Tuesday, 14 February 2012

Information Regarding Credit Scoring

By Karri Levens


To people who aren't familiar with the term credit score, they often times assume that this is the score that individuals get in our credit cards for your number of purchases that we make every year. But nothing is more wrong. Credit scores are actually the grade you will get depending on how reliable a person is in paying the money they owe and credits.

Credit scores are based on a lot of factors, how much your outstanding debts is, how regular do you pay for it, how much you spend and how much you earn. It will also be based upon your past credits and just how were you as a borrower. These are generally all being gathered and recorded by credit bureaus and credit reference agencies like Equifax, TRansUnion and Experian.

When you think, you are the only one you never know that you owe a credit card company a large amount, think again because they do keep records and what is more, all the credit transactions we get are being filed for future reference of each credit and financial institution in the united states.

Credit scores is important because it can often mean being accepted or rejected to borrow. With a really bad credit score, you possibly will not be able to get a house loan, a car loan, a school loan and even a plastic card. In short, with a bad credit history, your days of borrowing money is history. As an added salt to the injury, it's not only credit card companies, lending companies and banks who do get information from the people's credit reports.

Even private companies and government agencies use this to background check an existing employee or a potential employee. The thing is, a credit score will determine someone's financial savvy and sense of responsibility. This will also show the amount a person is willing to face up to a problem instead of running away from it.

This is also true with employees that are being hired or were hired to believe posts that deal with really sensitive financial issues or those who are directly in contact with money. A credit ranking and a credit score is important in determining when they will be able to handle the finances well.

Cellphone companies and credit card companies also use credit scores to determine the clients that they can should target. People who have a good credit score scores are often those who have the spending power. Thus, they may be good people to offer cellphone packages and credit card services.

In securing financing, credit scores are also used in determining the kind of loan that will fit your credit profile. Those who have high credit score are given higher amounts in loan, lower interest and extended period frame in which to pay the loan.

In contrast, people who do not have a good credit score may be refused a loan or at least be given a small amount in loan, much higher interest and shorter time period to pay the loan. This is because creditors and lender also want to protect their interest. Low people's credit reports are more riskier and therefore warrant higher interest rates.

Credit scores can be purchased through the internet via Equifax. They are going to send you your FICO (Fair Isaac Corporation) score for a fee, $12.95.




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