Sudden Death on Credit Savvy

[Gold60]

Got an email from Credit Savvy today about the new credit card reporting system. It said there had been a few changes.

They weren't wrong there. In the space of 18 days i went from 777 to 603. That's as in VERY GOOD to the middle to slightly upper middle part of the OK band.

From my POV, NOTHING had changed in that period. So from their end there must have been some BIG changes somewhere. Have always paid all my bills on time, etc, etc. .......

Needles to say i have asked what went wrong. Should be an interesting answer.

Anyone had a similar experience recently ?

 

[I love to travel]

See Credit Card thread below happening to all of us

 

[Gold60]

Do you mean about the reporting bureaus being required to incorporate additional and more comprehensive information so that people can make a more informed,and hopefully fairer, decision ?

See Credit Card thread below happening to all of us

 

[I love to travel]

Yes but the results seem to be leaning towards how many applications rather than repaying on time

 

[cji003]

Mine went from 774 to 522, what a joke! Either they are stupid or I am stupid.

 

[Gold60]

i feel your pain. mind you, i just had a look back in July at the Veda one, and it did drop too, but nowhere near as much, and Veda has recovered most of those losses. it's a bit like the stock market................

Mine went from 774 to 522, what a joke! Either they are stupid or I am stupid.

 

[JohnK]

Credit card churning?

FWIW I never look at any of their ratings.

 

[asterix]

Mine was 882 in Dec 2017, 896 in Jan 2018 and 969 in Feb 2018.

 

[Denali]

810.

Change due to card applications?
How to improve your credit score
Limit the number of credit enquiries/applications you make.....
Multiple credit enquiries in a short time frame can lower your score.

 

[Craig O'Brien]

That is the same with me...it went from 813 a couple of months ago, to 776 in jan, to now 491 now ( in feb)
I haven't applied for a cc since December... really weird
The funny think is i had a low score back in july and applied for 2 cc in quick succession and my score went up..

This system is bonkers

 

[burmans]

It's all related to Comprehensive Credit Reporting, I think Experian jumped the gun here. They have adjusted their score to rate credit history highly but for me I only have one card loaded in their system and one month of data.

From memory (I managed a few programs in this area a few years ago - just shows how long this change has been coming) you need the last 3 months of positive data for your repayment history to be regarded as positive. They should not have released this score change until they had enough data loaded to support it.

 

[mviy]

The funny think is i had a low score back in july and applied for 2 cc in quick succession and my score went up..

You may have got your new score before they factored in the new applications or old applications could have stopped being a negative on your score.

 

[Mr_Orange]

Glad to hear it is not just me. I couldn't understand it either but also explains why the low score seems to be having no effect on my ability to obtain credit cards.

 

[asterix]

Mine was 882 in Dec 2017, 896 in Jan 2018 and 969 in Feb 2018.

Mine has gone up again, this will be three months in a row. I'm on 988 now.

 

[burmans]

Mine has gone up again, this will be three months in a row. I'm on 988 now.

Clearly not applying for enough sign-on bonuses.

 

[asterix]

Clearly not applying for enough sign-on bonuses.

Yeah, haven't signed up to any new cards for two and a bit years.

 

[Strategic Aviation]

Still no repayment history showing in CS for me and no change to score.

 

[deebens]

HSBC card today registered as closed. Score went up 12 points.

 

[deebens]

Just got rejected for a Westpac Platinum

No debt apart from another open card with 700 bucks on it. Assets in the 6 figure range. Recommended income to apply: $30,000 and I cover that no worries.

Only change, it's the first card I've applied for since they trashed my score.

Great.

 

[EestiTiger]

Just got rejected for a Westpac Platinum

No debt apart from another open card with 700 bucks on it. Assets in the 6 figure range. Recommended income to apply: $30,000 and I cover that no worries.

Only change, it's the first card I've applied for since they trashed my score.

Great.

I'd push back and see if you can get an actual credit assessor to take a look.