I have
several old credit cards that show charged off and then a duplicate of that account by a...
Not exact matches
During the early years of student loan repayment, my wife and I also had a $ 10,000 car loan,
several thousand dollars in medical expenses from the birth of our
oldest children and about $ 2,000 in
credit card debt.
If the person has a $ 10,000 limit on a
card that is
several years
old with a low balance, this will increase your
credit score substantially.
Because it is one of
several brands owned by Gap, Inc., the Banana Republic store - branded
credit card, issued by Synchrony Bank, can be used for purchases at other affiliated retail stores, including all Gap, Athleta,
Old Navy, Intermix and Weddington Way locations and for shopping on their websites.
The question asked in your last paragraph (what's the downside) is answered simply; if you take out a loan and close the
cards, that's a ding on your score because your leverage ratio on this portion of your
credit jumps to 100 % or more, and because you'll be reducing the average age of your lines of
credit (one line of
credit a few days
old versus five lines of
credit several years
old each).
I didn't realize how bad it was to close
old credit card accounts, until we started to apply for a loan and I closed
several cards out, thinking it would help.
Q&A: How to combine existing
card balances without hurting score — Combining
several existing balances into an
old, low - interest
card is a smart move, as long as you keep all paid - off
cards open to avoid hurting your
credit score.
Rather, it is
several steps (such as auto - importing
credit cards, importing a file of
older transactions, and manually creating some invoices) that, taken together, may approximate a migration.