Applying For Your First Credit Card 💳

Learn why credit cards matter and how to apply for your first credit card.

What we cover:

Why does credit matter? (9:45-14:45)
What are some common credit concerns? (14:45-18:08)
How is a credit score calculated? (18:08-18:54)
What options do you have for your first credit card? (18:54-25:24)
What should you consider when choosing your first credit card? (25:25-37:14)
What are the steps to applying for a first credit card? (37:25-49:06)

"Credit is an intimidating arena to enter, it feels like there are a lot of big players and there are large repercussions to not doing it properly." -Sequin Woman

https://youtu.be/4LbDtF3E8Xw

Offline materials available here:

Sequin - Applying for Your First Credit Card.pdf

Next lesson: How to Pick Between Credit Cards

More About Sequin 💳

Sequin is on a mission to get women the credit we deserve for all of our lives' financial needs. We're also a community of empowered financial feminists who support each other through any and all financial questions.

We'd love for you to be involved!

**Register for the Sequin app:** receive personalized payment alerts that will optimize your credit score and make sure you never miss a payment on your credit card. There is a right way and time to pay off your credit card statement that banks don't tell you - but Sequin will!
Take our Credit Card Matching quiz: our recommendations are tailored to women's' lifestyles and calculate rewards value using women's spend.
Sequin is a community of empowered financial feminists who support each other through all financial questions. Join our Slack group to see what we're all about!