CreditStrong for Business

AUGUST 20, 2024

Filing for bankruptcy sets your credit score back significantly, but you can usually begin to recover within a few months and make meaningful progress within a year. Here’s what you should know to create and implement one, including the effect bankruptcy has on your credit and the best ways to improve your score afterward.

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APRIL 2, 2024

Life’s uncertainties—job loss, emergencies, foreclosures, bankruptcies—can severely damage credit. Bankruptcy will likely exacerbate any credit issues, causing an initial drop of about 100 to 200 points in your credit score. In the US, it’s after ten years under a Chapter 7 and seven years after a Chapter 13 bankruptcy.

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JANUARY 3, 2023

Examples include: Bankruptcies. What to look for in public records: A Chapter 7 bankruptcy stays on your credit report for 10 years after it’s filed. On the hand, after seven years, a Chapter 13 bankruptcy can be wiped out. Bankruptcy records filed in federal districts. Public Records.

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MARCH 26, 2024

Certain life events may force you to use your credit card as an emergency fund. This option should be among your last resort before filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. In this case, minimum payments are acceptable for a short period.

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Fundera

JULY 28, 2019

There are plenty of unavoidable twists, turns, and backtracking that takes place—and in most cases, these events end up being for the best even if they don’t feel like they’re beneficial in the moment. Bankruptcy. No one wants to deal with a small business bankruptcy , but unfortunately these things happen.

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Fundera

JULY 11, 2017

In your earliest days as a business owner, you probably never imagined that you might someday file for bankruptcy. Yet despite these best-laid plans, changes in the marketplace, threats from competition, and miscalculated business strategies force thousands of business owners per year to file for bankruptcy.

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