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Old Feb 19th 2016, 3:18 pm
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Interesting article about capitalone and credit scores. It appears that not all credit cards are the same

Components of Your FICO Credit Score
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[QUOTE=mrken30;11872824]Interesting article about capitalone and credit scores. It appears that not all credit cards are the same. .....
No $4!t Sherlock!
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Old Feb 19th 2016, 3:39 pm
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Interesting article about capitalone and credit scores. It appears that not all credit cards are the same. .....
No $4!t Sherlock!
This makes it really tough for people trying to get up the credit ladder. Normally one would just look at the rewards and benefits, not do they report my available credit correctly. Where do you even find out this information before taking out a card?
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Originally Posted by Pulaski
This makes it really tough for people trying to get up the credit ladder. Normally one would just look at the rewards and benefits, not do they report my available credit correctly. Where do you even find out this information before taking out a card?
This information is readily available. Creditkarma is one good place.
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Originally Posted by mrken30
.... This makes it really tough for people trying to get up the credit ladder. ....
Isn't that what the banks and finance companies want?

Credit is like a drug. The effects can be pleasant in moderation, but it can become addictive, and very hard to ween yourself off if you get hooked.
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Old Feb 23rd 2016, 9:05 pm
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Update from Capital One

Why is Capital One using a new scoring model?
Your old score was calculated using the TransUnion New Account model, which is an educational score designed to help people learn about credit. Your new CreditWise score is calculated using the TransUnion Vantage 3.0 model and is a score commonly used by other lenders, so the number you see on CreditWise could be similar to the credit score you get from other places. And, while Capital One doesn’t use this model today for making credit decisions, some other lenders do.
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Old Feb 23rd 2016, 11:43 pm
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Originally Posted by Pulaski
Isn't that what the banks and finance companies want?

Credit is like a drug. The effects can be pleasant in moderation, but it can become addictive, and very hard to ween yourself off if you get hooked.
Really do agree, its important to have a high credit card, but just dont use it. Its easy to spend someone elses money and a lot harder to pay it back.
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Old Feb 23rd 2016, 11:48 pm
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Originally Posted by ldollard
Really do agree, its important to have a high credit card, but just dont use it. Its easy to spend someone elses money and a lot harder to pay it back.
It's even easier to spend someone elses money when you don't have to pay it back such as using the NHS for trivial things
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Old Feb 24th 2016, 3:46 am
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Another anecdote...

Hubby has just taken out a new credit card for point churning for a forthcoming trip, the Chase Marriott one. I have a second card.

The Marriott one doesn't appear in my Chase online banking logon list of accounts, yet hubby's Chase Sapphire one does. I was in the branch yesterday, and asked the banker about this.

He explained that when we took out the Sapphire card, in 2013, I was set up as a secondary member rather than a mere authorized user. That means I can transact on the account rather than just charge to it, and it is reported to the credit agencies in my name.

Apparently this is no longer possible with Chase issued cards; I've been grandfathered in under the old scheme for the Sapphire card, but there's no way to become a secondary member on the new Marriott card and have it form part of my credit reporting.

So it sounds like Chase cards are no longer any use for building a piggyback credit history.
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Old Feb 24th 2016, 10:02 pm
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Authorized user cards generally do still report to your credit file, give it a month or two and it'll probably appear.
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Old Feb 24th 2016, 10:40 pm
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Originally Posted by Olly_
Authorized user cards generally do still report to your credit file, give it a month or two and it'll probably appear.
Interesting - I asked the Chase guy specifically about credit reporting and he said that as an authorized user, it wouldn't (one of their private bankers and seemed knowledgable; I often find others don't even understand my questions, let alone know the answers). But I shall see... I'll try and remember to report back, if the 'I'm just an authorized user' card shows up in my Credit Sesame like the others do.
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Old Feb 24th 2016, 10:44 pm
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That's my partner's Chase Freedom reporting on my credit file - I fully expect you'll see the same in a month or two.
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Originally Posted by Olly_
http://i.imgur.com/kY2jwEe.png

That's my partner's Chase Freedom reporting on my credit file - I fully expect you'll see the same in a month or two.
It's possible that your card was grandfathered in too. Perhaps the policy only changed this year.
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Originally Posted by Moonsquirrel
Hello, wise and wonderful expats. Having moved to Ca, married my US citizen husband, I'm now looking to start building my credit score. From reading the forums, looks like applying for my own credit/store cards will result in immediate rejection, thus damaging my already piteous credit score. Would it be better for building credit to a) get a secured card or b) ask my husband to cosign a card for me or c) do both? I have a current account with BoA, and we have a joint account with them too, for what it's worth.

Thanks all!
Go to a credit union, open an account, and take out a 36 month secured loan on $1,000 or the minimum they offer.

Do the same at a different credit union for 12 months. Then you will have 2 installment tradelines from two different banks.

After a year, apply for a Target, HSN, or Hooters card.
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Originally Posted by tuxedocat
Go to a credit union, open an account, and take out a 36 month secured loan on $1,000 or the minimum they offer.

Do the same at a different credit union for 12 months. Then you will have 2 installment tradelines from two different banks.

After a year, apply for a Target, HSN, or Hooters card.
Why wouldn't you just get a secured credit card at the bank you are already banking with? I got a $500 secured card, paid my cell phone bill with it every month and cleared the balance every month. About 6 months' later they refunded the $500 and it's now a normal credit card.
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