Building your credit for the first time can feel a little like the chicken and the egg. To build a good credit score, you’re going to need take out a loan or get a credit card. But you can’t qualify for a loan or get a credit card without some credit history,right? So, what do you do?Let’s start with a bank account.
You don’t really need a long credit history to opena checking account at your local bank. In fact, you may have a one already. Even thougha checking account won’t necessarily help you build credit history with the bureaus,that account may help you get your first credit card or loan from the same provider.