Tagged With Credit

How to freeze your credit to prevent fraud or identity theft

Erica Lamberg

3 reasons why you might not be getting approved for the best credit cards

Joe Cortez

Checking your credit score should always be free. Here's exactly how to do it.

Cheryl Lock

How to increase your credit score, no matter when or where you start

Cheryl Lock

How to cancel a credit card you no longer want

Cheryl Lock

A joint credit card can be a convenient way to keep household expenses in one place — or a risk you might not want to take

Eric Rosenberg

A joint credit card can be a convenient way to keep household expenses in one place — or a risk you might not want to take

Eric Rosenberg

There hasn't been this much risky corporate debt in years. The Fed is sounding the alarm about what that could mean for the economy.

Gina Heeb

Paying off your credit card can quickly improve your credit score, but it has another benefit that might feel even more important

Eric Rosenberg

Your credit score is based on a complicated, murky calculation, but you can fix it by focusing on 2 easily controllable factors

Eric Rosenberg

I have 26 credit cards and excellent credit. Here's the best advice I can give you on keeping up your score, no matter how many cards you have.

Holly Johnson

I've opened more than a dozen credit cards and figured out exactly how opening a card for the bonus affects my credit

Eric Rosenberg

After years of experimenting, I've figured out exactly what opening and closing credit cards does to your credit

Eric Rosenberg

Here's exactly what it takes to have an excellent credit score

Tanza Loudenback

Private-equity tricks mask mounting debt: 'I'm 5 feet 8 inches, but I change the scale and make myself 6 feet 2 inches on a pro forma basis'

Trista Kelley

The best way to build your credit is the same strategy people use to build wealth

Eric Rosenberg

Americans struggled to pay off credit-card debt at the end of 2018, and 37 million accounts were seriously delinquent

Gina Heeb

Rising household debt in China could threaten growth and financial stability, Fed economists warn

Gina Heeb

American household debt just hit a new record high

Gina Heeb

China's hopes of becoming the world's largest economy are hitting a major roadblock

Gina Heeb