Fact checked by Betsy Petrick Key Takeaways Your credit report includes your personal details, information about your credit ...

Credit bureaus collect and maintain records on your credit accounts, balances and the payments you make. The three major ...

Major BNPL firms won't report customer data to credit bureaus until they see evidence that responsible payment behavior helps rather than hurts credit scores.

Klarna and Afterpay, two Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) providers, say they won't provide loan data to credit bureaus. The providers are concerned that BNPL loans, even those paid off on time, could ...

Identity theft can either be the worst thing that can happen to you or the best lesson in being smart about your personal ...

Commentary Giving credit: A measure brought by Tennessee Republicans addresses testing snarls By addressing the arbitrary nature of standardized school testing, the state could eventually live up to ...

Pulte's action will shift control of credit scoring, something we all need in order to be able to access lending and the modern financial system, from FICO to VantageScore, which is owned by the big ...

A plan promising relief from having medical debt listed on the credit reports, including hundreds of residents of Forsyth and Guilford counties, has been dashed before it was ever implemented.

Have you ever applied for a credit card or loan and been turned down, even though your credit score looks fine? It’s frustrating. You check your report, pay your bills, and still get denied. What’s ...

The Trump administration joined with trade groups to ask a court to overturn a Biden-era rule that aimed to limit the impact of unpaid medical bills on consumers’ credit history.

Mortgage experts discuss what needs to be done for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to buy VantageScore 4.0 loans, and how long it will take.