Yes, you can get a free credit report and credit score online. There’s no payment or credit card information required an ...

Nearly half of all credit reports may contain errors, some of them costly to your credit score, according to a new watchdog report. One-quarter of the consumers were unable to access their credit ...

A delinquency on your credit report indicates a payment that's been late for 30 days or more. This is one of the last things you want to have in your credit history as it can cause significant and ...

Household debt just hit a new all-time high. Here's how to slash your high-rate card balances before they spiral.

You may not think much about your credit report on a daily basis, unless you are curious about your standing ahead of applying for a loan — or if something goes wrong, like a data breach or case of ...

A website that provides U.S. consumers with a free annual credit report appears to have been the source used by hackers to download those of celebrities including Beyoncé and government officials ...

A debt can be sold to a collection agency if you miss several payments on an account. A collection account stays on your credit report for approximately seven years. Collection accounts decrease your ...

In honor of National Consumer Protection Week, we brought in experts from the Federal Trade Commission, the Tennessee Attorney General's Office, the Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance and ...

I've been meaning to pull my credit reports for some time. I, like so many others, am concerned about identity theft or uncorrected errors in my credit files that might ding my credit scores. When I ...

But some of the smartest financial moves take an hour or less. That’s the spirit of a report from AARP titled, “9 Smart ...

The report also shows Americans’ student loan debt hit a new record, at $1.65 trillion. A lot more borrowers are missing ...