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Late payments will do it, so will missed payments. Exceeding your credit limit without authority and increasing your credit limit without paying off your existing balance will all affect your credit score. Managing credit responsibly means paying off your balance before using the facility again, and making the repayments in plenty of time for them to be credited to your account.

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