Americans credit scores dropped over the past year as they have faced financial headwinds but none more so than student loan repayments starting again.

Your credit score is one of the most crucial indicators of your financial health. Having a higher score can help you achieve your financial goals, access lower interest rates when borrowing money and ...

Natalie Campisi is a senior journalist who covers personal finance, balancing timely news with in-depth enterprise reporting. Her mission is to make complex financial issues clear and accessible for ...

Credit bureaus collect and maintain records on your credit accounts, balances and the payments you make. The three major credit bureaus are Equifax, Experian and TransUnion. Each credit bureau ...

Equifax has extended its offer of free credit freezes through June 30. Equifax made freezes free late last year in the wake of a data breach that compromised personal data on about 145 million U.S.

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Do you know the difference between 550 and 780? Yes, they’re 230 digits apart, but they’re also examples of bad and good credit scores, respectively. If you don’t check yours regularly, now’s the time ...

Equifax, one of the three major credit bureaus, announced that a computer coding error resulted in the miscalculation of credit scores for consumers in a three-week ...