When loan officers present loans as clean and bright and shiny as possible, there is a higher probability of approval.

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If clean money equals clean thoughts and fair behaviour, perhaps shiny new cash will make the world a fairer place after all.

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Next, more sluicing, followed by a shampoo, and voila, you are clean as a whistle: the shiny kind.

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