Discover eight simple strategies to boost your credit score and unlock better opportunities for financial success.

Raising your credit score makes banks more likely to approve you for a mortgage, car loan or credit card. Plus, you could qualify for a lower interest rate that saves you thousands of dollars. Getting ...

If improving your credit score is one of your financial resolutions, a new program from consumer credit reporting agency Experian could help. Save more, pay down debt and spend less — they’re ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- You get a loan and pay it back. How much, how quickly and how responsibly determines your credit score, but without a score it is tough to get that first loan. "A lot of people ...

Credit card debt in the U.S. has hit $1 trillion for the first time on record. The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis reported more than $1 trillion in total balances on credit cards and other ...

At the beginning of the year consumers said their top new year's resolution was to save more money. Close to a third wanted to create a personal budget. And about 1/4 of those surveyed said they ...

Borrowers will see their credit score take account of rental payments for the first time under a major overhaul being rolled out by Experian to better reflect how credit applications are assessed by ...

Soaring interest rates mean that you're likely paying more in loans and credit card interest. But you can lower those fees, saving hundreds or even thousands of dollars, simply by having a higher ...