(14)While credit servicers can provide their services to credit institutions and to credit purchasers that are not credit institutions, a competitive and integrated market for credit servicers is linked to the development of a competitive and integrated market for credit purchasers. Credit purchasers often decide to outsource credit servicing activities to other entities, as they do not have the capacity to service credit themselves, and thus can be reluctant to purchase credit from credit institutions if they cannot outsource certain services.