You might assume that the best way to fix your low credit score is to hire a credit repair company -- but you'd be wrong. These companies will charge you a fee to make the same moves you can make ...

A bad credit score can impact your day-to-day transactions and more serious financial decisions. You may pay higher interest on credit cards or be pushed to pay a larger down payment on your car.

Exploring credit repair is one way to begin the process of fixing a poor credit score and could make it easier to access credit with better terms and conditions in the future. While there are ...

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Regardless of what happens to the proposed credit card interest rate cap, a better credit score gets you access to better rates.

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