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

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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 ...

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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 ...

Credit scores are dropping at a fast pace, the fastest since the Great Recession. With rising interest rates and inflation, people are struggling to keep up with their credit card payments.

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 ...