Open letter to Red Ventures, 20220602
Ric Elias publishes more false information about consumer finance: Credit Score Myth 7
| By Greg Fisher
@CLMcCarthy @Ana__Staples @HelloTheFuture @SallyHerigstad Ms. Mccarthy, you reviewed, "According to the FICO scoring model, your credit utilization ratio accounts for 30% of your credit score" (Rebekah Hovey, editor).
— Greg Fisher (@creditscoring) September 8, 2021
That is not true. #Myth7 #n4167534 https://t.co/EBt42ocfy4 pic.twitter.com/hDvQARKVoY
Ric Elias' company Red Ventures published more false information about credit scoring. In a previous matter, Red Ventures repeated Credit Score Myth 2, the one about employers that has turned into a big joke. Ricardo Elias is out of control. To keep track of him, there is an index code, n4167534. #n4167534
FROM: Greg Fisher, greg@truthandfalsity.com
TO: Ana Staples, Nicole Dieker
CC: Ric Elias
DATE: June 6, 2022
SUBJECT: credit score, misinformation, weight, ratio
You falsely wrote, "According to the FICO scoring model, your credit utilization ratio accounts for 30% of your credit score."
That is not true because any such ratio is only part of a category of factors that accounts for 30%. The category, Amounts Owed, consists of
- The amount owed on all accounts
- The amount owed on different types of accounts
- How many accounts have balances
- Credit utilization ratio on revolving accounts
- How much of the installment loan amounts is still owed, compared with the original loan amount.
So, if what you are saying were true, then the other factors in the category would all be weighted at zero. That, of course, would make no sense.
Worse, there are at least four people involved in the article in question. I tried to contact you about it.
What is your correction policy?
Please reply today.
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Greg Fisher
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