Late Payment

What it means

A payment that does not arrive by the due date. Lenders usually do not tell the credit bureaus until a payment is 30 days past due. A 30-day late payment can drop a credit score by 60-110 points. The damage grows at the 60, 90, and 120+ day marks.

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