Credit Score Featured Articles

People with high credit scores take better advantage of credit card choices, survey shows

By Richard Barrington | Updated on December 6, 2023

In fact, people with excellent credit scores tend to use it more than other people. One example: a recent CardRatings survey...

By Jackie Lam | Updated on December 5, 2023

I was recently prompted to use a credit card that had fallen to the wayside. If I didn't use the card...

By John Egan | Updated on September 26, 2023

Rent payments might affect your credit score, particularly if you make late payments or you skip several payments. However, not all...

By Curtis Arnold | Updated on September 15, 2023

Companies offering credit builder loans have grown in popularity and boast that they can build or rebuild your credit quickly, but...

By Geoff Williams | Updated on July 13, 2023

There's no sugarcoating it: A low credit score can be demoralizing, not to mention place a significant roadblock in the path...

By Satta Sarmah-hightower | Updated on June 8, 2023

Your credit score - that, single, all-important number - has an enormous impact on your financial future.

By Geoff Williams | Updated on May 19, 2023

If you have poor credit, fair credit or no credit, you’ll sometimes hear the advice: get a secured credit card.

By Bill Gilman | Updated on May 19, 2023

There is a frustrating paradox in the world of credit. In order to get a loan, a mortgage or a credit...

By Erica Sandberg | Updated on May 19, 2023

Nearly all financial institutions depend on credit scores to make swift and accurate lending decisions. FICO Scores are most commonly used,...

By Bill Gilman | Updated on May 12, 2023

If you've never had a loan, made timely payments on big-ticket items or had a credit card, you likely have no...