This wedge says that people with installment credit and
revolving credit tend to be less risky than people with just one or the other and thus have higher credit scores.
In terms of the impact each type of credit has on your score,
revolving credit tends to weigh a little more heavily.
Not exact matches
Credit cards are
revolving debt, and they
tend to have a lot of variation in their balances.
Trended
credit data is a two - year historical perspective on a consumer's utilization of
credit accounts, giving lenders the ability to determine if a borrower
tends to pay off
revolving credit lines each month or if they
tend to carry a balance month - to - month while making minimum or other payments.
Unlike consumer
credit, which largely
revolves around a fairly standardized
credit ranking system, business
credit scores
tend to vary based on the reporting company or bureau.
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Revolving balances (e.g.,
credit and retail cards)
tend to carry more weight than installment debt (e.g., mortgage, auto and student loans) when amounts owed are considered,» Paperno said.
FICO says people with the best scores
tend to have an average
credit utilization ratio of less than 6 percent, with three accounts carrying balances and less than $ 3,000 owed on
revolving accounts.
Since affluent cardholders do not
tend to
revolve a
credit card balance, issuers do not earn monthly finance charges from them.