7 Things You Didn't Know Affect Your Credit Score

Having a good credit score plays a big part in being approved for a loan or a mortgage. Here are some things to watch for to keep your credit score healthy.

6 Benefits Of Increasing Your Credit Limit

Increasing your??credit limit just means giving yourself the opportunity to spend beyond your means, right? Not necessarily. Increasing??your??credit limit can have a number of upsides if you manage your credit wisely. SEE: 4 Common Credit Card Misconceptions Lowers Your Credit Utilization and Increases Your Credit Score The FICO credit scoring model will ding your credit ...

Credit Scores Still Low After Great Recession- Do Credit Building Cards Help or Hurt?

Although the credit score system- controlled by the shadowy and secretive FICO organization- is largely very consumer unfriendly, it doesn’t do you any favors to have a poor credit score. And yet if you ever get injured or sick, have a difficult divorce, attend school and have a hard time finding a job or experience [...] Credit Scores Still Low After Great Recession- Do Credit Building Cards ...

Very few will ever achieve highest credit score

Marlene Partridge and her husband have a six-figure retirement income, no debt and pay off their credit cards each month.

FICO Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend

MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- FICO (NYSE:FICO - News), the leading provider of analytics and decision management technology, has declared a two cent per share quarterly dividend, payable on March ...