With the ebb and flow of our economy, businesses who extend credit to consumers may find themselves needing to report their credit accounts to the major credit bureaus.We can help you understand how to do this… This video was originally shared on blip.tv by HowToReportCredit with a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 license. addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.howtoreportcredit.com%2Fhow-to-report-credit%2Fhow-to-report-to-the-credit-bureaus’; [...]
Why Report To The Credit Bureaus
August 5, 2009 By Leave a Comment
If your business extends credit to consumers, you may find yourself wondering if you should report your credit accounts to the credit bureaus. In this video – and on our site, we can help you understand why you would report to the credit bureaus… addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.howtoreportcredit.com%2Fhow-to-report-credit%2Fwhy-report-to-the-credit-bureaus’; addthis_title = ‘Why+Report+To+The+Credit+Bureaus’; addthis_pub = ”; Technorati Tags: [...]
Who Reports To The Credit Bureaus
January 3, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Anyone who grants an extension of credit to a consumer is eligible to report to the credit bureaus. That said, there are a few industries who more commonly report than others(listed below). A few of them (indicated by an asterik) even have special reporting requirements defined in the Metro 2 Format. As a credit reporting [...]
Why should I report to the Credit Bureaus?
December 26, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Simply put, the credit bureaus are your best resource for rewarding consumers who consistently pay you on time, and collecting from those who fall delinquent. In fact, by just reporting to the credit bureaus you will likely see a drop in the amount of delinquent payments because consumers do not want a negative mark on [...]
If I report to one credit bureau, will my data show up on all four?
December 22, 2008 By Leave a Comment
The short answer is no. Each credit bureau maintains their own seperate database of consumer credit information which they use to populate their own consumer credit report. The strength of their database directly impacts the sales of their credit reports and scoring models so it is not always in their best intersts to share the [...]
Welcome to the Datalinx FAQ site!
December 16, 2008 By Leave a Comment
This is an interactive site to help answer your questions regarding credit reporting and conversion to the Metro 2 format. We’re here to help you learn how to report credit – how to decide if you should use a credit reporting service or if you should invest in credit reporting software. Feel free to post [...]
How To Report To The Credit Bureau
December 1, 2008 By Leave a Comment
One of the most common questions we receive is how do we report to the credit bureaus. Whether you’re using your own software or a service like Datalinx, you will need to go through the membership process with each bureau you plan on sending your data. This process usually takes between 2 and 4 weeks [...]
