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DTI and Credit Decisioning: How Effective is Your Recipe?

By Chris Carlson | May 1, 2019
Credit Risk Management, credit decisioning, DTI, debt-to-income ratio
Debt-to-income (DTI) is one of the most critical ratios that financial institutions consider when determining the approval or rejection of applicants.
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