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December 4, 2013

VantageScore describes several profiles of hypothetical persons' credit histories.

In one case, "Brenda," the company delineates this as a way to improve the "her credit score": "If the balance amount on one or more credit cards is greater than 70% of the full credit line for that card, reduce balances to less than 30% and maintain that level for at least six months."

That infers that a consumer file contains a history of balances.