Build Credit
Sign up for your Credit builder card in 3 minutes and start living your best credit life.
A card made with your credit score in mind
It’s true, we’ve made a card focused on helping you boost your score. No credit checks. No interest. Everyone deserves a chance at unf*cking their credit.
Why is your score important?
A credit score of 670 reads a ‘reliable’ and opens doors to the following:
Your home – rented (your landlord is snooping)
Your home – bought (one day). Mortgage providers snoop too and this determines the interest rate they’ll loan you, which could help you save t h o u s a n d s in the long run
Your car – auto-loan companies will be checking it
Your job – the employer of your dreams is probably creeping your credit too
Building credit can be hard
That’s why we’ve kept our builder subscription reeeeal simple. We designed your card so that all you need to do to give building credit a go is add a few bucks and spend like normal. Literally.
For $14.99 a month you’ll get a Cleo Builder subscription that unlocks your card, cash advances, cashback rewards, and priority support for your credit journey.
Safety first
Each month, you’ll never spend more than what’s on your card, which makes it really hard to miss a payment or go into debt. (We would say impossible but ya know…lawyers.)
Small steps add up
At the end of the month we report your spending to credit bureaus. And since you’re only spending what’s on your card, these reports should help your score over time
Getting set up
Download the Cleo app
Sign up for the Credit builder card by typing ‘Credit builder’ to Cleo
She’ll direct you to add your income
You start spending it and work on building credit in the process
Add some cash
The amount you put in your security deposit becomes your credit limit. So actually transferring some cash there is important. FYI, you’re good to spend everything you transfer, as utilization is not reported.
You can
Add your income to your card manually...
...or set up monthly transfers so you get to chill even more
Go shopping
(yep, we said that)
Using your credit builder card at least once a month is recommended. You don’t have to go wild or anything but the main purpose of the card is to build your credit score, so you do have to use it to remind the credit people that it exists.
You can
Use your card at least once a month
Add bills or subscriptions so you drop the life admin and spend automatically
Use your bills
Pay your bills with your credit builder card and invest in your credit future while staying on top of things. Win win.
You can
Keep carefree credit building on
Set up bill reminders
Add your bills to your Cleo budget, she’ll can keep you on the straight and narrow
Track your score
A magnificent credit score does not happen overnight, but eyeballing your score now and then definitely doesn’t hurt. It means if there are changes you know what’s happened, why it happened and what you can do to get back on track.
Things you can do
Keep track of your credit score in the borrow tab
Explore your score over time and see how it’s changed from month to month
I looked into it and thought, well Cleo helps me in other ways anyway, and I'm looking to rebuild my credit.
Um, a card that would help me build my credit just by putting money in it and using it to make purchases? Not everybody is perfect and my credit could use a little help.
When you first told me about the credit builder card I was like yes, I need this, because I do have bad credit.
To add a certain amount on the card and be able to pay all those expenses off of one thing – Cleo gives it all and I like to be able to have one place to go.
Extras
Cash advance**
Cleo can spot you up to $100 (for when the month is giving you big retrograde energy and so is your landlord).
Cash back**
Spend money in some of your favourite stores, get a little back.
Priority support
Not that you’ll need it though. You’re good at spending your money.