Quick question on credit...
 

Moved here in November,

Opened up a secured card and I've had it/been using it for two months.

I've gone through two Experian "credit report cycles" and I still have absolutely no score. Is this normal?

The secured card is through my bank - Wells Fargo.

Should I open up a different secured card with someone like Discover or should I just be more patient?

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Patience is required.

Building a score takes time.

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Are you also checking Transunion?

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I think you need 6 months of history before a score can be generated.

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Sign up to creditkarma.com

They check experian and transunion each month and let you know how your credit score is going. It's free.

I like this kind of push notification stuff, I have far too much going on to remember to check things and they remind you to request your credit reports etc.

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+1 on credit karma. Ive used it since they started.

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6 months of activity with at least 1 reporting lender is required. Most lenders will report once a month.

Discover secured card is a good one to have given it has cashback. It's pretty much accepted everywhere in the US, but does have limited coverage beyond the borders.

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Wells Fargo 'forgot' to report our secured credit card for the year that we had it :thumbdown:

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Thanks all, signed up to CreditKarma and could see a score with Transunion!

Looks a very good piece of kit considering it's free!

Thanks all!

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You can also now file your taxes through them too for free (both fed and state). We tried it out this year. Better than paying money to Turbo Tax.

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I've had two credit cards for about 8 months now, neither secured but both with low credit limits. Got a score almost instantly and it is now nearing 700. One is a credit building card, after 18 months they'll review the limit and hopefully increase it. I've already started getting unsolicited offers from other providers, hopefully a good sign.

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I couldn't use CreditKarma this year because it didn't support filing multiple state returns and judging by the online comments I've seen I'm glad I didn't - apparently it had loads of errors.

I guess if your return was really simple you may be okay but I hope you double checked its calculations!

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Yes, compared it with Turbo Tax. I wouldn't exactly call our returns simple but we don't have multiple state returns.

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If you want a free full credit report, you can go to quizzle.com and also https://www.annualcreditreport.com/index.action . You get one free report from each agency per year.

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True, but it doesn't give a credit score.

You can also see your credit report any time you like on creditkarma.