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So late last month I lost a point on TU8 in late March and couldn't figure out what it was from. My last TU HP (opened a new NFCU card) was on 2/23/25 and showed up on my 3B report on 3/3/25. I figured if it was due to the HP it should have been reflected in my 3B report then. 4/3 3B report stays the same with the 1pt lower score, but today exactly when I hit the 1yr mark on the last HP prior to it, I got a notification that I gained 1pt. This kind of has me wondering if there was some delay scoring updates. My reported balances have been in the same general dollar range and not crossing any of the known or suspected thresholds so I can't attribute it to that. The only thing I can attribute is that going from 2 HPs to 1 HP in the last 12 months is worth 1pt and that my TU8 score shown didn't reflect that until well after the HP was showing on my report.
Also, scoring wise, does the new account penalty for a new revolver only apply to the first one and not add on further score drops for the second? I received a notification of a score change from the experian app today. My new card is reporting and I was expecting a score drop from it, but instead have a 1pt EX8 increase. Also had increases on the other EX scores they provide (most significantly on EX3 where it was +16 to 719). I'm trying to figure out if that is from previous account hitting 1yr or if that's from falling below 50% of cards reporting. I've been at 3/6 for the last year and this now puts me at 3/7. I refuse to mess with AZEO unless I've got to squeak out points some sort of application.

In 2024 I opened two new revolving accounts separated by 7 months. The first credit card I got the usual FICO point drop for the new account. When I opened the second new account there was little or no change in my scores from all three bureaus. This similar to what you are reporting. My Equifax My Fico scores in the last two months have gone up 11 points. Think this was due to one card hitting the year mark and the other one hitting the 6 month mark. Equifax has the inquiry as well for the second card.
Good morning, all...
I believe that there are far too many FICO versions these days. There is literally a version for every facet of spending. It's enough to drive you insane. On top of that, you can have identical data on each credit bureau report and have 3 different scores, which is another source of frustration. It's great having MyFICO around to vent...lol.
@indiolatino61 wrote:Good morning, all...
I believe that there are far too many FICO versions these days. There is literally a version for every facet of spending. It's enough to drive you insane. On top of that, you can have identical data on each credit bureau report and have 3 different scores, which is another source of frustration. It's great having MyFICO around to vent...lol.
This.
@Zoostation1 wrote:Also, scoring wise, does the new account penalty for a new revolver only apply to the first one and not add on further score drops for the second?
New Revolver (<12 months) is believed to be a segmentation factor in Fico 8. You either have a new revolver or you don't. It's binary. If you have a revolver less than 12 months, you're on one of the the 'new revolver' scorecards. If you don't, you're on one of the 'no new revolver' scorecards.
Switching between these two states is associated with a ~20 point gain/loss.
Having additional new revolvers (2nd, 3rd, etc.) makes no difference in scorecard segmentation with respect to this variable.