News

Survey: 53% of Consumers Don't Know What a FICO Score Is
Consumers struggle with financial literacy, with many of them not knowing the difference between FICO scores and the ...
A Redditor With A 710 FICO Score Asks If Consolidating $20,000 In Credit Card Debt Is The Right Move: 'I'm In This Weird Limbo'
Debt consolidation allows you to group all of your debt under one umbrella. If you have high-interest debt like credit card ...
The Average U.S. FICO Score Has Dropped to 715. Here's How to Protect Your Credit Amid Financial Uncertainty
When credit scores drop, it is an indicator that a sizable number of consumers are having trouble with their finances,” one ...
Fair Isaac Corporation: Shares Deserve To Fall Like My Credit Score Does
Fair Isaac Corporation is a high-quality, global analytics firm with impressive revenue and profit growth, but its stock is ...
Average FICO Score dips as student debt borrowers fall into severe delinquency
The average FICO Score fell in April, weighed by delinquent student loan borrower. More borrowers are expected to follow suit ...
What is a 550 credit score and how to can you improve it
A 550 credit score is considered poor but can be improved through consistent on-time payments, lowering debt, careful credit ...
Three Ways People With Student Loan Debt Can Protect Their Credit Scores
The resumption of student loan payments is going to complicate the already overextended financial situation for millions of ...
Here's why the average US credit score is falling
The national average U.S. FICO score, used as a benchmark for assessing consumer credit risk, slipped as federal student loan ...
Average U.S. FICO Score Drops to 715
Global analytics software leader FICO (NYSE: FICO), today announced that the national average U.S. FICO® Score stands at 715.
CNET on MSN8d
Late Student Loan Payments Dropped the Average Credit Score in the US, FICO Reports
More than 8 million borrowers have seen their credit scores drop because of student loan delinquencies, dragging down the ...
3 Moves That Could Add 50+ Points to Your Credit Score
Paying accounts on time, fixing errors, and lowering your credit utilization could raise your credit score by 50-plus points ...
How to check your credit score for free
Most credit card issuers provide free credit score access to their cardholders, although they rarely offer information on both FICO and VantageScores from all three bureaus. CreditWise from Capital ...