cancel
Showing results for 
Search instead for 
Did you mean: 

FICO score being affected by an unidentified account.

tag
mrbuilder
Established Member

FICO score being affected by an unidentified account.

In the last week, I've gained 11 points on my TU FICO score for a "BankCard" that's being reported with an unfamiliar balance.  There's no institution name on the account, it's simply identified as "Bankcard" i.e. "The total balance on your Bankcard account(s) has changed."  Under the "Type" subsection it's simply identified as "Bankcard" with no bank name or lender next to it.  The balance is >$1000 and it's unfamiliar as I don't owe that much on any of my CCs or anything of the sort.  I called MyFico to see if they could give me more info and they said that they couldn't identify the account as there was not enough info.  They told me to call Transunion (which I did) and TU says they can't find an account in my name with that balance.  I'm gracious for all score increases at this point, but this is worrisome to me because this balance is reflecting on my TU FICO and I have no earthly idea what it is or where it has come from, and neither TU or MyFICO can either.  Any suggestions?

Message 1 of 3
2 REPLIES 2
CreditDunce
Valued Contributor

Re: FICO score being affected by an unidentified account.

I believe this is a MyFICO grouping of all of you bankcards.   Or at least that is what previous posters have said.  The total balance should equal the total balance you have on all of your other cards.  But if I remember correctly, it didn't match with the previous poster.

 

You should be able to ignore it.

Message 2 of 3
AndySoCal
Senior Contributor

Re: FICO score being affected by an unidentified account.

I would suggest you go  ot www.annualcreditreport.com and get your credit report from there. Use the exact same information that was used to pull your myfico credit report. See if the account shows on that report.  If it does it might have more information on who reported. the trade line. During the process of pulling your credit they will ask you fi you want yuour credit score say no.

FIC Scores XPN v8 805 V2 831 (SDFCU) TUC V 8 800 07/25 EFX Bankcard v8 822 EFX FIC0 v8 807 Vantage score 4.0 817 via JC Penney
JC Penney 10/2008 4,700 US Bank Cash 08/2010 12,000 Citibank Custom Cash 5/2015 14,100, State Dept. FCU 06/2023 25,000 02/2024 Redstone FCU Signature VISA 10,000 08/23/2024 Commonwealth Credit Union 15000 07/25 Walmart One 5000 12/04/25
Banking: Lafayette FCU Fortera FCU State Department FCU Redstone FCU Hughes FCU Commonwealth FCU
My personal blacklist Axos Bank, Bank of America, Synchrony Bank Capital One TD Bank Comerica Bank BMO US Bank Wells Fargo
Message 3 of 3
Advertiser Disclosure: The offers that appear on this site are from third party advertisers from whom FICO receives compensation.