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How To Expeditiously Improve Your Credit Score

Brandi NoBarExam West
5 min readAug 14, 2019

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CREDIT SCORE

Credit scores determines your interest rates on major purchases. Credit scores also impact how much you will pay for car insurance and whether you will have to pay a deposit for utility services or buying a cellphone.

Cable television is becoming outdated, but cable companies used credit scores to determine whether you would have to pay a deposit for cable — and if so, how much.

According to ValuePenguin, the average FICO credit score in America 695. The average Vantage score is 673. Fair Isaac Corp’s FICO score and Vantage are two of the most widely used credit scoring systems in this country.

ONE SIZE FITS ALL

There is no one size fits all solution to improving your credit score. However, there are a number of factors that can improve your credit score overtime.

CREDIT EDUCATION

First, I suggest that you educate yourself about credit scores. Learn how your credit score is determined. Learn what products can help your credit score.

It is best to educate yourself about credit scores so that you can achieve success and maintain the credit score that you desire in the long run.

ANALYZE YOUR SITUATION

Are you building credit for the first time or building your credit score back up? Certain products can help your score depending on whether you are new to credit or repairing after a bankruptcy…

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