Overdue student loans can once again affect credit scores, making it harder to rent or buy a home or car, but there are steps ...

Improving your FICO score can open doors to better financial opportunities. By strategically managing your credit utilization ...

Your credit score isn't just a number. It’s a financial gatekeeper. It tells lenders how risky—or reliable—you are when it ...

Federal student loan borrowers should start repaying their loans so as not to affect their credit scores. A pause on credit ...

Buying your first car, renting an apartment, or even applying for a cell phone plan often comes with an unexpected question: ...

TransUnion’s new TruVision Trended Risk Score expands lenders’ insights into consumers who may not otherwise be scoreable, helping increase ...

Looking for a different day? A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that ...

But somehow they're managing to keep their credit scores out of the dumps. The average U.S. FICO® Score is 715, according to credit monitoring bureau Experian, where it's remained since 2023.

Your credit score can impact many of your financial decisions, so it pays to protect it. Capital One's CreditWise can help you keep an eye on your credit at no cost. However, the service has some ...

Did you apply for a credit card and it was declined because of a poor credit score? Else, you want to apply for a personal loan and realised that your credit score is too poor to make the cut.

CEO William Lansing has burnished the credit score’s dominance and pushed through price hikes, making a bundle for long-term shareholders and himself an almost-billionaire. In January 2012 ...