LONDON, June 3, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --
With the amount spent on credit cards per second being £5,429,
the average consumer credit debt per household being £6,376 and the
average total debt per household - including mortgages - being
£55,199 (according to The Money Charity, 2015), more initiatives in
consumer credit education are desperately needed.
From young adults who are about to head into a world of bills,
cards and loans, to couples getting on to the first rung of the
property ladder, to families with young children, accessing credit
does seem like a necessary evil.
People do not wish to be in debt, but due to the continual rise
in property prices and living costs, it is inevitable that they
will accrue some debt.
In a recent Google Consumer Survey run by MyCreditMonitor, 69.7%
of the 1,000 people surveyed did not know what their credit score
was and 53.7% never had their credit score checked.
There is a crucial difference between a credit score and a
credit report and knowing this before applying for credit cards,
personal loans and mortgages can help people improve their chances
of acquiring credit, thereby securing their financial futures.
Sati Dhanjal, Vice President at
MyCreditMonitor, says: "Not many people are aware that there are
some credit report providers that do not include the credit score
within their credit reports and charge customers an extra fee for
their credit scores to be disclosed to them. We at
MyCreditMonitor validate our customers through a rigorous screening
process (in association with Callcredit), which, on passing,
enables them to not only view their credit scores but to also get
help on how they could improve their credit scores."
Credit reports in print format cover six years of a
customer's credit history, while credit reports available online
can cover two years' worth.
While most of us know what is a credit history we need to be
more aware on how information from our credit history is used to
calculate credit scores.
MyCreditMonitor aims to make UK consumers credit-aware through
their initiatives in credit education coming up within the next few
months.
For more information, please visit
http://www.mycreditmonitor.co.uk
CONTACT DETAILS:
Sudakshina Bhattacharjee
Content Marketing Executive, MyCreditMonitor
Email: mcm@affinioninternational.com
Tel: +44(0)1753-828-195
Mobile: +44(0)7-9202-60098
Statistics from: The Money Charity, May 2015