It's especially important to check if you're retired. If identity thieves wanted to steal a person's credit identity -- ...

Increasingly, many lending institutions like your credit history to be spotless. There are many ways to enhance your ability to get credit, but one of the simplest is reviewing your credit reports for ...

Dear Action Line: You said we can get free copies of our credit reports June 1. How do we go about that? -- D.S., Tulsa. Free credit reports: Consumers Union, the publisher of Consumer Reports ...

Each try meant wading through prompts that tried to get him to buy something. One prominent ad urged him to spend $29.95 to buy all three credit reports and his credit score, rather than order them ...

Starting in December, Arizonans will be able to get free credit reports. The Federal Trade Commission's free credit- report program, mandated in consumer privacy legislation President Bush signed into ...