You have your first credit card and no idea how it is scored
The limit looks big, the statement looks fine, and the score is a number you cannot explain.
A credit card is borrowing at an interest rate, and a score is a summary of how that borrowing looks to a lender. Two people can owe the same amount and pay very different totals.
Where Base Camp covers this
- Lesson 7: Two people owe $3,000. One pays four times more
- Lesson 8: What your credit score can't see
Base Camp starts every reader at lesson 1 and sends one lesson a week, so it reaches these in weeks 7 and 8. The glossary terms below explain the words today.
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