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Re:Equifax removed the $125 claim payout option after millio... by rootusrootus on Thursday August 01, 2019 @08:37AM (#20583203)
That is not correct. A small balance raises your score more than a zero balance. But you want to keep it under a third.
Re:Equifax removed the $125 claim payout option after millio... by harryh on Thursday August 01, 2019 @09:24AM (#20583472)
This is an oft passed around urban legend, but it's not true. You can try for yourself by opening up a free CreditKarma account and seeing what happens if you zero out all your balances.
Re:Equifax removed the $125 claim payout option after millio... by rootusrootus on Thursday August 01, 2019 @12:57PM (#20585807)
I'd take that with an entire shaker of salt; you are assuming CreditKarma knows the FICO formulas. Even the prediction engines used by the actual credit bureaus are notoriously unreliable at telling you what will happen given a particular change in inputs. Probably not accidental, they don't want to expose the algorithm.