Discover how credit scores and credit reports differ, why each is important, and how they impact your financial life.

Before we tell you how to get a free credit score, it’s important to know that all free scores and reports are not created equally. Most of these scores are merely estimates of your credit score. They ...

TAMPA, Fla. — The holiday shopping season is here, and many consumers are relying on buy now, pay later options to finance interest-free gifts. Right now, many of those debts are neither reflected on ...

Having a good credit score can save you hundreds, even thousands of dollars on credit cards, mortgages and other loans.

Your score is constantly changing because lenders regularly provide new information about you to the credit bureaus. For ...

Only one in four Americans has a credit score above 800, which is considered exceptional, according to industry data.

Credit scores play a central role in people's lives. Fair Isaac Corp., or FICO, has dominated credit scoring until recently. The credit-scoring industry is going through a big shift as companies ...