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Limited credit history means you don't have enough experience for a credit bureau to calculate a credit score. The terms "limited credit" and "no credit" are typically used synchronously to describe anyone who has not been the primary account holder on a credit card or loan for three years.
Our Thoughts:
Lenders give inexperienced consumers the benefit of the doubt to a certain extent in that the terms they offer them are better than those given to people with bad credit. However, you must demonstrate the ability to consistently make on-time payments to your monthly financial obligations as well as maintain balances below your credit limits in order to build the requisite credit history to be trusted with higher credit lines as well as competitive rates and rewards.
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Does no credit mean no credit score?
Yes, no credit does mean no credit score. That means you have no credit report, which in turn means that you have no recent experience with loans or lines of credit. You may never have borrowed money from a lender that reports to the credit bureaus, which store information about your credit history. Or, you have not done so in the past 7-10 years.
Having no credit score also means that you don’t have any financial...
read full answer by WalletHub, Financial CompanyDoes everyone have a credit score?
No, everyone does not have a credit score. More than 50 million people in the U.S. do not have a credit score right now due to a lack of credit history. Around 25 million American adults have no credit history at all, according to industry research, and roughly 28 million have unscored records because they have too few credit accounts or their accounts are too new to be included in a credit report.
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