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Barclays FICO Score Accuracy

mmajer4211 — Fri, 24 May 2019 18:17:40 GMT

Just wanted to give a little feedback on Barclays FICO Score accuracy. Recently when I logged into my Barclays Aviator account my Transunion FICO Score jumped to 723 which I thought wasn't very accurate but wasn't 100% sure because my next full Experian report doesn't come for another 28 days which includes Equifax and Transunion. Well today I applied for a student line of credit through DCU, which pulled my Transunion, and to my surpise was 723 when they pulled it. I didn't think my score was that high but I'll take it.

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Tuscani — Fri, 24 May 2019 19:07:23 GMT

The FICO branded scores through the major credit card companies should match what you see at MyFICO.

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pinkandgrey — Fri, 24 May 2019 19:14:28 GMT

If it’s a FICO, it should be..well... a FICO lol. Thanks for sharing, though. Always good to know that the scores we check all the time can be accurate lol

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Anonymous — Fri, 24 May 2019 19:43:38 GMT

mmajer4211 glad you brought this information forward. Found that my own scores from various lenders were "spot on" for accuracy and I wondered if any one else found it to be true? Now I know, thanks!

Re: Barclays FICO Score Accuracy

FinStar — Fri, 24 May 2019 21:49:31 GMT

@Tuscani wrote:
The FICO branded scores through the major credit card companies should match what you see at MyFICO.

O/T, glad to see you around @Tuscani

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Anonymous — Fri, 24 May 2019 21:51:42 GMT

DCU pulled something other than EQ5?!

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FinStar — Fri, 24 May 2019 22:12:02 GMT

Yup, seems to be the case from what the OP stated. Back when I had DCU, they pulled TU (IME at least).

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Anonymous — Fri, 24 May 2019 22:18:11 GMT

@FinStar wrote:
Yup, seems to be the case from what the OP stated. Back when I had DCU, they pulled TU (IME at least).

First time I have heard of them using something other than EQ5. If they used TU I would have gotten more than $1K in February for sure. Interesting.

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FinStar — Fri, 24 May 2019 22:20:48 GMT

This was a long time ago, but even though they've mostly switched to EQ, some TU anomalies cannot be ruled out.

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Tuscani — Fri, 24 May 2019 23:55:47 GMT

@FinStar wrote:
@Tuscani wrote:
The FICO branded scores through the major credit card companies should match what you see at MyFICO.
O/T, glad to see you around @Tuscani

Thanks! It has been awhile!

Re: Barclays FICO Score Accuracy

mmajer4211 — Sat, 25 May 2019 00:30:39 GMT

It's weird too because I just refinanced my car with them 2 weeks ago and they pulled EQ

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Revelate — Sat, 25 May 2019 00:49:29 GMT

I'm basically in the pics or it didn't happen camp when it comes to DCU pulling anything other than EQ and explicitly not using FICO 5 as their UW benchmark.

Not saying it didn't happen but I sort of want to see screenshots before thinking otherwise, we have literally thousands of datapoints stacked against it.

I guess a question would be, is this one of their DCU-offered products or is this a partner product / underwrite? DCU does have some 3rd party offerings like student loans for example.

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Revelate — Sat, 25 May 2019 00:53:36 GMT

@Revelate wrote:
I'm basically in the pics or it didn't happen camp when it comes to DCU pulling anything other than EQ and explicitly not using FICO 5 as their UW benchmark.

Not saying it didn't happen but I sort of want to see screenshots before thinking otherwise, we have literally thousands of datapoints stacked against it.

I guess a question would be, is this one of their DCU-offered products or is this a partner product / underwrite? DCU does have some 3rd party offerings like student loans for example.

Was curious so answered my own question: Student Line of Credit is the same as their Student Loans. Processed by:

https://www.studentchoice.org/resources/faq/

Third party, not DCU underwriting hence different score might be used than the DCU standard.

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mmajer4211 — Sat, 25 May 2019 01:10:49 GMT

@Revelate wrote:
I'm basically in the pics or it didn't happen camp when it comes to DCU pulling anything other than EQ and explicitly not using FICO 5 as their UW benchmark.

Not saying it didn't happen but I sort of want to see screenshots before thinking otherwise, we have literally thousands of datapoints stacked against it.

I guess a question would be, is this one of their DCU-offered products or is this a partner product / underwrite? DCU does have some 3rd party offerings like student loans for example.

Here it is. Pulled from DCU

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FinStar — Sat, 25 May 2019 01:20:21 GMT

@mmajer4211 wrote:
@Revelate wrote:
I'm basically in the pics or it didn't happen camp when it comes to DCU pulling anything other than EQ and explicitly not using FICO 5 as their UW benchmark.

Not saying it didn't happen but I sort of want to see screenshots before thinking otherwise, we have literally thousands of datapoints stacked against it.

I guess a question would be, is this one of their DCU-offered products or is this a partner product / underwrite? DCU does have some 3rd party offerings like student loans for example.

Here it is. Pulled from DCU

@Revelate, I'll have to do some digging for mine. This was from Sept 2015, though. Moot point given the timeframe?

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mmajer4211 — Sat, 25 May 2019 01:24:59 GMT

I've started a battle...lol

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Revelate — Sat, 25 May 2019 01:31:28 GMT

@FinStar: What product was it specifically?

That CD/DCU is a suspiciously formatted inquiry name, namely I have only seen that for third party pullers during my mortgage process.

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mmajer4211 — Sat, 25 May 2019 01:38:11 GMT

@Revelate wrote:
@FinStar: What product was it specifically?

That CD/DCU is a suspiciously formatted inquiry name, namely I have only seen that for third party pullers during my mortgage process.

If it helps it says:

"University Accounting Services will be responsible for servicing the private education line of credit after the first is made to the school."

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sarge12 — Sat, 25 May 2019 01:38:29 GMT

@mmajer4211 wrote:
Just wanted to give a little feedback on Barclays FICO Score accuracy. Recently when I logged into my Barclays Aviator account my Transunion FICO Score jumped to 723 which I thought wasn't very accurate but wasn't 100% sure because my next full Experian report doesn't come for another 28 days which includes Equifax and Transunion. Well today I applied for a student line of credit through DCU, which pulled my Transunion, and to my surpise was 723 when they pulled it. I didn't think my score was that high but I'll take it.

If it is a TU fico 08 score, it will be the same, no matter who pulls it. If you pull 3b fico 08 scores on the myfico site and then immediately go pull 3b fico 08 scores at creditcheck total, the scores will be the same. The TU score will be the same at both places, as will the EX, and EQ. If you have 10 different places that can provide a TU fico 08 the same day, they will all return the same score if nothing new hits your report between the pulls. The 3 CRA's might, and usually do differ due to not having all the same data reported to all 3.

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FinStar — Sat, 25 May 2019 01:40:34 GMT

@Revelate wrote:
@FinStar: What product was it specifically?

That CD/DCU is a suspiciously formatted inquiry name, namely I have only seen that for third party pullers during my mortgage process.

This was for the DCU Platinum Rewards Visa.