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Cards NOT currently tightening the screw?
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Agreed...we all have a 'score' with any financial institution we have dealings with.UNDERGROUND wrote: »There's always credit checks done for a credit card...
If that was a condition, I don't think I'd have taken them up on the offers! :rotfl:...internal...they check you out somehow or other!0 -
They may well have a monthly "subscription" to bureau data on credit account customers - including full service current accounts.
This wouldn't appear on your credit file.
Internal credit assessments would probably take this into account, but the data isn't as detailed as a new business search. The strategy is likely to give more weight to internal account relationship characteristics and will probably only look at adverse data from the external bureau.The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.0 -
I believe this is the case with First Directbert&ernie wrote: »They may well have a monthly "subscription" to bureau data on credit account customers - including full service current accounts.
This wouldn't appear on your credit file. (snip)...iaye carramba!0
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