total credit utilization

Spread It Around: A Low Balance On Each Card Is Better

Spread It Around: A Low Balance On Each Card Is Better

When the little trolls with the green visors determine your credit score, a big factor in their abacus-shuffling is how much percent of your credit limit you’re using. However, it’s not just your total credit utilization, all of your credit limits added together and divided by how much of that you’ve tapped, but also how much of each credit line you’re using, the individual credit utilization. Say what?