The average credit score in every state — How do you stack up?

FICO has released the average credit score in every state. Find out how you stack up and what you can do to boost your score.

Here's the Average Credit Score of 60-Year-Old Americans (How Do You Compare?)

Understanding your credit score is an important part of setting yourself up for a comfortable future. Discover how you're ...
Investopedia

Need to Boost Your Credit Score? Here Are 5 Things to Do and 5 Missteps to Avoid

Beverly is a writer, editor, and paralegal specializing in personal finance and tax law. She covers personal financial and legal topics, as well as tax breaks, tax preparation software, and tax law ...
Forbes

Why Gen-Z Is Falling Behind On Credit—And How To Catch Up Fast

With a background in journalism and counseling, Penny Min blends analytical research with real-world insight to help readers make informed financial decisions. At Forbes Marketplace, she specializes ...
Forbes

Even Credit Score Overachievers Are Falling Behind On Bills. Here’s How The Right Credit Card Can Help

With over a dozen credit cards and millions of credit card points racked up, Nancy Jiang condenses the complex world of card-churning for maximum rewards with minimum effort. Her work has been ...
The Washington Post

Credit scores will get a buy-now-pay-later update. Here’s what that means.

With BNPL loans exploding in popularity, a change is coming that shows just how mainstream they have become in consumer finance. The way your credit score is calculated may change this fall. The Fair ...
Staten Island Advance

Millions of Americans are about to see their credit scores change: Here’s why

NEW YORK (AP) — Hundreds of millions of ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ loans will soon affect credit scores for millions of Americans who use the loans to buy clothing, furniture, concert tickets, and takeout.
AOL

9 surprising factors that can damage your credit score (and how to fix them)

More than a third of all Americans have a credit score below 670, according to Experian. And many don’t realize what’s hurting their credit until they’re denied a loan or hit with higher costs. Your ...
SFGate

What Happens to Your Credit Score—and Your Future—After a Mortgage Delinquency

Of course, mortgage delinquencies can have serious consequences, including the most obvious one, foreclosure. But many homeowners also don’t realize just how damaging a single delinquency can be to ...