Your credit score can play a surprisingly big role in your financial life. From renting an apartment to getting a cellphone plan, your credit score can open doors or close them. Your credit score ...

If you’ve missed your credit card payment deadline by a day or two, don’t panic. A lapse of just a couple of days won’t affect your credit score. You might even be able to get your credit card issuer ...

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Q: I have about $10,000 of 2-year-old credit card debt from loss of job and my credit score is now dismal. My creditor has turned the debt over to a collection agency and offered to settle the debt ...

A new report finds that scores dropped the most for those age 18 to 29. Here’s how to deal with a drop in your score. By Ann Carrns Young adults, those 18 to 29, are starting to see the negative ...

A bankruptcy discharge is not the end of your financial life. For many people, it’s the first moment in years where the chaos ...

Most people assume that once they retire, credit scores become a relic of their working years. You've paid off the mortgage, ...

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Do you want to build your credit after a bankruptcy? Read on to know how you can do so and power up your credit.