Texas Finance Code 393.001 – Definitions
Terms Used In Texas Finance Code 393.001
- Fair Credit Reporting Act: A federal law, established in 1971 and revised in 1997, that gives consumers the right to see their credit records and correct any mistakes. Source: OCC
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
In this chapter:
(1) “Consumer” means an individual who is solicited to purchase or who purchases the services of a credit services organization.
(2) “Consumer reporting agency” has the meaning assigned by Section 603(f), Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. § 1681a(f)).
(3) “Credit services organization” means a person who provides, or represents that the person can or will provide, for the payment of valuable consideration any of the following services with respect to the extension of consumer credit by others:
(A) improving a consumer’s credit history or rating;
(B) obtaining an extension of consumer credit for a consumer; or
(C) providing advice or assistance to a consumer with regard to Paragraph (A) or (B).
(4) “Extension of consumer credit” means the right to defer payment of debt offered or granted primarily for personal, family, or household purposes or to incur the debt and defer its payment.