Canceling credit card won't help credit score
15th Nov 2006, 05:22 GMT
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Is your credit score, that three-digit number that purports to measure the health of your credit history, not as high as you'd like it to be? If your credit-card spending is out of control, you may be tempted to cancel some of your cards so that you can elevate your score. But simply cutting up the card the old-fashioned way, rather than canceling it, may be the better way to go.
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