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Rejection of reward credit card application

As time progresses, more and more people are joining the revolution called ‘reward credit card’. Yes, it’s really a revolution. Now you don’t need to worry about how much cash you have in your pocket when you go shopping, just carrying this small piece of plastic (reward credit card) is enough to assure you of a good shopping treat. You can use your reward credit card to order things from the comfort of your home (on the internet). So the number of reward credit card applications seems to be on the rise. However, not every reward credit card application turns into a physical reward credit card. Some reward credit card applications get rejected too.
Let’s check why a reward credit card provider would reject a reward credit card application when he has spent so much time and energy (and money) on wooing new customers.

One obvious reason for rejection of reward credit card application is human error i.e. the error committed by you in filling up the reward credit card application. These can be small mistakes like a wrong telephone number or wrong name or the postal code might be wrong. It’s normal to make mistakes, after all we are human being and no human being can be termed as perfect. Another strong reason for rejection of a reward credit card application could be missing mandatory information i.e. when you forgot to fill-in some mandatory information in the reward credit card application form. Sometimes, the reward credit card application could be rejected because the reward credit card application form has been filled-in in a handwriting that is illegible to the people processing your reward credit card application. At other times, the sales representative (of the reward credit card provider) could have made a mistake in either depositing the form correctly or in guiding you in the filling of the reward credit card application form (newly hired sales representatives can make such mistakes).

However, these human errors are just minor errors that can be corrected later on and hence the only impact would be in terms of the delay in receiving your reward credit card. The main and the most important cause for rejection of reward credit card applications is bad credit ratings i.e. a negative credit history. If you have been using other reward credit cards or if you have taken bank loans/mortgages in the past, you would have already build your credit rating. If you have been making your bill/instalment payments in time (and in the correct amount), you would have already acquired a good credit rating. However, if you have been irregular or if you have been defaulting on your payment dues, you would have developed a bad credit rating. This credit rating is calculated by credit bureaus who receive feeds from various credit providers. All reward credit card applications are checked for the credit rating of the requestor and if it comes up as negative, the application is rejected outrightly.

So, these are the 2 most important reasons for rejection of reward credit card application and you must pay heed to them (especially the credit rating).