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Best way to build credit when you cant get it?

PM1090
Posts: 3 Newbie
Recently I took out payday loans, changed bank account and my DDs werent moved over as promised so I missed payments and my score has dropped from low to very low.
I cant get a card like a vanquis card my score is that bad...
Whats the best way for me to start building it besides paying off the loans i have? Are the credit builder cards worthwhile?
Getting a guarantor on a credit card and using it to spend little and pay each month a bad idea if i would only use it for petrol and always pay it?
Or theres credit builder loans... not sure which option is best and quickest. I need my score up fast
I cant get a card like a vanquis card my score is that bad...
Whats the best way for me to start building it besides paying off the loans i have? Are the credit builder cards worthwhile?
Getting a guarantor on a credit card and using it to spend little and pay each month a bad idea if i would only use it for petrol and always pay it?
Or theres credit builder loans... not sure which option is best and quickest. I need my score up fast
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Have you paid your loans off yet? If you do not do that then anything else you do is not going to be of much use.0
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It's not your fictional score which is the problem. It's your missed payments and PDLs.
Pay them off and then in time, get a sub prime card. Use it and clear in full each month.0
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