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How to boost your credit score

How to boost your credit score

Do you have a good credit score?

Or you don’t want to talk about it…

A credit score is a three-digit number, typically issued by a credit bureau, that helps lenders to determine your creditworthiness. Credit scores are generated to reflect the credit risk associated with borrowers; basically, the probability that you will repay the loan.

The higher your credit score, the better. A good credit score helps you get lower interest rates, puts you on the best loan terms with lenders, increases your chances of securing a larger loan and overall increases your creditworthiness.

And that’s why Irorun is bringing you easy and fast ways to boost yours today!

Start with small loans

Now you have to know that a credit score does not just show up out of nowhere. To get one (or to begin the process of building one) you have to take out loans.

“But I thought I can not get loans if I do not have a credit score?”

No, no, You can not get LARGE LOANS if you do not have a good credit score or no credit score at all. That is why you have to start with small loans, little amounts that should give you no trouble while paying back. (Remember, the goal here is to boost your credit score).

Furthermore, you can sign up with AUTHORIZED and ETHICAL lenders like Irorun that you can apply for small loans from, without hassle, repay in no time at all and this helps to boost your credit score. (What are you waiting for?).

Make repayments on time

As much as taking out loans helps to boost your credit score, it doesn’t mean much if you refuse to make repayments on time, your credit score is bound to go lower if you keep on making late repayments and this is one way you can boost your credit score faster.

Your credit score helps to determine your creditworthiness, so doing right by your loan and making your repayment on time will give you a reputation as a very good borrower as well as boost your credit score. It’s for this reason, that if you are unable to make your repayments on time, inform your lender before the due date so that renegotiation can be made (Amaka don’t run away with our money).

Avoid round-tripping or sweeping

Your money story nor clear finish –Your lender.

Round tripping or sweeping is that fishy process where one immediately withdraws or transfers money that comes into one’s account the moment it arrives usually to places where their spend pattern cannot be analyzed (Egbon it’s giving yahoo-yahoo).

Your lender likes being able to see through your bank statement to get a read on what your spend and gain pattern looks like(A.K.A wetin dey chop your money and wetin dey give you money).

So a bank statement that simply contains credit and then an immediate debit does not look good. It seems sketchy, doesn’t it?

This can cause you problems with your bank and affect your credit score because that account’s bank statement cannot be used to properly assess your eligibility for a loan.

Avoid negative account balance

There are times when your account balance reads its lowest or does not have enough for what you need so you decide to take an overdraft (this in and of itself holds no issue), a problem pops up when you are unable or refuse to pay that overdraft and your account ends up reading in the negative.

Remember that an overdraft is still a type of loan that banks give and that a refusal or inability to pay lowers your credit score.

In the same sense, banks also have a habit of taking their charges from your account even though it reads almost empty, this puts it in the negative and thus affects your credit score.

Check for error and report any mistakes on your credit report

A credit report is a record of a borrower’s credit history from different sources e.g banks, credit card companies, government agencies etc…

You must be wondering how you can get yours?. The good news is that you’re eligible to get one free credit report per year, and you can get yours when you apply with First Central, CRC or CreditRegistry.

An instance where you identify an error on your credit report, you must immediately contact the credit bureau with your details;

  1. Your full name
  2. Phone contact
  3. BVN
  4. Gender
  5. Evidence of payment
  6. Letter of non-indebtedness

As long as you’re able to prove that you’re not indebted to any lender, you can repair you history with the credit bureaus.

As a rule of thumb; Request for your credit report at least once a year, check for errors and report accordingly so that the proper corrections can be made to prevent future grievances with your lender.

Now, you know how to boost your credit score. Don’t you think it’s time to start with the first step?

Reach out to us at support@irorun.com to get started on your first small loan that’ll take you to LARGER LOANS!

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