| ▲ | wolvoleo 3 hours ago | |||||||
In EU to build credit score the best thing is to have no credit at all. I'd be surprised if the UK works differently. | ||||||||
| ▲ | NicuCalcea 2 hours ago | parent [-] | |||||||
Even after a few years of living in the UK, I could not get a credit score from any of the three or so providers because they said they didn't have enough information about me. I guess being on the electoral roll and paying bills on time just wasn't enough. Not having a credit score isn't necessarily a big problem, as banks use it for context rather than making decisions purely based on it, but I did see some advice online about getting a "credit builder card" [1] (essentially a high interest and low credit limit card) as a way to build up credit history. I decided that getting in debt just so I can prove I can get out of it is a stupid system, and didn't do it. Last time I checked (with Experian), I had a perfect credit score, so I don't know what happened in the meantime. 1: https://www.experian.co.uk/consumer/credit-cards/types/credi... | ||||||||
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