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PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Apps that promise instant access to your score are popular, but do they work? A new Consumer Reports investigation might have you thinking twice before clicking to get your ...

Two years ago when Emma Alda was offered a new job in accounting, contingent on passing her background and credit check, she was so excited and confident that she didn’t think twice about giving two ...

Kiah Treece is a former attorney, small business owner and personal finance coach with extensive experience in real estate and financing. Her focus is on demystifying debt to help consumers and ...

Consumers invisible to banks thanks to America’s enigmatic credit-reporting system have a new tool at their disposal: Experian, one of the big three credit bureaus, is introducing a new program that ...

A pandemic-era program allowing consumers to access free weekly credit reports is now permanent thanks to a decision by the three major credit reporting agencies to boost the credit health of US ...

Your credit score is a key that unlocks most of the major financial products anyone will ever need: credit cards, car loans, ...

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 ...

Update, Sept. 23, 2022: The three major credit bureaus reversed their decision and have extended free weekly credit reports through 2023. Original article: For thousands of Americans, the COVID-19 ...

A new investigation from Consumer Reports show some staggering mistakes on credit reports that could be hurting your credit score. Here are some key highlights: According to Consumer Reports, when ...

An increasing number of Americans are seeing their rent payments reported to credit bureaus — but experts are divided on ...

Three of the country’s largest credit reporting agencies are removing nearly 70% of medical debt from consumer credit reports, the companies announced in a joint statement Friday. In addition, unpaid ...