topic Equifax Credit Score from CapitalOne Credit Limit Increase Letter in Understanding FICO® Scoring

Equifax Credit Score from CapitalOne Credit Limit Increase Letter

ddemari — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 21:17:37 GMT

I have been a member of score watch for 6 months. I recently requested a cli from capitalone and recieved a letter stating my account was ineligable because of a recent change.

The score at the bottom was from 4/30/14 and is 70 points higher than my Equifax Fico credit score from any point of this year. It is also 70 points higher than the Experian Preimiere credit score.

Is this due to different scoring methods? I just find it interesting to see CapitalOne's credit score from Equifax to be so dramatically different.

Re: Equifax Credit Score from CapitalOne Credit Limit Increase Letter

Anonymous — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 22:59:03 GMT

The EQ score available here has recently changed from 04 to 08.

I presume the EX score you mention is a FAKO.

Beyond this, Cap One may be using a "bankcard enhanced" or proprietary score.

So it's not surprising that scores don't match, since different formulas will produce different numbers.

Re: Equifax Credit Score from CapitalOne Credit Limit Increase Letter

Anonymous — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 23:04:11 GMT

@ddemari wrote:
I have been a member of score watch for 6 months. I recently requested a cli from capitalone and recieved a letter stating my account was ineligable because of a recent change.

The score at the bottom was from 4/30/14 and is 70 points higher than my Equifax Fico credit score from any point of this year. It is also 70 points higher than the Experian Preimiere credit score.

Is this due to different scoring methods? I just find it interesting to see CapitalOne's credit score from Equifax to be so dramatically different.

The letter you received should say if the score they used is a FICO score. If it doesn't mention the word "FICO" in the reference to the score, it is likely a proprietary score of sorts....

Hope that helps at least a little bit.

Re: Equifax Credit Score from CapitalOne Credit Limit Increase Letter

GFer — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 14:31:26 GMT

I requested CLI from Cap1 and was denied due to lack of use. I pulled my FICO's a few days later and my Cap1 score was about 2 points less than my fico. But then, the Cap1 score was older. It did say it was a FICO.