How to increase credit score?

I paid off my credit card debt of 1500 i accrued during college. BTW, just graduated a month ago. It was the first thing i did. However, I was also told that i should continue to use my credit card. Can I just pay it off online every week to make sure that i have it paid off. Can%26#039;t i just transfer online from my account to my credit card account?

I%26#039;m also a bit confused, because i paid cash for my car. SO... i%26#039;m technically being punished for not putting up with creditors leeching money off of me per month?

Sorry I%26#039;m naive and dumb regarding my personal finances.

How to increase credit score?

From what you have provided:

-Paying off any loan that you have accrued is a plus.

-Paying everything off every week will only show creditors you%26#039;re not using the credit card. It%26#039;s best if you paid at the end of the month, or whenever the credit card company reports your information.

-With purchasing a car: if you wanted to build credit and had enough to pay off the car, then i suggest financing everything as much as possible and pay it off after 6 months. The bigger the loan, the more likely they will think you%26#039;re credit worthy when you really need to negotiate.

Other than that, there%26#039;s a lot of information online and they%26#039;re easy to understand. Keep in mind that there will be a change from FICO to VantageScore. Nothing too different other than the change in the looppole of the authorized user and the grading system; FICO is like the SAT and VantageScore is like high school grading [A-F]

How to increase credit score?

There are a few things you could do to increase or boost your credit score or credit rating. Consider the following,

a). make your payments on time,

b). use under 30% of your available credit at all times. That is, for a credit card with credit limit of $1,500 try not to use more than $450. In other words, always have an available credit of at least $1,050 on a credit card of $1,500 credit line.

Do these for each of your credit cards.

c). the higher your credit limit the better it is for your credit score. Having a credit card with a limit of $10,000 as long as you don%26#039;t chard more than 30% at any given time is better than having a credit card of $2,000.

d). you also want to keep your credit cards and credit accounts in good standing, the longer you have an account the better it is for your credit score.

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