Check Your Credit Score for Free Whenever You Want With These 7 Services (But There’s a Catch)

Several online services provide one or more credit scores for free, but check whether you're receiving your VantageScore or ...
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Credit Utilization Calculator

With over four decades of experience as a portfolio manager and educator, Adam B. Frankel simplifies credit card strategies and complex personal finance topics for anyone seeking to gain a better ...
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How Is My Credit Score Calculated?

Your credit score, which commonly refers to your FICO score, is calculated based on five factors: payment history, amount owed, length of credit history, new credit, and credit mix. FICO is not the ...
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Need to Raise Your Credit Score? Try These 6 Tips

Credit scores are complicated and because rating agencies consider many factors, the process of improving them can look different for everyone. When Willard Carpenter, 68, wanted a loan to open a new ...
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Finance experts offer 6 tips to raise your credit score

NEW YORK — Credit scores are complicated and because rating agencies consider many factors, the process of improving them can look different for everyone. When Willard Carpenter, 68, wanted a loan to ...
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FICO upgrades its cash-flow-powered score with real-time data

FICO is bringing a real-time cash-flow data upgrade to its UltraFICO score through a partnership with the data aggregator Plaid. The credit score reporting company is releasing the upgrade as credit ...
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How To Use A Credit Card To Increase Your Credit Score

Michelle Lambright Black, Founder of CreditWriter.com and HerCreditMatters.com, is a leading credit expert and personal finance writer with nearly two decades of experience in the credit industry. She ...