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Stories & Articles
- Should I pay off my credit card all at once?
- How to increase your credit limit
- How to build credit without a credit card
- How to freeze your credit with Equifax
- 9 reasons your credit score might have dropped
- How to stay creditworthy if you’ve gotten COVID relief
- Best credit monitoring services for 2020
- What is installment credit?
- 33% of cardholders jeopardized their credit score during COVID-19: Poll
- Using Credit Journey to keep track of your score
- How to get a credit card without a Social Security number
- What is credit counseling, and how can it help you?
- When do credit card companies report to credit bureaus?
- Using CreditWise to keep track of your credit score
- How to get a credit score
- FICO aims to measure how you’ll fare in the economic downturn
- How does debt forgiveness work?
- Apple Card application denied? Possible causes and next steps
- How to handle credit impact of misreported COVID relief
- What is a credit-builder loan and how does it work?
- Why is a credit score important?
- How to freeze your credit with Experian
- What does being creditworthy really mean?
- How to freeze your credit with TransUnion
- Is debt settlement worth it?
- When should you pay your credit card bill?
- How to pay off a debt in collection
- Which credit bureaus do card issuers use to check your credit?
- Will a car loan boost my credit score?
- What is a good credit utilization ratio?
- How a closed account affects your credit score
- Should you consider a credit repair service?
- How to pay rent with a credit card
- Multiple balance transfers: a difficult debt payoff strategy
- How to remove a charge-off from your credit report
- What is a credit card?
- What is a charge-off, and how does it affect your credit?
- 9 ways to rebuild your credit after bankruptcy
- How long does a late payment stay on your credit report?
- Does being denied a credit card hurt your credit score?
- How does credit work?
- How to build credit
- Does breaking your apartment lease affect your credit score?
- Best high limit secured credit cards
- Does collecting unemployment affect your credit score?
- Payment history: The most important credit score component
- How debt-to-income ratio affects credit card applications
- Business credit scores: What they are and how they work
- Coronavirus: Will it hurt your credit if you ask your card issuer for help?
- In search of the elusive, perfect credit score
- Why military spouses should have their own credit
- How your stimulus check can help you improve your credit score
- Does applying for a credit card hurt your credit score?
- How to lower your credit card interest rate
- Coronavirus stimulus legislation doesn’t suspend negative credit reporting
- How credit scores affect interest rates
- Can you get a credit card without a job?
- Guide to the Self Visa Credit Card: A unique credit-building product
- How to protect your credit during the coronavirus crisis
- Senators introduce legislation that would suspend negative credit reporting
- What is a fair credit score?
- DoJ investigating FICO for potential antitrust violations
- How to check a small business’s credit report and credit score
- Does getting preapproved for a credit card hurt your credit score?
- What is a good APR for a credit card?
- What is a rapid rescore, and how can it raise my credit score?
- How many credit cards is too many?
- Which credit scores do mortgage lenders use?
- How to use your tax refund to boost your credit score
- How to add an authorized user to a Chase credit card
- How to dispute an error in your Experian credit report
- What’s the difference between statement balance and current balance?
- What can I do if bankruptcy is not an option?
- Here’s what you need to know about military credit checks
- Is it possible to remove inquiries from your credit report?
- Best credit cards after bankruptcy
- How long does a bankruptcy stay on your credit report?
- How do credit cards work?
- How long does it take to build business credit?
- Do tax liens affect your credit score?
- Will applying for a credit card by phone help my chances of approval?
- The 3 national credit bureaus: How Equifax, Experian and TransUnion work
- How FICO’s new credit score changes will affect you
- New FICO 10 scoring system incorporates trended data
- How to remove negative items from your credit report
- Hard inquiries vs. soft inquiries: What they are, how they affect your credit
- What is a good credit score?
- Do balance transfers hurt your credit score?
- How to get a business credit card
- The definitive guide to debunking credit score myths
- What credit score is needed to buy a house?
- Prequalified vs. preapproved: What’s the difference?
- 10 tips to improve your credit score in 2020
- ‘This is how I improved my credit score’: Consumers share their tips
- 13 bad credit habits you need to break now
- What to do if your holiday shopping tanked your credit score
- How can I get a closed card account removed from my credit report?
- Americans resolve to boost their credit scores in 2020, study shows
- Buying a car? You might want to look at your credit first
- Americans’ credit scores are at an eight-year high, Experian’s latest study shows