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Facebook Patent Enables Lenders To Base Decisions On Applicants' Friends
- CNN Money, Wednesday, August 5, 2015 12:35 PM
Facebook has been awarded a patent for a system that could allow lenders to determine a users' creditworthiness by examining their friends credit ratings. The company applied for the patent in 2012, after acquiring it from Friendster for $40 million, CNN reports.
