If you've ever tried to rent an apartment or buy a car, you know that your credit score is essentially your adult GPA.

The financial services industry has made substantial progress in democratizing access to credit scores. Today, 95% of banks and credit unions offer customers visibility into their credit scores ...

The good news is that there are ways to improve your credit score without a credit card. One of them is to use a credit-building tool, such as CreditStrong’s Revolv, which helps lower your credit ...

When my daughter was 18, I took her to my credit union - where she has her savings account - to take out a $500 loan so she could start building her credit score. That was in March. She's been paying ...

Roadblocks for today’s young adults include fewer entry-level jobs, rising debt and increasing reliance on debit cards or “buy now, pay later” loans. By Kailyn Rhone When Danny Benson started applying ...

FICO and VantageScore credit scores are the two most common types of personal credit scores. Business credit scores use ...

Esusu raised $50 million in a new funding round, bringing the company’s total capital raised to over $200 million in a deal that valued the startup at $1.2 billion. Its platform is accelerating the ...

Under the widely used FICO® Score system, the highest credit score you can earn is an 850. According to Motley Fool Money research and Experian data, just 1.76% of Americans have managed to hit that ...