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Has anyone ever been declined for a secured credit card?

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Anonymous
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Has anyone ever been declined for a secured credit card?

I was denied by Capital One when I applied for this card: https://www.capitalone.com/credit-cards/secured-mastercard/

 

I'm not sure why. Smiley FrustratedI thought applying for secured credit card wouldn't result in a hard pull. Some don't even check credit history. 

 

For your reference, my score is around mid-600, no late payment or derogatory mark.  

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Anonymous
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Re: Has anyone ever been declined for a secured credit card?


@Anonymous wrote:

I was denied by Capital One when I applied for this card: https://www.capitalone.com/credit-cards/secured-mastercard/

 

I'm not sure why. Smiley FrustratedI thought applying for secured credit card wouldn't result in a hard pull. Some don't even check credit history. 

 

For your reference, my score is around mid-600, no late payment or derogatory mark.  


That's strange. I was approved for Discover IT with my scores in the low 500s.

 

I was approved for a non-secured Capital One card at score 623.

 

I was approved for a Credit One non secured card at score 606

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Anonymous
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Re: Has anyone ever been declined for a secured credit card?

Call the recon# or write a letter. Same happened to me. I wrote a letter. One day about 3 weeks after I wrote the letter to reconsider, my phone alerted me that a hard pull was done by Capital One. I immediately called Capital One and asked why and they said they got my recon letter and approved me.

Looking at your info that you posted, I don't see a reason as to why they would deny you.
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Brian_Earl_Spilner
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Re: Has anyone ever been declined for a secured credit card?

If you haven't burned them recently, or had a bunch of recent negative activity, it might be your employment and income.

    
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