Yes but it will also hurt both credit scores if the payments are not on time.
Having the cards does not. Having large debts on them does.
It can, just because there are a lot of credit lines open, and so your potential debt is higher. If you really aren't using a credit card, it is better to cancel it. However, in terms of things that hurt your credit rating, having an inactive card is relatively low.
Usually closing accounts will hurt your score because if you have debt on other cards, your debt to available credit ratio will rise and it can ding your credit score.
if you sharpen it it could cut you and cause you to bleed
Yes but it will also hurt both credit scores if the payments are not on time.
Having the cards does not. Having large debts on them does.
It can, just because there are a lot of credit lines open, and so your potential debt is higher. If you really aren't using a credit card, it is better to cancel it. However, in terms of things that hurt your credit rating, having an inactive card is relatively low.
Usually closing accounts will hurt your score because if you have debt on other cards, your debt to available credit ratio will rise and it can ding your credit score.
if you sharpen it it could cut you and cause you to bleed
NO! Not if you have paid the credit off before you get another one. Or if you are paying one credit card off with another, you can only do that so much befor it will hurt your cerdit.
Having a large credit limit can help your score but do not apply for several cards at the same time. Doing so can hurt your score and make you unable to get any new credit offers.
In Some Cases Yes It Can Lower Your Score.
Yes. In this way. Credit reporting agencies look at the total ability you have to borrow. If you have ten credit cards and have the ability to charge 75,000 tomorrow it could hurt you. If you have low debt on your credit cards [ keep them with no more than 30% of the amount you can borrow on each card ] Then it will probably not hurt you at all. I know people with large lines of credit that use them for business etc and pay it down right away and have great credit. If in other words you have a lot of debt as a percentage of your ability to put yourself in more debt it could hurt. It depends on your past credit history etc. As a side not I had a customer who was in chapter 13 for the past two years and his lowest score was 780???
Amounts of debt in relation to available credit (the credit limit) is one of the factors used in establishing credit scores. Scoring software does not factor in the interest rates on the accounts. Here is an interesting website with general information about credit scores. http://www.moneycentral.msn.com/content/Banking/Yourcreditrating/P38053.asp
If you already have too much debt, then yes. If you do get a card, make sure that your balance never goes over 35% of the high credit balance or this will reflect poorly on your scores. Also remember, when you go requesting your credit to be pulled for a new credit card, this will bring your scores down somewhat as well.
No. The secondary cardholder's credit history has nothing to do with the primary cardholder's. The reason for this is even if there are two cards, there is still only one account for both cards which the primary cardholder is responsible. Jags