Posts

Showing posts with the label credit report

Understanding Credit Reports

"Everyone who has ever had a loan or a credit card has a credit report (as you discovered), and the contents of that report can impact your financial plans for years." From our friends at Brass is an article geared to youth but helpful for anyone using and accessing credit with a focus on "maintaining your reputation." Find out about the Record, Access, Raw Data, Challenging the Record, Cost of Credit, Knowing the Score, Improving Your Score and the Bottom Line. Click here for the complete article in Brass Summer, 2010 .

What’s in your FICO® score?

FICO Scores are calculated from a lot of different credit data in your credit report.... Payment history = 35% Amounts owed = 30% Length of credit history = 15% New credit = 10% Types of credit used = 10% Click here for more information. Note: Eaton Family Credit Union is not responsible for information from www.MyFICO.com