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September 14, 2020

Why you might not want to zero out every credit card

By BEV O'SHEA
NerdWallet

In general, using as little of your credit card limits as possible is better for your score. So logic would suggest that paying off your credit cards early so that a zero balance is reported to the credit bureaus would produce the highest scores, right?

Turns out, having 1% of your credit limits in use may help your credit score even more than showing 0% usage. Counterintuitive as it is, that's how credit scoring works.


 
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