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Does closing a credit card with a balance affect your credit rating?
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∙ 14y ago
Absolutely!!! Your credit score would go down and interest might be charged. Would be more of a lose for you. Its better to close it with a paid balance!
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∙ 14y ago
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If your credit rating is excellent will cancelling a store credit card after paying it off in full in the first billing cycle affect your credit rating?
Credit scores are calculated primarily on "Credit". After closing a card............do you have "credit"? No. You HAD credit......now you don't. It certainly won't help your scores.
If you have a credit card with a balance and you haven't used it in a year and cancelled it would that have a negative affect on your credit rating?
Not as long as you don't default in the payments.
Will closing your checking and saving accounts to open checking and savings accounts with another bank affect your credit rating?
No credit reports only report debt not assets. Checking and saving account information does not appear on credit reports so will not affect your credit score.
What factors determine the credit rating by the S and P?
== == There are four or even five factors that affect your scores: Payment History Balance Mixture of Credit Late Payments
Will opening a new credit card affect your credit rating?
Yes. Any new credit account or loan will effect your rating.
Would closing a credit card damage my credit score?
Yes closing a credit card can damage your credit score. But as long as everything else is good it should not affect you credit rating to much. Look for tips to keep a good credit card rating.
Will having a negative balance in an unused checking account affect your credit rating?
No, having a negative balance in an unused checking account will not directly affect your credit rating. However, if you fail to pay off the negative balance and the account is sent to collections, that could potentially have a negative impact on your credit rating.
If your credit rating is excellent will cancelling a store credit card after paying it off in full in the first billing cycle affect your credit rating?
Credit scores are calculated primarily on "Credit". After closing a card............do you have "credit"? No. You HAD credit......now you don't. It certainly won't help your scores.
If you have a credit card with a balance and you haven't used it in a year and cancelled it would that have a negative affect on your credit rating?
Not as long as you don't default in the payments.
Will closing your checking and saving accounts to open checking and savings accounts with another bank affect your credit rating?
No credit reports only report debt not assets. Checking and saving account information does not appear on credit reports so will not affect your credit score.
What factors determine the credit rating by the S and P?
== == There are four or even five factors that affect your scores: Payment History Balance Mixture of Credit Late Payments
Do misdemeanors affect your credit?
Possessing a criminal record CAN affect your credit rating - but to what extent, is a confidential rationg factor the credit rating industry won't release.
Do unsecured loans affect your credit rating?
An Unsecured loan can very much affect your credit rating, but it depends on whether you pay it back and keep your promise. If not, your credit rating can severely drop and you will lose trust with your provider.
Will opening a new credit card affect your credit rating?
Yes. Any new credit account or loan will effect your rating.
If your spouse co-signs for someone will it affect your credit too?
No, your credit rating is separate from your spouse. If he or she cosigns it will only effect his or her credit rating.
Will being in debt affect your credit rating?
Not generally.
Does your bad credit rating affect your children if they live at the same address?
no it does not affect your children's credit rating. credit score is based on how an individual uses credit, not on how other people uses credit. what possibly may happen is children may learn thier parent's bad credit habits. if a consumer needs a co-signer (parent) then if the parent has a bad credit rating that will affect the loan
