Evan Zimmer has been writing about finance for years. After graduating with a journalism degree from SUNY Oswego, he wrote credit card content for Credit Card Insider (now Money Tips) before moving to ...

Your credit score is a key that unlocks most of the major financial products anyone will ever need: credit cards, car loans, mortgages, personal loans, and more. It also determines how much—or how ...

Household debt doesn't seem to be going anywhere. According to the Center for Microeconomic Data, total household debt climbed to $18.39 trillion in Q2 2025, with credit card debt comprising 7% of ...

This map of the average credit score by state shows how credit scores differ by region Aaron McDade is a breaking news reporter for Investopedia. He is an experienced journalist who has covered ...

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 ...