 TITLE: 10 Potential Reasons Why Your Credit Card Application Was Denied CONTENT: Does Getting Denied for a Credit Card Hurt Your Credit Score?\n-------------------------------------------------------------\nGetting denied doesn't directly hurt your credit, but the hard inquiry from applying can temporarily lower your credit score by a few points. And remember, if you apply for multiple credit cards in a short period in the hopes that one card issuer will approve you, that can have a compounding negative effect on your score.\nIn most cases, though, your credit score will bounce back in a few months to a year after a single inquiry. END