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Old Nov 14, 2014 | 12:26 pm
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Originally Posted by FTRox87
how do folks get scores that high in the first place? not that it matters practically speaking, I'm just curious -- that might be one of the highest scores I've ever seen, if it is indeed a real FICO, using the latest algorithm/formula/version.
This is a score provided for free by a bank. All of those free-through-the-bank scores are bureau-generated scores. The TU-generated scores (which Barclays uses) show bigger scores for me consistently than the EQ or EX (I forget which) scores that US Bank shows, month after month after month. (Ie, both go up together, both go down together, but both stay diverged.)

There's an existing thread that discusses these free FICO scores from banks and differences between them:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/credi...it-scores.html
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