Your Credit Card Application has been Rejected: Now What?

21 Jun 2011 | by Mildred Matthews | No Comments »

You may be quite surprised to find that your latest credit card application was rejected. Ouch!

After licking your wounds, there are a number of things you can and should do following a credit card rejection:

  • Even if you applied online or via phone for a credit card, you will receive a written notice in the mail regarding your rejection. It is important to read this letter so you can gain some insight regarding your reason for rejection. If the letter does not give you the answers you are looking for, you should contact the credit card company directly and ask them for a more detailed explanation. After all, you cannot change or improve things if you don’t know what to change.

  • You are entitled to a free copy of your credit report once a year; and again if you are rejected for a credit card offer. I

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The Effects of the FICO® 8 Credit Score

20 Jun 2011 | by Billy Miller | No Comments »

Most lenders use the Fair Isaac & Company credit score (FICO) to determine consumer credit risk. While the goal of any credit scoring model is to gauge potential risk of default, FICO continues to make adjustments to their formula to best meet those ends in an every changing financial industry. The latest formula, FICO 8, debuted in 2009 as an enhanced protocol to better predict credit risk by keeping pace with changing consumer credit behavior.

All credit scoring protocols take specific credit behaviors and summarize them into a number that others can use to judge the financial risk you present. By changing the level of importance given to some of these behaviors, the score will be more reliable and accurate.

It has taken some lenders more than two years to implement. Citi Cards, for example, recently announced that they will soon be using the new model.

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Serious About Paying Down Your Credit Card Debt? Tips for Reducing that Debt Today

20 Jun 2011 | by Mildred Matthews | No Comments »

CreditCards.com spells out the grim truth: the average credit card debt of an American household is a whopping $14,743. This level of debt can be incredibly overwhelming for any family to tackle, and many families therefore do very little to attack the debt head-on and reduce it. After all, paying down that level of debt can take years to pay off.

However, if you are serious about paying down your credit card debt, there are a few major steps you can take to accomplish this. Here’s what you need to do to tackle that credit card debt today:

  1. Gather your debts and total them up. Your total credit card debt may be quite a bit more than you previous thought, especially if it is spread out over a number of credit cards. Don’t round totals or ignore even the smallest debt; total it all up, down to the penny, so you can get an accurate picture of your current debt load.

  2. Talk about the debt together as a family. One

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Most Rewards Not Redeemed by Cardholders in 2010

20 Jun 2011 | by Mildred Matthews | No Comments »

A new survey published by Capital One revealed that the vast majority of those who carry a rewards credit card and are actively enrolled in their card’s rewards program did not redeem their points during the past 90 days. Only about 40% of rewards card customers cashed in their available rewards, according to the results of the survey, while more than 75% of cardholders expressed that they were happy with their particular rewards card program.

Most respondents indicated that although they like getting freebies and rewards, they haven’t used their rewards points yet because they are just not all that excited about the kinds of rewards offered to them. Most people said they prefer to be rewarded the old fashioned way – in cash, but only slightly more than half of them said that their cards offer a cash payback option. Lots

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