Beginner’s Guide

Credit Cards For Beginners With No Credit History (2023 Update)

When you first have your SSN with no credit history, you should definitely start building your credit history. Yet, you are probably not qualified for most credit cards with best rewards. But don’t be worry, there are some great rewards cards that are designed for people (especially students) with no credit history. Here are the most recommended credit cards for…
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Guide to the FICO Credit Score

Introduction A credit score is a three-digit number that represents “creditworthiness,” or the degree of perceived risk a lender is assuming by providing an individual with credit.  A credit score is generated through a statistical analysis of a credit report based on five primary factors, including payment history, amount of outstanding debt owed, length of credit history, types of credit,…
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New Student Special: How to Build Good Relationships with Banks

  If you think only credit scores can decide your successful application for a credit card, you are totally wrong. In fact, your credit scores and credit reports should be considered when you apply for a credit card. Besides, your relationship with banks is also a crucial element during your application process. We have mentioned it in many posts. For…
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New Student Special: Boosting Your Credit Score by Paying Correctly

Because a good habit to manage a credit card is so important to improve credit score that we decide to write another post nagging the correct way to increase credit score though you’ve known the general knowledge of credit cards! According to what decides FICO score, we are going to analyze the factors on by one and tell you how…
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New Student Special: Introduction to FICO Credit Score Model

In the previous post we showed the general concepts of credit score and credit history and specifically mentioned that FICO credit score was most authentic important to you. This post is going to figure out how is FICO credit score calculated. Overview The most widely used FICO model is FICO 8 in which the percentages of the credit score are listed blow:…
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New Student Special: Brief Introduction to Credit Score and Credit Report

It’s a commonplace but a unavoidable topic. I tried to help you digest the most important concepts through this post. The specific questions about credit score calculation will be answered at the next article! Briefly, it is: Credit Score = Credit Report + Score Calculation Model Credit report is, haha, a snitch recorded by the banker on your credit history….
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