Odds are good you’ve encountered an identity theft protection service in the last year, even if you weren’t looking to sign up for one. ID protection services are served up as remedies in data breach ...

Paying rent on time can improve your credit score, but only if your landlord or property manager reports payments to credit bureaus — and most don’t. But if you want your rent payments to affect your ...

When Coya Davis sought help for her $27,000 debt, she thought she found a lifeline. Instead, she entered a predatory scheme where debt settlement firms “rent” law licenses to charge illegal fees.

You should avoid carrying a credit card balance whenever possible. But if you do, make sure you're not paying more than necessary. Many banks use credit scores to assess lending risk, meaning the ...

Here are the best identity theft protection services to identify breaches and mitigate potential damage in 2026.

Just when you thought the outcry against dating app culture couldn’t get any louder, an old app returns to remind us that there truly is no floor. Enter Score, an app that was first launched back in ...

You can join bank accounts, move in together, and share a last name. But there is no such thing as a "joint" credit score. Getting married does not combine your credit reports, and your marital status ...

Two years ago, Luke Bailey had what became a controversial app idea — a dating app called Score for people with good to excellent credit. Launched just days before Valentine’s Day, the app required ...

Having a credit card with concierge benefits is like accessing an entire team of personal assistants. Concierges can handle ...

TomoCredit makes many misleading claims and still advertises a Mastercard charge card on its homepage, even though it stopped issuing the card in 2023. Update, 2/13/26: Updates were made to the ...

Alabama has one of the lowest average credit scores in the nation, behind Mississippi and Louisiana, data shows. A new report from finance site WalletHub found Alabama’s average credit score – 677 – ...

You can get a car loan with a low credit score, but the best rates are reserved for borrowers with high scores Written By Written by Staff Loans Writer, Buy Side Emily Sherman is a staff loans writer ...