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Staying on Top: Credit Reports and Scores. What’s in Your Credit Report? Personal identification information Name, address, date of birth, SSN, employment.

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1 Staying on Top: Credit Reports and Scores

2 What’s in Your Credit Report? Personal identification information Name, address, date of birth, SSN, employment Public record information Bankruptcies, foreclosures, lawsuits, wage attachments, liens Collection agency account information

3 What’s In Your Credit Report? Credit account information Companies that requested your credit report Most negative information stays on your report for 7 years, except for bankruptcy which can stay up to 7 to 10 years Defaulted student loans can stay on your credit report indefinitely

4 Mistakes on Credit Reports Wrong name Clerical mistake copying handwritten name and address to electronic source Inaccurate Social Security Number or clerical mistake in copying number Loan or credit card payments inadvertently applied to the wrong account

5 How to Obtain Your Credit Report Access one free credit report a year from each credit bureau at www.annualcreditreport.com. You must contact the individual credit bureaus for the other two free reports. www.annualcreditreport.com EQUIFAX: 800-685-1111 www.equifax.com www.equifax.com EXPERIAN: 888-397-3742 www.experian.com/freestate www.experian.com/freestate TRANS UNION: 800-888-4213 www.transunion.com

6 What’s Your Credit Score? Information in your credit report is used to calculate your FICO credit score

7 What’s Affects Your FICO Score? Payment history Amounts owed Length of credit history New credit Types of credit used

8 How Actions Affect Credit Scores : Examples Charge 2 credit cards to the credit limit Score drops from 780 to 700 Pay off a credit account Score increases from 600 to 680 Pay late on a bank loan payment Score drops from 720 to 645 Pay all credit accounts on time Score increases from 707 to 727

9 What is a Good Credit Score? Over 700 = GREAT 660 - 680 = Average The higher the better! 724 615 790 660680

10 Your Credit Report and/or Score Impacts: Purchasing a car Purchasing a home Obtaining a loan Renting an apartment Auto and life insurance Acquiring a cell or home phone The deposit on utilities Finding employment

11 Your Right to a Free Credit Score Limited and new in 2011 If a borrower is turned down for a loan or charged a rate higher than the best rate – also applies to other decisions based on credit scores (Dodd-Frank) Lender must provide free credit report OR free credit score if a borrower is turned down for a loan or charged a rate higher than the best rate (FACT Act)

12 Beware of Higher Cost Credit Tax Refund Loans Rent-to-Own Car Title Loans Bounced Check Protection

13 Your Credit Rights You have a right to know what’s in your credit report and who has received a copy (Fair Credit Reporting Act) Creditors can’t discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, age, or because an applicant receives income from a public assistance program. Creditors must tell consumers specific reasons they were denied credit (Equal Credit Opportunity Act) Source: Source: www.privacyright.org/fs/fs6-crdt.htm

14 Lenders must disclose credit costs and repayment terms before you enter into a credit transaction (Truth-In-Lending Act) You have rights when you dispute charges on a credit card bill. If a credit card is lost or stolen, your losses are limited to $50 per card ($0 if you notify the lender before the card is used) (Fair Credit Billing Act) Debt collectors can’t harass you; they can’t call your workplace if you say no or your home after 9 p.m. (Fair Debt Collection Practices Act) Your Credit Rights (Continued)

15 Credit and Debt Counseling Services Budget Counseling Debt Repayment Plan You agree to not use the cards The debt counselor may arrange for you to make smaller payments and pay less interest and fees You pay the debt counselor who pays your creditors The debt counselor will not put the repayment plan on your credit report BUT creditors may

16 For individual help with serious debt problems, contact: CredAbility www.CredAbility.org 800-251-CCCS

17 For more information, contact: The Peer Financial Counseling Program (insert web address, phone number, and/or e-mail)

18 Special Thanks to...

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