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• This Credit Card Won’t Make You Choose Between Rewards and Building Your Credit

  By Sigrid Forberg | 03.25.2021
• What Credit Score Do You Start With — and How Do You Raise It Fast?

  By Shane Murphy | 03.19.2021
• Don’t Wait Until You Graduate: You Can Start Building Your Credit Score in College

  By Justin Anderson | 03.04.2021
• How to Get a Free Credit Score

  By Rudro Chakrabarti | 03.03.2021
• Credit Errors Have Exploded Due to COVID — Was Your Credit Score Hit?

  By Sigrid Forberg | 02.23.2021
• Millennials Are Living on Their Plastic as the Pandemic Sees Their Finances Hit Hard Again by Another Recession

  By Serah Louis | 02.22.2021
• Get Your Free Credit Score — It’s Easy

  By Shane Murphy | 02.10.2021
• Experts: A Bad Credit Score Can Be Bad For Your Health

  By Shane Murphy | 02.02.2021
• Should Your Credit Score Be Based on Your Web History?

  By Ethan Rotberg | 01.26.2021
• Need a Mortgage? A High Credit Score Is More Crucial Than Ever

  By Ethan Rotberg | 01.04.2021
• Will Getting Furloughed Hurt Your Credit Score?

  By MoneyGeek | 12.08.2020
• Do Employers Check Credit? How Do I Prepare?

  By Ethan Rotberg | 11.09.2020
• What to Do Before a Hiring Manager Checks Your Credit Report

  By The Penny Hoarder | 10.23.2020
• Credit Scores Are Surging, Especially Among Younger Americans

  By Ethan Rotberg | 10.20.2020
• Credit Scores: 5 Reasons Why They Still Matter Even In Retirement

  By Shane Murphy | 10.09.2020
• 5 Milestones That Will Trash, Test and Top Up Your Credit Score

  By Ethan Rotberg | 10.08.2020
• How to Get an Apartment With Bad Credit

  By Alex Denholm | 09.19.2020
• Got Bad Credit Even With a Solid Income? Here’s How to Boost Your Score

  By Shane Murphy | 09.18.2020
• How COVID-19 Could Be Impacting Your Credit Score (and How to Get It Back Up)

  By The Penny Hoarder | 09.14.2020
• Looking to Repair Your Credit Score? Here’s How to Boost It By 200 Points — Or More

  By Shane Murphy | 09.11.2020
• How to Add 120 Points to Your Credit Score Even When Times Are Tough

  By The Penny Hoarder | 08.22.2020
• Can Missing Payments Because of the Coronavirus Impact Your Credit Score?

  By MoneyGeek | 07.14.2020
• The 5 Things That Count Most Toward Your Credit Score

  By Doug Whiteman | 06.08.2020
• Don’t Feel Stuck With a Low Credit Score — You Could See a 200-Point Boost

  By Shane Murphy | 03.05.2020
• Intuit Is Buying Credit Karma for $7 Billion. Here's Why You Should Care

  By Shane Murphy | 02.28.2020
• Essential Moves for People Who Want to Improve Their Credit

  By Sarah Cunnane | 02.25.2020
• 7 Myths About Your Credit

  By MoneyGeek | 02.19.2020
• If You're Paying for Your Credit Score, You're in the Minority

  By Shane Murphy | 02.11.2020
• If Your Credit Score Is Under 700, Make These 4 Moves Soon

  By The Penny Hoarder | 02.05.2020
• Here’s How to Add Up to 200 Points to a Credit Score Without Paying Anyone For Help

  By The Penny Hoarder | 02.05.2020
• How to Fix Your Credit Score Fast

  By Esther Trattner | 01.29.2020
• How to Build Good Credit

  By Scott Nordlund | 01.29.2020
• How Long Does It Take to Build Credit?

  By Esther Trattner | 01.29.2020
• FICO Score vs. Credit Score: What's the Difference?

  By Doug Whiteman | 01.24.2020
• How Do You Unfreeze Your Credit?

  By Doug Whiteman | 01.11.2020
• The Equifax Hack Just Became an Even Bigger Worry

  By Robin Saks Frankel | 04.18.2019
• How a Glitch in Your Personal Data Can Destroy Your Life

  By Esther Trattner | 04.18.2019