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Pre selected online barclays loans and overdraft increase

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Hi All
Please could any of you take time to clear things up for me regarding this :

Barclays online banking has now pre selected me for a loan of upto £10,000 and overdraft increase from £100 up to £900,also pre selected for a barclay card but does not say which one!
Does this mean i would be accepted if i applied?Or are there further credit checks involved as i dont want to have a negative footprint, as i have already fell into the trap of a negative spiral applying for a creditcard.Equifax report says score of 334 with 2 searches at current address and 2 at previous address.By October all seaches should be clear.i have no adverse history and no missed payments on my 2 credit account.
Any help would be much appriciated as i need to get credit to up my cedit score!!

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  • stephane_2
    stephane_2 Posts: 3,076 Forumite
    Pre-selected does not mean automatic acceptance....they will conduct a full credit search before reaching their decision.
  • stephane_2
    stephane_2 Posts: 3,076 Forumite
    Having only 2 searches at your current address which are dropping in October is very low and I would not worry too much about that...
  • BugsyBrowne
    BugsyBrowne Posts: 5,697 Forumite
    stephane wrote: »
    Pre-selected does not mean automatic acceptance....they will conduct a full credit search before reaching their decision.

    Not true as Barclays PRE-approved me on loan and no searches were made.

    I also had the 10k approved like the OP but didn't ask for 10k.
  • ANTWAR72
    ANTWAR72 Posts: 15 Forumite
    Hi thanks for the above.Do you know if the pre selected credit card offer will follow in time and will they offer a specific card?
    Thanks
  • AMG762
    AMG762 Posts: 478 Forumite
    There is a difference between pre-approved and pre-selected

    I used to have pre-approved offers for a loan and overdraft. I accepted the overdraft. I only had to tick a box to say my circumstances had not changed, no credit check was performed, and the overdraft was active immediately.

    With pre-selected offers, you will be put through a full credit search, and you could be declined.

    Previously i have had a pre-approved loan and overdraft but only pre-selected for a Barclaycard.
  • iluvsaving
    iluvsaving Posts: 60 Forumite
    stephane wrote: »
    Pre-selected does not mean automatic acceptance....they will conduct a full credit search before reaching their decision.

    This is true
  • BugsyBrowne
    BugsyBrowne Posts: 5,697 Forumite
    iluvsaving wrote: »
    This is true

    Yep my mistake on that I thought the OP was PRE-approved not PRE-selected.
  • richard734
    richard734 Posts: 489 Forumite
    Barclays and Barclaycard use different credit assessment criteria. As far as I know, a pre-selected offer from the bank side to the Credit card side will just result in the application form being pre-populated with data when you click the button for an online application.
  • Cash_Flow
    Cash_Flow Posts: 1,103 Forumite
    ANTWAR72 wrote: »
    Hi All
    Please could any of you take time to clear things up for me regarding this :

    Barclays online banking has now pre selected me for a loan of upto £10,000 and overdraft increase from £100 up to £900,also pre selected for a barclay card but does not say which one!
    Does this mean i would be accepted if i applied?Or are there further credit checks involved as i dont want to have a negative footprint, as i have already fell into the trap of a negative spiral applying for a creditcard.Equifax report says score of 334 with 2 searches at current address and 2 at previous address.By October all seaches should be clear.i have no adverse history and no missed payments on my 2 credit account.
    Any help would be much appriciated as i need to get credit to up my cedit score!!

    The loan and O/D are both pre approved and no credit search will be needed.

    The credit card is pre selected and a full credit search will be carried out.
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