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Experian Credit Score vs. FICO® Score

Experian is a credit reporting agency. It also offers consumer credit monitoring services, including free access to some of your credit information through products such as Experian Boost. Credit Karma is not a credit reporting agency but offers similar consumer credit monitoring services. Both services have freemium and paid versions. Both services also give you... Read More

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Piggybacking to Boost FICO Scores: Does it Still Work?
If you’ve gone in search of ways to boost your bad credit s... Read More

October 5, 2011

How “Good” and “Bad” Credit Affect Your Credit Score
Is there such a thing as good or bad credit?  Or is how you ... Read More

September 26, 2011

Credit Score Q&A: Satisfied Judgments and Credit Scores
Matt from Annapolis had a challenging year back in 2007 that seve... Read More

September 19, 2011

Success Story: Nancy Gets Her Credit Back on Track. And You Can, Too.
If you’ve been through serious financial problems like bank... Read More

September 15, 2011

New Credit Score Could Help Millions, Eventually
The plea for credit score help was direct, almost desperate. A wo... Read More

September 8, 2011

Why Your Lender is Using an Older Credit Scoring Model
Companies that develop credit scores have a strong interest in ma... Read More

September 8, 2011