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If you have a new credit card, one reason you might have gotten it is so that you can use …

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How Much Do Inquiries Affect Your Credit Scores?

How do inquiries affect your credit scores? That’s a question I recently posed to Tom Quinn on my radio show …

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Is Your Health Insurer Ruining Your Credit?

If you have ever puzzled over a hospital or doctor bill and whether you are supposed to pay it, then …

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Credit.com in the News: Credit Trends, Cards for the Unbanked, Rebuilding Credit

What went on in the week of consumer credit? So glad you asked. In addition to their regular contributions to …

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How Credit Card Balances Impact Your Score

A reader, Dylan, recently wrote in with a question for us. He has three credit cards and wants to know …

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How Your Credit Score is Calculated

As you’re probably well aware, your credit score makes up a huge part of your ability to qualify for things …

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Expert Tips to Rebuild Your Credit

If you’re looking for a credit card but have bad credit as a result of financial problems you’ve had …

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Credit Card Issuer Closed My Account - Now What?

We often hear from readers who are concerned about the effect that closing or opening a new account will have …

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Online, A New System of Credit Based on Trust

Jeremy Barton owns a nice Subaru Impreza, but he rarely drives it. As a co-founder of a tech startup in …

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Keeping your credit clean is essential to your overall financial health, and taking a proactive approach can help you stay …

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