This is because only creditors are only allowed to make changes on
what appears on your credit report.
There are protections under Federal law however regarding debt collection which may affect
what appears on a credit report.
As far as
what appears on credit report, all that will appear is that a debt has shifted from one credit card to another and it will not take into account the interest rate being paid or other factors which made it a good deal.
Some employers report that they use credit checks in hiring for all of their positions and some employers report that they do not provide candidates with an opportunity to explain
what appears on their credit reports.
Not exact matches
First things first: You need to know
what is currently
appearing on all three of your
credit reports prior to your loan application in order to avoid any unpleasant surprises.
Still, we can go a long way toward setting some reasonable expectations by emphasizing
what may be the single most critical scoring factor at work when a late payment or other negatively
reported account
appears on your
credit report: the length of time since the most recent derogatory item.
This may become important later, because if the creditor doesn't send you proof of
what you're asking for and the debt still
appears on your
credit report, you will need to send them a copy of your original letter and tell them that if they don't remove the debt from your
credit report your next step will be legal action.
Most even know
what negative listings are likely
appearing on their
credit reports.
Your
credit score could be lowered if bad
credit information
appears on your
report and guess
what...?
Since new employers often ask to do a
credit check as part of the hiring process, Cynthia was worried about
what they might think if a bankruptcy
appeared on her
credit report.
Because
credit scores are developed from the data that
appears on a person's
credit report, your son's
credit scores would revert to
what they had been had he never had access to the account.
appear on your personal
credit report (unless you default), and will not be considered by Chase when considering your eligibility under this rule (even though Chase obviously knows
what Chase accounts you have open) This means that you could potentially have opened business
credit cards in the past 24 months and still get approved for a new Chase
credit card that is subject to the 5/24 rule, since those accounts will not
appear on your personal
credit report to be counted against you.
On Thursday, The Ledger
reported that law enforcement officials in Gainesville, Florida are warning motorists that illegally installed
credit card skimmers are showing up in gas station pumps as part of
what appears to be a statewide theft ring.