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What does my credit score have to be to get a Walmart credit card?
I want to get a Walmart credit card…My credit score is not the best but not the worst either…it’s around 616. I dont want to apply and make it any lower unless I know I can get a card.
What does my credit score have to be to get a Walmart credit card?
I want to get a Walmart credit card…My credit score is not the best but not the worst either…it’s around 616. I dont want to apply and make it any lower unless I know I can get a card.
#1 by marie76444 on June 8, 2010 - 3:12 pm
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My credit score is around 625 and we were approved for a walmart card, NOT the discovery walmart. I did my application online and they approved me and I had my card a little over a week later.
#2 by sunshine on June 11, 2010 - 1:09 am
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At least 650.
#3 by hitmakers85 on June 11, 2010 - 5:44 pm
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Improving Your Score
Credit scores aren’t static numbers. Because they are calculated based on your current credit report, they change every time your credit report changes. While this change may be very slight, it can also be much more dramatic. Here are some things some financial advisers say to do to try to improve your score:
Review your credit report and correct any errors you find. Getting rid of inaccurate (and bad) information can sometimes improve your score dramatically.
Advice used to be given to close old and unused credit card accounts in order to reduce your “potential” available credit (which could change your debt ratio after you’ve been approved for a loan). Now, however, the ratio of your debt to your credit limit is more critical, so closing old accounts only raises that ratio – which you don’t want to do. Some people have moved debt from several credit cards to one card and then closed the old accounts. Since creditors look at the debt-to-credit limit ratio this can have a bad affect on your credit score because you have the same amount of debt but less available credit. So don’t close old credit card accounts just because you’re not using them.
Creditors also now look at the average age of your accounts so, again, keep those old accounts.
Reduce your balances on credit cards to 75% or less of your available credit (25% is preferable).
Pay your bills on time. (This is probably the most important of all!)
Don’t let anyone make an inquiry on your credit report unless you absolutely have to. The more inquiries, the lower your score.
Don’t open new credit card accounts just to increase your available credit in the hopes of raising your score.
Also, remember that some improvements — such as better efforts at making payments on time — may take time to impact your score. So, time is also a factor.
If you go to the bank for a loan and are turned down because your score is too low, your would-be lender will get a list of reasons for that low score. You can use that list to try to turn your score around. While nothing is guaranteed, since lenders can also use their own scoring methods, you certainly can’t hurt your score by taking any of these steps.
The key is to get credit only when you need it (unless you’re trying to establish your first credit), and then use it carefully, make your payments on time, and keep your balances low. Remember not to max-out credit cards.
#4 by Heather L on June 12, 2010 - 10:02 am
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Usually 620 is the threashold for a new credit “rank”. I would wait a while longer and stay current on your other stuff to beef up your score. Also the higher your score the less you pay in interest for most lenders.
Remember the key to good credit is Time since delinquency, Lenght of time having open credit, (older cc’s are better than new ones) and the most most neglected key is ratio of credit used vs credit available.
A person is better to have (only for credit reporting purposes don’t get me wrong debt isn’t good) 1000 in debt with 5000 available vs a person with only 100 in debt with 250 available.
#5 by Reality Check on June 13, 2010 - 5:00 am
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You can see what other people who got a Walmart card had for scores, at Search by name (walmart) and it pulls up approved and denied submissions….also shows things like their APR and limit.
Your score however is just one attribute that credit card companies look at when considering extending a line of credit to you. Other factors are obviously your income or ability to repay the obligation, and also what’s in your credit file itself. It’s not all about the score…