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Does anyone know if Wells Fargo report to all three major bureaus?
Another question that I have is do I need more than one secure credit card to rebuild credit.
Thanks in advance for all of your support and knowledge.
Blesssed
@blessed1811 wrote:Does anyone know if Wells Fargo report to all three major bureaus?
Another question that I have is do I need more than one secure credit card to rebuild credit.
Thanks in advance for all of your support and knowledge.
Blesssed
How many you need, depends on how bad your credit is. IMO, One good card with higher CL is good for the majority. A second secured card helps a little.
I used 3 secured cards to rebuild my credit, but most would not need to.
When I was rebuilding I started out w/2 secured loans. I'm really glad the loan officer @ my bank advised me to get a second loan at another bank/cu, as that definitely helped. I was told by an underwriter @ CCC that having the 2 loans helped me more than just 1 would have.
I have seen people here w/just 2 or 3 CC and scores in the low to mid 700s though, so you never can tell. If you have 2 accts., I think you're showing that you can manage your credit.
You might check w/WF to be sure, but I don't see why they wouldn't report to all 3.
@blessed1811 wrote:
Another question that I have is do I need more than one secure credit card to rebuild credit.
Thanks in advance for all of your support and knowledge.
Blessed
Others who have experience with secured card credit rebuilding have and will address your question about "need more than one secure card".
I would like to address the bigger picture or longer term strategy for building high FICO scores. More importantly, building net worth is more important than just increasing credit worthiness.
Most would agree that it is easier to build credit if one is not broke. Not having to borrow money for emergencies and not paying interest allows more money to be saved. Lenders like to see customers with savings. I say "Show them the money"! If you have savings that you don't need for emergencies, why not have one or two more secured credit cards? It can't hurt the banks' evaluation of your financial picture. In fact larger deposits which secure larger credit limits won't hurt either (in the long run). You might even have some tradelines unsecured sooner by getting more than one secured credit card.
You might try waiting two or three months before getting a second secured card. After two more months you might add another. Wells Fargo will see the new tradelines periodically added to your credit history and might think you have been accepting "unsecured" offers based on your original secured card. The original bank might as a result treat you much better than it might have otherwise. Just don't tell any of the banks that the other accounts are secured.
From day one in building my credit, I focused on getting the banks to compete for my business. If you want to do likewise, more than one secured card would definitely be a good start.
I can tell you first hand that YES it does report to All 3, but in the comments portion of my credit report it DOES have a notation that it is a secured card. It factors in for FICO scoring as a reg card does, but is visible on manual reviews by lenders
@blessed1811 wrote:Does anyone know if Wells Fargo report to all three major bureaus?
Another question that I have is do I need more than one secure credit card to rebuild credit.
Thanks in advance for all of your support and knowledge.
Blesssed
They did for me, but then wouldn't graduate to a real card. They said the didn't do that anymore. Have you tried any unsecured cards like Orchard?
Yes, basically all secured credit cards report to all 3 bureaus because that is the purpose to rebuild.
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@blessed1811 wrote:Does anyone know if Wells Fargo report to all three major bureaus?
Another question that I have is do I need more than one secure credit card to rebuild credit.
Thanks in advance for all of your support and knowledge.
Blesssed
They did for me, but then wouldn't graduate to a real card. They said the didn't do that anymore. Have you tried any unsecured cards like Orchard?
I just got my secured card and they said it will be grauduate from 6 months to 1 year. Has anybody already graduate from WF secured card?
The Wells Fargo Visa Secured Card I had reported to all three credit bureaus.
@nuggets321 wrote:I can tell you first hand that YES it does report to All 3, but in the comments portion of my credit report it DOES have a notation that it is a secured card. It factors in for FICO scoring as a reg card does, but is visible on manual reviews by lenders
When I had mine it reported to all 3 bureaus and had no notation of being secured.