credit score drop?

Have you recently closed a credit card account? Then your credit score might drop as your length of payment history (accounts for 15% of your credit score) gets affected. Or it might happen that you have missed payments on your another credit card (if any). If you find any discrepancy on your credit report, dispute with the credit reporting bureau.

Yes, Craigh-terry is right. Moreover, to grant your credit card request, the bank might have pulled your credit report which is a hard inquiry. So, it might have a small role to play too. However, check put your reports and dispute errors if any. Checking your credit reports regularly also brings to your notice of fraud, if any.

only opening a credit card account is not enough, you have to manage the account properly. Make sure you repay the payments on time and in full. Also stay within your credit limit.

With time, you will see the difference.

Many possibilities are there. Hard inquiry is one possibility but in that case your credit score will drop by around 5 points. So my question is, have your credit score dropped by 5 points or is it a lot more? If it's more than 5 points, then the reason is something else. It can be a collection account which you're ignoring or a high credit utilization ratio. Check your credit report and come back to us.

Your credit score might drop as you have closed one of your credit cards. Apart from that new hard inquiry may also cause the drop.

First, the credit card issuer will check your credit score and report when you apply for the account — this hard inquiry can cause the score to drop by a few points temporarily.
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