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how would agreeing to settle for less than the full amount on my credit card affect my fico score
Unless they also agree to remove the negative entry, there would likely be no impact.
@maminityj wrote:how would agreeing to settle for less than the full amount on my credit card affect my fico score
It can sometimes be terrible, because it shows up as a "writeoff".