Among those with the most to gain from rent reporting are the nearly 49 million adult Americans who don't have a credit score ...

Your FICO score has long determined whether you could get a mortgage, car loan or credit card. That could change soon.

Also, set up automatic payments so that you never again miss a payment. You typically can set up automatic payments to cover ...

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NEW YORK (AP) — Millions of Americans are seeing their credit scores drop now that the U.S. government has resumed referring missed student loan payments for debt collection. But there are things you ...

Residents of Mississippi had the lowest average credit score, at 677; those in Minnesota had the highest, at 743.

The Trump administration took another step Tuesday to weaken protections for Americans with medical debt, issuing new guidance that threatens ongoing state efforts to keep that debt off consumers’ ...

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This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. Financial guru Dave Ramsey is known for his anti-debt ...

St. Louis had the largest credit score increase of any U.S. city between Q1 2024 and Q1 2025. Des Moines and Winston-Salem followed, each seeing significant year-over-year gains. Experts say timely ...

Can you get a credit card with a bad credit score? And how many different FICO credit scores do you have? If you said "no" or "three," respectively, to these questions, you've fallen victim to a ...

FICO announced that two new scores coming this fall will incorporate BNPL activity. The new scores will treat BNPL differently from other credit and loan products. Consumers who use BNPL responsibly ...