Show Off Your Credit Smarts
from MintLife Personal Finance News & Advice
Think your’e a credit superstar? Now you can actually get certifications which prove it. Read on to learn more.
Articles in 'Your Credit Score' Category
How Well Do Credit Scores Work?
from MintLife Personal Finance News & Advice
Feeling a little miffed at the credit rating agencies? They may not be perfect, but there are some good reasons for putting stock in what they say about credit.
Realty Q&A: A pop quiz on credit scores
from Moneywatch Personal Finance
Get out your pencils: Lew Sichelman quizzes readers on credit scores.
Will closing a credit card damage my credit score?
from CNN Money Personal Finance
The Help Desk explains how closing a credit impacts your credit score and what times are better than others to ditch a card.
What if I Marry Into Poor Credit?
from MintLife Personal Finance News & Advice
When you decide to walk down the aisle, do your credit scores also tie the knot? Find out here…
Do You Know How Many Credit Scores You Have?
from MintLife Personal Finance News & Advice
While most of us focus on FICO as the dominant credit score, that’s hardly where it ends. In fact, you’ve got so many more scores that if I tried to name all of them and explain what each of them do your head would spin and I’d run out [...]
Four Horribly False Credit Score Myths
from MintLife Personal Finance News & Advice
Ok, I get it…this credit score stuff is complicated. The media get it wrong. Politicians get it wrong. Even employees of the credit bureaus get it wrong. So back by popular demand it’s another edition of my credit score myths.
New Report Reveals Consumer Confusion in the Credit Score Marketplace
from MintLife Personal Finance News & Advice
Unlike your weight or your shoe size, you can have more than one credit score, but most consumers don’t realize it.
Credit-report firms to face more scrutiny
from Moneywatch Personal Finance
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau gains new powers on Thursday, including oversight of the companies that compile the credit reports from which credit scores are generated. That could be good news for consumers.
Your credit score: Not always what you’re told it is
from CNN Money Personal Finance
The credit score you get from an agency might be quite different from the credit score your lender gets, according to a new study released Tuesday by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.