Most online credit solution businesses require you to not only create an account, but you must leave your credit card information with them in order to «take advantage» of their services, and one of the lures they use to get you there is
by offering you a free credit report.
However, some companies are confusing consumers
by offering them a free credit report and score that are not part of the mandated free annual credit report program.
Not exact matches
The Select plan
offered by Veracity includes a
free credit report, a consultation with a
credit counselor, an analysis of
credit report information, and relevant disputes with the
credit reporting agencies for inaccurate information contained in a
credit report.
New laws make it tough to
offer free credit reports followed
by expensive
credit monitoring.
Free credit - monitoring services like those offered by Credit Karma and Quizzle also give customers access to one bureau's r
credit - monitoring services like those
offered by Credit Karma and Quizzle also give customers access to one bureau's r
Credit Karma and Quizzle also give customers access to one bureau's
report.
The best place to get your raw
credit report on its own is from AnnualCreditReport.com, the only site authorized
by the government to
offer your full,
free report directly from each of the 3
credit bureaus (Equifax, Experian, and Transunion).
Another study, conducted
by Nav (a
free site
offering business owners access to their personal
credit scores and business
credit profiles), the American Dream Gap
Report suggests that the businesses that regularly monitor their
credit were 41 percent more likely to be approved for a loan.
The bank loans and other types of loans
offered by the conventional funders are suitable only for those business owners with a satisfactory financial
report card that is, with a good
credit score, decent
credit history, no overdrafts, no problem of NSFs and such conditions that prove their trouble -
free financial situation.
The Fair and Accurate Credt Transactions Act of 2003 (FACTAct) guarantees every consumer one
free credit report each year and most of the sites
offering some kind of
free report are not actually authorized
by the FTC, according to FTC.gov.
JCF is also proud to
offer our Star One Program, which means that a consumer can apply with JCF, be approved or declined and have their certified
credit report sent either
by fax or email to any other lender
free of charge, keeping a consumers score from dropping due to excess inquires.
That site
offers reports and scores at some cost but gives you a very short
free trial so you can probably get your
credit info during that one time
by giving up your SSN.
CreditKarma
offers free access to your
credit score as
reported by TransUnion and Equifax, two of the three major
credit bureaus.
This provides each person with three
credit reports to review each year without any of the additional services required
by other websites that
offer credit reports for
free.
Citi ® - branded consumer
credit cards
offer members a FICO ® Score based on their Equifax
credit report, although Citi ® doesn't provide a detailed
credit report so you shouldn't rely on a
free FICO ® Score provided
by Citi ® to check for mistakes in your
credit report.
Here is a link to the Federal Trade Commission showing you how to avoid being scammed
by third parties
offering supposed
free credit reports, as well as a link to the Fair Credit Reportin
credit reports, as well as a link to the Fair
Credit Reportin
Credit Reporting Act.
Other sites
offering «
free»
credit reports aren't backed
by the three main
credit bureaus and should be treated with caution.
Offering «
free credit reports» becomes a federally regulated act on Friday, requiring companies making those
offers to prominently say their
offers are not the ones mandated
by federal law.
We remain committed to clearly and conspicuously disclosing to consumers that the
free report we
offer is not the
free annual
credit file disclosure provided
by federal law, and plan to comply with the FTC's rules.»
Once secret, now sold everywhere This week's move away from
offering the controversial «
free credit reports» reinforces a longer - term effort
by the industry to sell the once - secret
credit scores to consumers.