Paying off collections improves your finances, but what happens to the negative mark on your credit report?

Negative marks on your credit report can hurt your credit score and affect your ability to qualify for loans. Here’s how to ...

If deleting and reporting scam texts and phone calls has become part of your daily routine, there's another simple way to protect yourself from fraud -- and it may be more effective. Placing a fraud ...

Your credit report is getting a reader-friendly makeover. Equifax, one of the three major credit bureaus, unveiled on Thursday a new design for its physical credit report, which now prominently ...

Medical debt will continue to impact credit scores after a federal judge blocked a Biden-era rule designed to erase it from credit reports. The rule aimed to improve credit scores and expand access to ...

Your score is constantly changing because lenders regularly provide new information about you to the credit bureaus. For ...

The upcoming episode of 'Maxxed Out' emphasizes the importance of knowing your credit score and checking your credit report ...

Democratic leaders issued a letter to the current acting bureau leader on how the rule would assist consumers without decreasing credit score accuracy. A Texas judge ruled against an embedded rule by ...

A financial expert explains how a woman with a maxed-out credit card and no credit history can verify debt and rebuild her ...