I had to say “goodbye” to a dear old friend today:
My Experian credit score.
After today, Feb. 13th, FRIDAY the 13th mind you, consumers will no longer be able to access their Experian FICO score.
It’s really a shame. Lenders and commercial businesses will still be able to access the scores, but not consumers through myfico. Lame. Lame. Lame.
I understand Experian wants to establish their own “FICO” brand…..the “vantage score”. But really Experian?
I updated my own scores at MyFico today. Made some decent progress across the board actually. My two bad credit credit-cards are reporting now which I think is starting to help my scores. It will be a while, maybe never before I hit the 700’s again, but I’m gonna keep trying. As I’ve said before, I like numbers going up in my life (subscribers, bank accounts, fico scores!).
It was nice knowing ya Experian.
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hey man, i'm 26 and i was in the low 600's 4 years ago. i'm in the low 700's across the board now, and i still have more debt to pay off. it's doable, and you can definitely do it. just don't give up and continue doing what you're doing.
Keep after it and those scores will improve… but don''t let those be your focus. Rather let the scores be the by-product of your diligence… I know you will but those were the thoughts that entered my mind while reading.