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Should I Close my Secured Card?

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MyDataMyChoice
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Should I Close my Secured Card?

I have a $250 secured card thru NWFCU I still have open- should I close it?

 


All Negatives History Removed as of October 2025 - Only BK CH7 Showing as Public Record

                       
Lines of Credit:   
Personal Loan:  

Total Reported Revolving CL: $162,450 + 26K PLOC = $188,450

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NRB525
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Re: Should I Close my Secured Card?

Given the list of other CU you have, yes, close it. 

Does "Share" in your Siggy mean you only have a basic savings to have membership at those CU, or you have share secured loans ( installment loans of small amount ) at multiple CU?

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MyDataMyChoice
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Re: Should I Close my Secured Card?

Share is a Share Savings usually with $1-5

I did not get them all recently... I've had most for years... for car shopping/biz loans back from 2014


All Negatives History Removed as of October 2025 - Only BK CH7 Showing as Public Record

                       
Lines of Credit:   
Personal Loan:  

Total Reported Revolving CL: $162,450 + 26K PLOC = $188,450

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SecretAzure
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Re: Should I Close my Secured Card?

Your signature is kind of confusing to understand. If you have 3+ more other cards and closing this won't make your utilization % overall spike then I'd say you're good to close it without any major repurcussions. Several cards at 6 years or older is definitely a decent time to get rid of any dead weight card.

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MyDataMyChoice
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Re: Should I Close my Secured Card?

Thank you... I have decided to close the secured... and open a business secured with NWFCU .... no credit pull.. no personal reporting.... I will use monthly and hopefully within a year apply for unsecured biz with them


All Negatives History Removed as of October 2025 - Only BK CH7 Showing as Public Record

                       
Lines of Credit:   
Personal Loan:  

Total Reported Revolving CL: $162,450 + 26K PLOC = $188,450

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zerofire
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Re: Should I Close my Secured Card?

I am confused. As far as I can see your signature has a Platinum card and not a FirstCard. There is no reason for it to be secured in any way. It also looks like all of their cards are unsecured. Are you sure you have your product straight?

 

Once you figure out what you have this is my suggestion. If it is truly secured then maybe you can ask them to unsecure it. They might have requirements but it probably will be worth it since there is no AF. If they will not unsecure then for the $250 you are better off closing it. If it is already unsecured then you can hold on to it until they force it closed to make the history longer if you do not like it. The lack of AF makes holding it not an issue.

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