Frankie Solomon, WalletHub Analyst
@frankie.solo
The Capital One CreditWise score is pretty accurate, considering that it monitors your TransUnion and Experian FICO Score 8. As for how accurate is CreditWise from Capital One compared to VantageScore, it's really hard to determine. The methods they use aren't that clear, but the results are extremely close for both scoring models.
Things to Know About the Capital One CreditWise Score
- What CreditWise is: Capital One CreditWise is a free tool that allows you to check your credit score anytime. It will also send you email alerts when there’s important activity on your credit report, such as a hard credit inquiry or a new credit card account.
- Who can use it: This tool is available to everyone who signs up, not just Capital One customers.
- Scoring model: The credit score you get is the Fico Score 8, based on your TransUnion and Experian credit reports.
Overall, Capital One CreditWise is a useful tool as it accurately retrieves the data from your TransUnion and Experian credit report. However, keep in mind that Capital One CreditWise only updates once a week. You can find services that send you daily updates, along with a lot of the same information CreditWise provides. Regardless of which credit score site you choose, staying aware of your credit score is a necessity.
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jessiewillms34, Member
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It is ok it is free and it does help you keep track of your acconts but the score part of it isn't all the way accurate other credit score from other places are different my score could say 600 on creditwise but 655 on another and there update process on checking your score is long like 1 month but others everyday or every 5 days so credit wise is ok for keeping track of all your accounts in one place but the score part needs improvements but would I recommend credit wise sure its good safe helpful and free.
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