Savvy Money
Staying on top of your credit has never been easier.
Your Credit Score. And More.
With one powerful tool, access your credit score, full credit report, credit monitoring, financial tips, and education.
All of this without impacting your credit score.
You can do this ANYTIME and ANYWHERE through your AVB Bank mobile app and online banking for FREE.
The benefits are endless, so there is no need to wait.
- Daily Access to your Credit Score
- Real-Time Credit Monitoring Alerts
- Credit Score Simulator
- Personalized Credit Report
- Special Credit Offers
- and More!
No matter what your score is, you know where you stand and the small steps to start or continue on your path to financial wellness. These additional resources and information will guide you forward on your financial wellness journey.
- Spend - Engage in convenient and easy to use tools that help manage everyday spending.
- Save - Schedule financial consultations, set savings goals, and select from an array of deposit products.
- Borrow - Explore products, resources, and strategies to obtain low-interest rates to help you stay on budget.
- Plan - Resources to help you plan for a comfortable retirement, grow your family, and more.
Frequently Asked Questions:
- What is Credit Score and More?
- Credit Score and More helps you stay on top of your credit by providing your latest credit score and report and understanding key factors that impact the score. It also monitors your credit daily and informs you by email if any significant changes are detected, such as a new account being opened, a change in address, employment, delinquency, or inquiry has been reported.
- Does Credit Score and More offer Credit Monitoring as well?
- Yes. Credit Score and More will monitor and send email alerts when there has been a change to your credit profile.
- Is there a fee for Credit Score and More?
- Credit Score and More is entirely FREE to AVB Bank customers.
- Will accessing Credit Score and More "ding" my credit and potentially lower my credit score?
- Credit Score and More is a "soft inquiry" which does not affect a credit score. Lenders uses "hard inquiries" to make decisions about creditworthiness when you apply for loans.
- How often is the credit score updated?
- The credit score will be updated every seven days and displayed in mobile and online banking. You can click "refresh score" as often as every day for an updated credit score.
- What if the information provided by Credit Score and More appears to be wrong or inaccurate?
- Credit Score and More make it best to show the most relevant information from a credit report. If you think some information is wrong or inaccurate, you can obtain a free credit report from www.annualcreditreport.com and then dispute inaccuracies with each bureau individually. Each bureau has its process for correcting inaccurate information, but every AVB Bank Credit Score and More user can "File a Dispute" with Transunion by clicking on the "Dispute" link within Credit Score and More. Transunion will share this with the other bureaus in the inaccuracy is verified.
- Why do credit scores differ?
- Three major credit-reporting bureaus (Equifax, Experian, and Transunion) and two scoring models (FICO or VantageScore) determine credit scores. Financial institutions use different bureaus, as well as their own scoring models. Over 200 credit report factors may be considered when calculating a score, and each model may weigh credit factors differently, so no scoring model is identical.
- Will AVB Bank use Credit Score and More to make loan decisions?
- AVB Bank uses its own lending criteria for making loan decisions.