6 Ways Your Credit Score Changes Thursday

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A new system for determining your credit-worthiness, FICO '08, rolls out this Thursday, and there's nothing you can to do stop it. By these 6 changes, ye shall be judged.

Consumerist article

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I still don't understand why closing an account is considered a negative. Seems like smart debt management to me.

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I still don't understand why closing an account is considered a negative. Seems like smart debt management to me.

Just a guess, but maybe because Fair Isaac's primary customers are the credit card companies, and the CC companies do not want to give consumers incentives to close accounts.