Advantages to
becoming a member of Citizens Credit Bureau
Citizens
Credit Bureau will do the monitoring for you.
We will provide the systems, processes and tools to help you understand
and take steps necessary to maintain a
good credit score. We will also
teach you how to improve your scores while taking into consideration your unique
challenges.
Educational
Newsletter
Each
month we will send you an educational newsletter explaining detailed strategies
and techniques that will help you maintain financial stability and a positive
credit rating. We also have Credit Risk Assessment Specialists® in our
Member Service Center ready to assist you.
Our Member Service Center is open Monday through Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00
pm MST.
Free Credit
Score Monitoring
The
strategies and methodologies used by credit repair companies and law firms
engaged in credit repair are basically the same today as they were 10 or 15
years ago. Ironically, credit bureaus like us were using these methodologies and
strategies way before credit repair ever arrived on the scene. However, while
some credit bureaus will provide the process, they leave the consumer to figure
it out on their own. This is why monitoring and education is so vital to
success.
The Credit Score Monitoring is an added Free bonus of your membership.
Step
1:
The first step is to obtain credit reports (with scores) from the three
major bureaus (Experian, Equifax and Trans Union) and forward them to our Member
Service Center. Make sure the
scores are Fico® Beacon® and Empirica® scores as these are the scores used by
most lenders. If you’re not sure
how to obtain these reports, contact us.
Step
2:
Once these reports are received, we will compile and send you our
exclusive credit report as well as a detailed Credit Score Analysis outlining
the factors currently affecting your scores.
Step
3:
We will then initiate analysis and investigation (with your help) into
the factors that are affecting your scores.
This process also ensures the information we have on you in our database
is accurate. Your assistance is
required to let us know what items are not accurate and/or provide documents
needed to follow up with lenders.
“Lather,
Rinse, Repeat” (Repeat steps 1
– 3)
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Step one is repeated every 60-90 days after which we will send you another
credit report or analysis containing a detailed comparison of your old scores
with your new scores as well the factors affecting your scores.
The results of our score monitoring process are reported back to the
subscriber and member and the process is repeated until the analysis and
investigation is completed resulting in improved scores.
Most
members begin to see improvement within the first 60-90 days.
Completion is usually achieved within 12-16 months.
Periodic monitoring after this point is wise to ensure protection of your
identity, privacy and accuracy of your credit profiles.
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Getting new credit reports on a consistent basis is critical to your success.
The amount of time it takes you to attain a good credit score will be directly
related to the promptness of your providing new reports.
For assistance with this process, you may contact Member Services every
60-90 days. Although we have an
online fax server to simplify the process of getting your reports to us, we
prefer that you mail reports due to the poor quality transmitted by some fax
machines. To expedite the progress made on your file, you may want to send your
reports by mail.
Fico®
Beacon® and Empirica® are registered trademarks of their respective owners.
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