When it comes to credit misunderstandings, late payments and updating your credit report, it’s not just a one or two person issue. There are many users who deal with this issue and more and more of them are desperately looking for a solution to update or correct negative information on their credit report.
It happens that at some point in time some negative information appears on your credit report and this information is not always because of you, but because of mistakes that many times the same companies make and if you do not discover it in time, it can be a risk for your credit score.
If you have applied for some type of credit with a certain company and you discover that you have negative information, which has been nothing more than a misunderstanding, you should contact that company and discuss your situation and reach an agreement so that the company contacts one of the credit bureaus and asks to remove the negative information from your credit report.
You should know that there are at least three credit bureaus, as we have mentioned before in some of our previous posts, these three credit bureaus are the most well known: Experian, TransUnion and Equifax. When there is any kind of negative information on your credit report, whether it is due to a misunderstanding or not, you should not only check your credit report at one credit bureau, but at all three, since there is a possibility that this information has also been published at the others.
This is something to keep in mind if you are looking to update certain credit history information. Once this is done, your credit score will improve, as late payments are what affect your credit score.
If you want to start from this point to improve your credit score and have a good credit record in the future, here are some tips that will help you improve your credit score.
Make all your payments on time. Making payments on time is the most important factor that influences your credit score.
Keep your credit card balances as low as possible. Your credit utilization ratio is the second most important factor in your FICO scores. The lower your utilization ratio, the better.
Keep credit card accounts active. Making purchases and paying them off on time at the end of each billing cycle shows lenders that you know how to manage credit responsibly.
1. Order your free credit scores. Scores will come with a list of risk factors that are currently affecting your scores the most. Improving these factors could help your scores increase.
2. Add utility payments, cell phones, etc.
You should know that everything takes time and increasing your credit score will not happen overnight, but will improve considerably.
It is advisable to maintain responsible credit use, as this is what reflects your credit score.
