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These bills usually involve loans, like a student loan, personal loan, car loan, or revolving credit accounts, such as a creditcard. Bills that are not reported to a creditreportingagency, like rent and utility payments, will not affect your credit score unless your account is delinquent and gets sent to collections.
In general, if you’re borrowing money from a lender, the bills you receive from that lender do get reported to the credit bureaus: Experian, Equifax, and Transunion. That means things like car payments, creditcardpayments, student loan payments, and mortgage payments will all show up on your creditreport.
In general, if you’re borrowing money from a lender, the bills you receive from that lender do get reported to the credit bureaus: Experian, Equifax, and Transunion. That means things like car payments, creditcardpayments, student loan payments, and mortgage payments will all show up on your creditreport.
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