Credit score is an essential component of financial life in America, influencing the ability to obtain loans, rent homes, and more; However, misinformation abounds, and myths about how the system ...

Credit scores and reports haven’t been around that long, in the grand scheme of things, anyway. The first standardized credit scoring model was FICO’s in the ’80s, and there wasn’t a ton of ...

Ah credit scores, the adult version of a GPA. Isn't it incredible to think about how little we learned about this elusive number in school? As someone who was required to take an economics course in ...