A person may wish to obtain a no credit history credit card if they have experienced financially difficulties in the past and therefore are concerned that they may have a poor credit history.
"A credit history check would be useful if you were trying to buy a house or a car, or obtain a loan. You could check your credit first, and if there were problems you could pay them off before applying for loans."
Yes you can. Everyone starts off at some point without a credit history, and there are options available for people who would like to get a credit card without any history of having one. They can start to build their credit history by applying for a secured credit card or applying for a joint credit card with someone who has an established credit history. The third option available to someone who has no credit history is to find a credit card issuer catering to first-time customers and offer student credit cards or bad credit credit cards or just plain and simple credit cards that are able to be approved for with little or no credit history.
If you have no credit record, chances are that your APR on a loan will be higher than what would be charged to those who have stable credit ratings. The reason for this is because without any credit history, you could be considered "high risk" ... granted one cannot get credit history without having credit, but the credit determination is often black and white - you either fall into one category or the other - there are no gray areas when dealing with credit or credit history.
In order to obtain a bad credit loan a person has to have a credit score is 620 anything below that would be considered high risk.
Your credit history is simply the period of time you have had open lines of credit. Say you had five credit cards and you kept them each for exactly one year and then closed each of them. You would have five credit years of history but most scoring systems would see that as one year of credit history. If you had one credit card account for one year and another for the subsequent year and so on for five years, you would also have five years of credit history, but, again, scoring systems would still see that as (more or less) one year of credit history. Now, if you had one credit card for five years, then the scoring systems would definitely see that as five yeas of credit history. So, creditors and scoring systems look at how long you have maintained each line of credit and the longer the better.
I would think if there was a justifiable reason to obtain it. They could certainly justify obtaining a credit rating to determine what possible creditors are out there that need to be satisfied. One possible reason to get it is to use it in valuation of items purchased that are now part of the estate.
"A credit history check would be useful if you were trying to buy a house or a car, or obtain a loan. You could check your credit first, and if there were problems you could pay them off before applying for loans."
In some cases, being on the job for 1 year can help obtain a low with a lower interest rate. This shows security. But your job history is not the only factor in obtaining a mortgage. Your monthly income, your repayment history, how you have used credit and your current available credit will be used in a creditors decision on what type of loan you would qualify for.
Yes you can. Everyone starts off at some point without a credit history, and there are options available for people who would like to get a credit card without any history of having one. They can start to build their credit history by applying for a secured credit card or applying for a joint credit card with someone who has an established credit history. The third option available to someone who has no credit history is to find a credit card issuer catering to first-time customers and offer student credit cards or bad credit credit cards or just plain and simple credit cards that are able to be approved for with little or no credit history.
If you have no credit record, chances are that your APR on a loan will be higher than what would be charged to those who have stable credit ratings. The reason for this is because without any credit history, you could be considered "high risk" ... granted one cannot get credit history without having credit, but the credit determination is often black and white - you either fall into one category or the other - there are no gray areas when dealing with credit or credit history.
In order to obtain a bad credit loan a person has to have a credit score is 620 anything below that would be considered high risk.
Some of the reasons include: partial application, you sent in an unfilled application. Another reason would be low credit score, unpaid debt. limited credit history or work experience.
Your credit history is simply the period of time you have had open lines of credit. Say you had five credit cards and you kept them each for exactly one year and then closed each of them. You would have five credit years of history but most scoring systems would see that as one year of credit history. If you had one credit card account for one year and another for the subsequent year and so on for five years, you would also have five years of credit history, but, again, scoring systems would still see that as (more or less) one year of credit history. Now, if you had one credit card for five years, then the scoring systems would definitely see that as five yeas of credit history. So, creditors and scoring systems look at how long you have maintained each line of credit and the longer the better.
No. Your credit history is just that. It's not an employment history as well.
I would assume through a credit bureau
Most credit card companies will offer a credit card for someone with no credit history. A few of them are capital one, any prepaid credit card and most banks. If you have no credit history the best way to go would be to go thru your bank.
annualcreditreport.com seems to be a good site for you. It will offer you free credit reports, and it is authorized by the government. I believe they would be a safe choice.