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.

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.

The reprieve is over. The pandemic-related breathing room from student-loan payments is done, and the financial reality of repayment has returned for millions of borrowers. But beyond the strain on ...

This might be the most expensive myth in personal finance. Saunders said people think keeping a balance on their credit card proves they’re using credit responsibly. “[The myth is] that carrying a ...

This Redditor is in a regrettable situation, and his mother has knowingly done this to him. There is no question that the Redditor has a long road to recovery in terms of his credit score. The ...

Many people don't understand why a common strategy that can help them pay down that debt — paying bills on time — isn't all it takes to improve their credit. Separating fact from fiction is essential ...

Your credit score may not improve with on-time bill payments alone. Some debt payments have "no impact" on your score, one expert says. Americans have a near-record level of credit card debt — $1.18 ...

CLEVELAND, September 9, 2025 /CSRwire/ – Today, KeyBank (NYSE: KEY) announced the first half 2025 graduating classes of the Key Secured Credit Card® program comprise more than 4,400 clients who have ...

Americans have a near-record level of credit card debt — $1.18 trillion as of the first quarter of 2025, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The average credit card debt per borrower ...