting Systems and the International Economy, page 198:

     It may be possible that black information is a better predictor of default behavior as argued by Chandler and Parker (1989).

Related terms

• white information