6495Other Credit Provision Activities

financial services activities, especially those related to the provision of loans by institutions that are not tied to monetary intermediaries, with the credit provided being in various forms, for example loans, mortgages, and credit cards, which provide the following types of services: | consumer credit provision; | provision of long-term financing for industry; | lending money outside the banking system; | provision of credit by non-depository institutions, for example, home purchases; | short-term financing for mergers and takeovers of companies or corporations; | pawn activities.