my understanding of credit ratings after having worked in the banking sector (admittedly quite a few years ago) is that your actual rating is only affected by black marks when you miss payments, and even then, it's normally a manual process for a company to 'report' your default. Also, it's possible at times to negotiate with companies you've defaulted with to have those defaults removed from your rating.
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