How Does Applying For a Credit Card Hurt Me?

Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010

Manshu Verma asked: How does applying for a credit card hurt my credit score?Every time you apply for a credit card, the credit card company makes an inquiry into your credit report. These are also known as hard pulls. Each of these credit inquiries or hard pulls, take away around ...

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Need to get a credit card in my name?

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

retrodragonfly asked: I'm having a problem with getting a credit card in my name. Since I've graduated from high school I've had a credit card but its in mine and my dad's name. We both assumed that it would build up my credit but it turned out to not. I ...

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Credit Card question?

Sunday, August 2nd, 2009

Redpearls22 asked: If you lie about your income on an application for a store credit card, (i.e. target, wal-mart) could you go to jail for it?Benjamin

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