topic Re: Credit wise is not accurate in Understanding FICO® Scoring

Credit wise is not accurate

Anonymous — Thu, 18 Jan 2018 17:49:15 GMT

I saw my hubby score go up and mine down. Yet the algorithm shows my percentages better than his ? Why discrepancy?

Re: Credit wise is not accurate

Anonymous — Thu, 18 Jan 2018 17:59:06 GMT

Credit Wise isn't a FICO score so ignore it.

If it doesn't say FICO next to the number, ignore the number.

Re: Credit wise is not accurate

Anonymous — Thu, 18 Jan 2018 18:25:50 GMT

And even you and he each have access to a true FICO score, there are other reasons that your two scores could behave differently:

* Different bureaus. The bureau your score is based on might be different from his. Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion are the three bureaus that house credit data.

* Different FICO models. FICO makes a lot of different scoring models, which yield different results from each other even when the bureaus and the data themselves are the same.

* Different timepoints. Even if the model and bureau were the same, if the scores were generated a few days apart they could have different results.

In your case you can just ignore CW since it is not FICO, but even if it were there would be those three things above to consider.

Re: Credit wise is not accurate

jlitnns — Thu, 18 Jan 2018 18:40:32 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
I saw my hubby score go up and mine down. Yet the algorithm shows my percentages better than his ? Why discrepancy?

I believe Cap1 Creditwise uses the Vantage 3.0

Re: Credit wise is not accurate

HeavenOhio — Thu, 18 Jan 2018 19:01:08 GMT

Ignore the VantageScore that CreditWise gives you. I can't tell you if AAoA (average age of accounts) is reported accurately, nor can I tell if you if utilization is spot on. AAoA needs to include closed accounts, and utilization always needs to be rounded up and never down. Credit Karma drops the ball in both of those areas.

But like Karma, the CreditWise TransUnion report is good.

Re: Credit wise is not accurate

Anonymous — Thu, 18 Jan 2018 19:02:06 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
I saw my hubby score go up and mine down. Yet the algorithm shows my percentages better than his ? Why discrepancy?

When you say algorithm, I believe you're just referring to the "fluff" software that is used to provide you with charts, graphs, percentages etc. Those pieces of data are there for entertainment purposes only and don't always impact score based on what they say. As others have already stated above, CO uses VS 3.0, not a FICO scoring model. Their scores can be ignored.

Re: Credit wise is not accurate

Anonymous — Fri, 19 Jan 2018 00:44:24 GMT

Thanks.

Re: Credit wise is not accurate

Anonymous — Fri, 19 Jan 2018 00:45:40 GMT

Thank you

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Anonymous — Fri, 19 Jan 2018 00:46:38 GMT

Thanks

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Anonymous — Fri, 19 Jan 2018 00:47:40 GMT

Thank you

Re: Credit wise is not accurate

Anonymous — Fri, 19 Jan 2018 00:49:04 GMT

Thank you 😊

Re: Credit wise is not accurate

Anonymous — Fri, 19 Jan 2018 09:37:00 GMT

You're welcome. Many times.

Re: Credit wise is not accurate

Anonymous — Fri, 19 Jan 2018 15:12:22 GMT

Numbers are off.... doesn't take everything into account

Re: Credit wise is not accurate

jlitnns — Fri, 19 Jan 2018 16:46:49 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
Thank you 😊

Lol to all the 'thank you's' but thank you!