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How You Can Improve Your FICO® Score

07.27.2010 · Posted in Credit Repair

What can consumers do to get credit in todays world? A critical piece is knowing about your FICO® score, how it works, and how to make sure yours is the best it can be. Fair Isaac is helping consumers through a program that delivers FICO® scores free as part of online banking statements, and free information presented at www.myfico.com. Find out more in this short video from FICO™, the creators of the FICO® score that is used in most lending decisions in the US. Darcy Sullivan of FICO™ interviews Mark Greene, FICO™ CEO, for this FICO Tech Talk.

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Comments
  • Tia from Private Student Loans August 4, 2010 at 4:34 pm

    The single fastest way to improve FICO score is to start paying bills on time. Next to that, the next best way to improve FICO score is to reduce the debt that you owe down to almost nothing. The two of those things combined will work.
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  • David from mortgage company August 19, 2010 at 8:56 pm

    I totally agree with Tia, Paying bills on time and reducing debt will definitely improve the FICO score.

  • Lin from small business loans November 1, 2010 at 5:58 pm

    Thanks for posting this video. Improving the FICO score is especially important to those that need to seek financing for their smaill business, and this video clears up a lot of misconceptions.

  • Free Game Reviews November 27, 2010 at 5:56 pm

    Very insightful content. I loved looking at it and will stop by in the future to look at what new posts you have written. How frequently do you try to update your blog?

  • ryan December 10, 2010 at 6:39 pm

    I have been working on improving my score for the past few weeks, and you hit the nail on the head with your tips.

  • habersizce January 11, 2011 at 11:58 am

    Thanks for posting this video :/
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  • Case Management Software January 21, 2011 at 7:03 pm

    Pay your bills on time. This shows lenders that you are making your commitments to those you owe.

  • Adam from the Free Annual Credit Reports January 29, 2011 at 9:24 am

    Payment history makes up 35% of your FICO score. Debts owed account for 30%. So as the first few posts mention, making payments on time and reducing your debt utilization are by far the two most important methods for raising your score.

    Other tips include not closing any of your credit accounts so they will age and diversifying your debt (one mortgage, one school loan, and two credit cards is better than four credit cards, assuming you pay all debts on time).

  • maurers February 23, 2011 at 5:23 am

    Very insightful content ;)
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  • flesligt June 1, 2011 at 1:40 pm

    y to improve FICO score is to start paying bills on time. Next to that, the n ;)

  • George from Restaurant Accounting November 26, 2011 at 5:10 pm

    There are plenty of ways to improve your score. One way i found is having less then 50% outstanding balance on your revolving accounts really improves your scores.
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  • skin clinics April 11, 2012 at 10:49 pm

    I recently got married to a person with a lower FICO score than I do. If I add him to one of my credit cards as an additional user, would this lower my FICO score?
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