Secured Credit Cards
What is a secured credit card?
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A secured credit card requires a cash collateral deposit that becomes the credit line for that account. For example, if you put $250 in to that account, you can charge up to $250.
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If and when a cardholder does not make their regular payments on a secured credit card, the card issuer can choose to use the funds held in the security deposit to cover the defaulted amounts.
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Should this occur, how the funds in the security deposit savings account are used can vary between cards and card issuers.
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Be advised that late pays will be added to your credit report should you not make a payment on time - even if they take the funds out of your deposit. This will DRASTICALLY lower your credit score!
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Great news is this will help your credit score if you:​​
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Keep your balance under 30% utilization​
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Make your payments on time
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They do report to all 3 credit bureaus
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If you have little to no credit a regular unsecured credit card can be hard to approved for.
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This builder card is a great secured credit card with no credit requirements except you cannot be in an active bankruptcy with the courts
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Of course you can!
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We just recommend knowing that they report to all 3 bureaus.
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If they don',t it won't impact the credit bureaus that they do not report to​
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Since this costs you some money up front as a deposit, we don't want to see you waste your money!
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