Oct 13

The credit card issuers send their accounts receivable data to the credit reporting agencies on a monthly basis.  This information contains your credit limit, amount you owe (balance), minimum payment, date of last payment and payment date.  If you used your credit card that month, there will be a balance due on your statement.  When you pay your bill, your account is credited for that amount.  The issue is that you will always show a balance on your credit report, if you use your credit card and pay your statement when you receive it.

To avoid showing a balance, you need to pay your bill before the closing date of the current month. Don’t charge on your card between the date you pay and the end of the cycle or you will still show a balance.  For example, the closing date on your account is September 30.  Let’s say today is September 26 and you have charged $600 since you last statement. You can p

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Jul 19

Here’s an email I got today from Jennifer.

Jen and Ken filed bankruptcy in February 2010. Because Jen’s bankruptcy does NOT show on her credit report, her credit score is much lower than Ken’s.

( Jennifer and Ken are not their real names.)

If your after bankruptcy credit rpeort isn’t right, we’ll work with you on dispute letters to the credit bureaus. If letters don’t work, we’ll sue.

“Mr. Weed:

“Our discharge was a one year ago in June 2010. When we tried to buy a car back in December 2010, the Chapter 7 discharge was not on my credit report. I pulled my credit a few days ago and the discharge is still not showing, many account are marked as delinquent and my score is terrible. I filed several ‘disputes’ with Equifax but this could take up to 45 days. Why is the discharge not on my credit report? What can I do to fix this?? I am very frustrated that my credit looks terrible. The discharge Read full article…

Tags: Credit Report, Report

Jun 24

Triple score credit report is important in United Kingdom for each and every person. In last couple of years, incidents of identity theft have increased a lot. The worse scenario of this problem is that person does not know that his/her identity is being used by another person. Now days, many clever people use the credit score or report of another person to buy house or borrow loan from lenders. Even, many times, you receive the bills through email or mail for products you never purchased.

In recent time, triple score credit report has emerged as one of the best ways to secure your identity. With the help of this financial tool, you can protect yourself easily. In this option, a person is entitled to get one free credit report once in year from leading credit bureau. Once you receive your report, it is your responsibility to check every detail properly and precisely.

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Feb 06

Understanding is very important when it comes to credit report score. Your credit score or rating is used by many companies and people, like lenders, banks, mobile phone companies, landlord etc. All these people perform credit check on your name just to find out your credit risk. Bad credit report means you are a risky borrower as far as money is concerned. Hence, lenders decline your loan application and don’t lend you any cash.

Even, rate of interest and APR of loan depends on the credit report score of individual. So, it is important to keep close eye on your score and report. Now days, many organizations and companies have started checking the past credit record of people before hiring them. Hence, it has become more important for everyone who is looking for a job. It is necessary to know the actual credit score before you contact to any lender or bank for money.

Usually, people understand that checking credit report score will bring down the actual score. H

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Jan 18

Yes, it is absolutely true. Now, UK residents can avail free credit report without any problem and keep a close eye on their credit status. It is also a most expensive asset for an individual because it determines your credit status as well as determines your credit worthiness. This report also helps you to get loan, mortgage, credit card and even job. Generally, people search for these reports to check their mistakes and current status.

Free credit report is a great way to improve credit score. Report helps people to know their financial mistakes and by correcting those details they can easily achieve good score. And don’t forget effective management of your credit score can save your large chunk of money. Whenever UK citizens apply for finance or credit cards your score or report is checked by lenders and banks.

Such score help them to decide whether you deserve a loan amount or not. Even, same report determines the rate of interest and APR. H

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