Methods Used to Change Retail Underwriting Standards
(Percent of Total Product Responses)
Tightened
Eased
Score Card
63
38
Collateral
73
15
Debt Service
43
23
Pricing
41
23
Credit Line
27
15
Maturity
3
23
Amortization
20
8
Documentation
54
15
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency was created by Congress to
charter national banks, to oversee a nationwide system of banking institutions,
and to assure that national banks are safe and sound, competitive and
profitable, and capable of serving in the best possible manner the banking
needs of their customers.