• bountygiver [any]@lemmy.ml
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    7 months ago

    with the amount of information sharing between all the large corps, they are likely to be more similar than you think.

    • SuperSpruce@lemmy.zip
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      7 months ago

      But does the corporate data collection factor into your FICO score? Unless there's some new scary development I'm not aware of, the FICO score is only based on the following: length and number of accounts, revolving utilization, if payments are on time, and the loans you have made (based on the size and frequency of them).

      • Arthur Besse@lemmy.mlM
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        7 months ago

        FICO is just one of a multitude of scoring systems which impact people's lives in the US today.

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_credit_scoring_systems_in_the_United_States

        You and your friends' social media activity, among numerous other things, can absolutely affect your ability to get a loan, a job, a rental contract, etc.