This means you will not likely be approved for a regular credit
card during your bankruptcy or proposal.
By getting
a card during bankruptcy he advises that you can begin building this new credit history sooner and gives some evidence that a significant portion of their cardholders have had success rebuilding their credit score.
Doug & Ted talk about how you can manage without a credit
card during bankruptcy:
One of the most frequently asked questions by all of our clients is whether they can keep a credit
card during bankruptcy and how filing will affect their credit score.
Not exact matches
During the past decades of irresponsible lending, creditors threw credit around like candy in markets where the credit was dischargeable in
bankruptcy (such as credit
cards) and those where it was harder to write off debts in
bankruptcy.
The
card can be obtained
during a first time
bankruptcy (with a maximum credit limit of $ 1,000) or after a
bankruptcy discharge (with a maximum credit limit of $ 4,000).
While many consumers, after filing
bankruptcy, avoid new credit at all costs due to the fear of repeating past mistakes, it's crucial to your credit restoration success that you begin rebuilding your credit by opening a secured credit
card, retail or gas
card, or purchasing a new vehicle — if your previous vehicle was relinquished
during the
bankruptcy.
Never charge frivolous purchases to your
card during the delicate rebuilding period following
bankruptcy.
During your credit counselling sessions, your LIT will provide information on how to rebuild your credit after
bankruptcy including how to apply for a secured credit
card.
Risks of keeping one
card open
during bankruptcy — Once an issuer learns of the
bankruptcy, it may close the
card as you are now viewed as a higher risk.
-- If a rewards
card is frozen
during bankruptcy, you may still have access to most of the points you've earned.
During tough economic times it is common for people to eliminate high credit
card expenses, medical bills, and other debt through
bankruptcy protection or debt settlement.
But one thing I have seen more of lately is that those being foreclosed have saved their
bankruptcy card during the foreclosure, so that they can then play that
bankruptcy card when it comes time to get them out.