Tag Archives: Credit check

Report: T-Mobile is Improving Its Credit Check for Postpaid Customers

T-Mobile is making improvements to how it conducts credit evaluations for postpaid customers.  This is the Un-carrier’s way of checking a new customer’s creditworthiness, deciding his maximum credit limit, and the maximum number of lines he can open. And as reported by The Mobile Report, T-Mobile’s credit check update looks to be promising for everyone.  One of the changes that will be happening is that the Un-carrier will stop using “credit classes” to determine how creditworthy … [read full article]

Video: T-Mobile Exec Announces Simple Choice Family Plan With No Credit Check

T-Mobile’s introduction of the new Simple Choice with no credit check rounded out the company’s two major announcements this week. The plan, which launches on July 14th opens up an opportunity for what T-Mobile describes as 1/3 of the population to take advantage of T-Mobile’s Simple Choice rate plan offerings without worrying about credit. So here’s T-Mobile’s Chief Marketing Officer Mike Sievert … [read full article]

T-Mobile Changes Deposit Amounts For Upcoming ‘Simple Choice With No Credit Check’ Plan

With T-Mobile’s “Simple Choice with No Credit Check” rate plan still unannounced, changes behind the scenes aren’t entirely unexpected or surprising. Given that, it came as little surprise when this new tidbit was dropped in my inbox indicating T-Mobile had lowered the deposit cost by $10 per line. According to the image: “Deposits will [now] match rate plan monthly recurring charges which will make it simpler to explain and easier for customers to understand.” As mentioned … [read full article]

Detailing T-Mobile’s ‘Simple Choice With No Credit Check’ Upcoming Rate Plan

With the knowledge that training began yesterday, it’s clear that T-Mobile’s Simple Choice with no credit check rate plan is on the cusp of being announced as part of T-Mobile’s Phase 2 Uncarrier strategy. The plan itself is almost reminiscent of FlexPay, where it provides T-Mobile customers with the full T-Mobile rate plan experience without the burden of a credit check or high deposit. “Simple Choice with no credit check (SCNC) is a new service … [read full article]

T-Mobile UNcarrier Phase 2 Training Beginning Today, June 24th

T-Mobile’s UNcarrier Phase 2 plan is swinging into gear as employee training kicks off this morning. As expected, Phase 2 revolves around a new Simple Choice As our earlier rumors indicated, at least a portion of Phase 2 will revolve around a new “Simple Choice with no credit check” plan. The bottom line here is that customers who do not want a credit check or require a high deposit now have more options. While the documents … [read full article]

T-Mobile Removing Flexpay Option, Bringing Deposits Back

There is little question that some sweeping changes may come about as T-Mobile begins its company-wide turnaround especially in light of recent quarterly numbers. One of the first steps taken to begin that process is to eliminate Flexpay across the board. It is our understanding that Flexpay never quite took off as T-Mobile hoped and given that, we aren’t surprised that it’s finally being retired. As we stated back in the middle of February, the … [read full article]