A person's credit report tells a story about their childhood. New research, released last month by Harvard's Opportunity Insights, shows that a strong predictor of an adult's bill-paying habits—the ...

Discover how credit cards can influence your credit score. Learn the do's and don'ts for managing credit card usage and ...

In the landscape of personal finance, few numbers hold as much power over your life as your credit score. This seemingly simple three-digit number is essentially a financial report card, a statistical ...

The financial services industry has made substantial progress in democratizing access to credit scores. Today, 95% of banks and credit unions offer customers visibility into their credit scores ...

People who grew up in New England tend to have higher credit scores than those who grew up in several other U.S. regions, according to a study by The Opportunity Atlas. The study, based on anonymized ...

Texans with low credit scores are paying almost $3,000 more for home insurance on average each year than those with high scores, according to a new report that also found the scores impact consumer ...