Why Your Credit Card Score Is Critical to Your Credit Score – Part One
Welcome to Part One of my series: Why Your Credit Card Score Is Critical to Your Credit Score.
Most people think that the key to a good credit score is simply paying bills on time. But that’s not true. Your credit card [...]
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Why Your Credit Card Score Is Critical to Your Credit Score – Part One
Posted by Philip Tirone on June 25th, 2010
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Why Your Credit Card Score is Critical to Your Credit Score
Posted by Philip Tirone on June 18th, 2010
Why Your Credit Card Score is Critical to Your Credit Score
Too many people think they can raise their credit score (and, therefore, their credit card score) by simply paying their bills on time. Unfortunately, they end up learning the lesson the hard way. When it comes time to buy a house, open a new line [...]
Ready to Transfer Credit Card Balance? Read This First!
Posted by Philip Tirone on June 11th, 2010
Offers to transfer credit card balance to a low-interest card might be seductive. I’ll save money and lower my parents, you might think.
Not so fast! Before you transfer a credit card balance, be sure you understand how the process can benefit you or hurt your credit card score. That’s right—it could hurt you.
Let’s take a [...]
A “credit card score” is a letter grade that reflects whether your credit card habits are helping you build credit or causing you to have bad credit: An “A” credit card score is excellent; an “F” indicates that you likely have bad credit. The lower your credit card score, the more likely you have bad credit and need to make immediate changes to your credit card behavior.