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2. How credit inquiries affect your credit score - AOL

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   Soft credit inquiries, also known as soft pulls or soft credit checks, occur when companies pull your credit file for a reason unrelated to a new financial obligation.

3. Can you remove hard inquiries from your credit report? - AOL

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   Hard credit inquiries happen when banks, credit card companies and other lenders check your credit to determine whether to extend you credit. A hard pull hurts your credit score, but fortunately ...

4. Can anyone check my credit without permission? - AOL

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   To check your credit, a person can either perform a hard credit inquiry or a soft credit inquiry. A hard credit inquiry, also called a hard credit pull or credit check, is typically used for ...

5. Credit score in the United States - Wikipedia

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   [citation needed] Credit inquiries that were made by the consumer (such as pulling a credit report for personal use), by an employer (for employee verification), or by companies initiating pre-screened offers of credit or insurance do not have any impact on a credit score: these are called "soft inquiries" or "soft pulls", and do not appear on ...

6. Does applying for a credit card hurt your credit? - AOL

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   These soft credit pulls don’t affect your credit score because they’re information-only requests — you’re not asking for new or additional credit. ... Check a card’s recommended credit ...

7. Credit history - Wikipedia

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   Fair Isaac is one of the major developers of credit scores used by these consumer reporting agencies. The complete way in which a consumer's FICO score is calculated is complex. One of the factors in a consumer's FICO score is credit checks on their credit history. When a lender requests a credit score, it can cause a small drop in the credit ...