Credit score went down in one month.

NikhilSingh25

NikhilSingh25

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currently there is one credit card and one LAP on my name ,
I use cred for bill payments and today I decided to check what my credit score was ,
And shit it went down to 639, my credit score has never went this low,
last month on 24 march it was 762, how come it's 639 .
I didn't miss any EMI, there are no credit enquiries nothing.
How is that even possible that i lost 123 points in a month.
any suggestions what to do guys .
 
This is Equifax. Check on another website that generates a free soft report on your Equifax score. Also, check your CIBIL score if that's the same (use GPay).
 
The report I got from cred was from Experian, checked with Equifax it shows my score is 680.
And Gpay won't let me refresh for another 8 days but it shows 765 of previous month.
PunkX 75 said:
This is Equifax. Check on another website that generates a free soft report on your Equifax score. Also, check your CIBIL score if that's the same (use GPay).
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NikhilSingh25 said:
The report I got from cred was from Experian, checked with Equifax it shows my score is 680.
And Gpay won't let me refresh for another 8 days but it shows 765 of previous month.
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What's your usage percentage of your credit limit?
Also do you pay your credit cards monthly bill in full or just minimum due?
 
NikhilSingh25 said:
Minimum due . So you can say 100%

But it's been like this since August, I pay minimum every month and my credit score in August was below 750 , it had increased till last month .
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What's your credit utilization ratio?
 
rockyo27 said:
U can check on paytm also, with some minor details of monthly payments if they are on time or not
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Paytm also shows 639 , i think it somehow got it from cred or my email coz it shows the credit score was refreshed today, but I didn't click on refresh or opened Paytm today for that matter.
 
NikhilSingh25 said:
95% , I know that paying minimum effects your credit score but what I don't get is How can my credit score go down 123 points in a month .
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That's why. Utilizing more than 30% of your limit tanks your score.

I always ensure to keep my utilization within 15%, at the most in a particular cycle.
 
NikhilSingh25 said:
Considering how it screwed my credit score , gonna be hard to get a cc for some time.

Shouldn't it like effect every month than tanking the score after 7 months.
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It tends to be flakey, some months show no change (positive or negative), while others show a sudden change (positive of negative).
 
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NikhilSingh25 said:
Minimum due . So you can say 100%

But it's been like this since August, I pay minimum every month and my credit score in August was below 750 , it had increased till last month .
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You are the best customer for credit card companies and the “worst user” of credit card for yourself. Why? Why are you paying so much interest?
 
codwapeace said:
You are the best customer for credit card companies and the “worst user” of credit card for yourself. Why? Why are you paying so much interest?
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I had given a colleague some money which i took from my uncle and he didn't pay back, somehow things got tensed in family and i ended up taking the amount from my card to pay back.
 
NikhilSingh25 said:
I had given a colleague some money which i took from my uncle and he didn't pay back, somehow things got tensed in family and i ended up taking the amount from my card to pay back.
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That sucks. Something similar happened to me, with a colleague I had known for years and was well-known and liked in the office. Mine was only a few k, but allegedly he fleeced pretty much everyone in the office and made off with something in the low 7 figures (Rs.). Lesson learnt, not giving a dime to anyone I know only professionally again.

ETA: I like PaisaBazaar's credit reporting. Doesn't cost anything and they pull reports from all 4 bureaus, and show you the month by month history. They also have a report analysis, but that's paid though.
 
I checked my credit score on Gpay today, and it shows 765 points. Was the earlier score by cred an error ?
Guess I'm gonna have to wait 3 more weeks for it to refresh and find out.
 
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