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03-01-2015, 04:36 PM
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Free credit scores
Recently, I reluctantly bought and installed Quicken Premier 2015/Windows and found a couple of new features not in my prior 2012 version. One is inclusion of a free credit score.
I'd changed to a DiscoverIT credit card several months ago and found my score included on the statements.
I was curious about which agencies reported these and it looks like Quicken uses Equifax, while Discover uses TransUnion.
There have been several discussions in the past, but the best one I found didn't seem to have a post since '09.
I knew about annualcreditreport.com and tried to pace myself between the three agencies throughout the year but always lapsed.
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03-01-2015, 05:20 PM
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Originally Posted by steelyman
Recently, I reluctantly bought and installed Quicken Premier 2015/Windows and found a couple of new features not in my prior 2012 version. One is inclusion of a free credit score.
I'd changed to a DiscoverIT credit card several months ago and found my score included on the statements.
I was curious about which agencies reported these and it looks like Quicken uses Equifax, while Discover uses TransUnion.
There have been several discussions in the past, but the best one I found didn't seem to have a post since '09.
I knew about annualcreditreport.com and tried to pace myself between the three agencies throughout the year but always lapsed.
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With at least some cards Citi includes the credit score on the web site.
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03-01-2015, 05:37 PM
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Originally Posted by meierlde
With at least some cards Citi includes the credit score on the web site.
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You're correct. My VISA card (branded AT&T) is a Citi card, so I checked. It looks like they are using Equifax.
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03-01-2015, 05:38 PM
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Almost all credit cards now give out a FICO-8 nowadays in my experience. One can read the fine print on the card web site. CreditKarma.com gives out scores from two reporting agencies. One is awash in scores now. A thread on Bogleheads about that: https://www.bogleheads.org/forum/vie...p?f=2&t=156372
It seems the scores are pretty useless, but an unexpected change in scores might be a sign that your card is compromised.
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