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Credit vs. Debit: Which Payment Method is Right for You
In our modern society, it seems like we have a million choices. Paper or plastic? Chocolate or vanilla? Regular or decaf? While some are obviously trivial, we have to make decisions all the time, and...
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Monday Motivation: Overcoming Your Fear of Checking Your Credit Report
If there’s one thing that most people can agree on when it comes to money it’s that our personal finances can be a scary, scary topic. From huge credit card bills to confusing, jargon-laden 401(k)...
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How to Fix Errors on Your Credit Report
You always pay your bills on time. You haven’t opened up too many credit cards. And aside from your student loans, you don’t have an unmanageable amount of debt to your name. So, think you have a...
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How Your Facebook Friends Can Affect Your Credit Score
Think your biggest concern on Facebook are those unflattering photos your friends tagged you in last weekend? Think again. Turns out your Facebook friends are not just there to fill up your news feed...
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Revolving vs. Installment Credit: What Are They And How Do They Impact My...
Sometimes it seems like the more we learn about our credit scores, the more confusing they get. As soon as we have a grasp on one of the factors that determine this all-important digit, another factor...
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Leveraging your Good Credit to get a Killer Credit Card Deal
So you’ve checked your credit score, and it’s off the charts. It’s not exactly the best score possible, but it’s healthy enough to make you smile. If you check your credit score often, you know it’s a...
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Monday Motivation: Credit Scores and Your Dating Life
You’ve spotted a cutie from across the bar. Exactly your type. You get up the courage to walk over and you introduce yourself. And after an easy and playful conversation, you decide that you want to...
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Credit Bureaus to Distinguish Between “Revolvers” and “Transactors”
The credit bureaus are always looking for ways to better pinpoint the habits of credit users. The latest move to get a better idea of who is a greater credit risk is by distinguishing between consumers...
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Surprising Things that Can Damage Your Credit Score
You’re on top of all of your debt payments, you don’t carry a huge balance on your credit cards, and you always pay your bills on time – your credit score is golden, right? What about the time you went...
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5 Simple Ways to Improve Your Credit Score in 2014
It’s almost the new year, which means it might be time for you to start planning for one of the more popular but surprisingly difficult New Years Resolutions: getting your finances in order. After a...
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Should Utilities Be Added to Credit Scores?
One of the biggest complaints that many have about the credit reporting industry is the fact that consumers have little choice but to engage in activities that can result in high interest debt if they...
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New Year! New Quizzle! New and Improved Credit Education!
We’re starting the financial New Year off right (for you and for us) with two new partners and new and improved credit education. So… just how big did we go this time? We went big, really big. New...
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How Quizzle and VantageScore 3.0 Help You Better Understand Your Credit
Your credit score is one of the most important pieces of financial information available. It reduces years of credit history to a single three-digit number. By glancing at your credit score, lenders...
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Quizzle Introduces Deeper Credit Analysis with the Help of Equifax
Any savvy consumer knows that understanding his or her credit information is vital to well-rounded finances. Good credit can mean the savings of tens of thousands of dollars over a lifetime. A good...
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Watch Out: Medical Lines of Credit Can Damage Your Credit
When Wayne Sanford decided to have laser eye surgery, he was offered the option of financing to pay the $3,500 fee. Sanford accepted, and because he’s credit expert and owner of New Start Financial, he...
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Why Isn’t Your Credit Score Higher? Your Reason Codes Tell the Story
One of the biggest disappointments in life is seeing a copy of your credit score and realizing that it isn’t as high as you thought it would be. A high credit score is more than just a status symbol...
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Can Credit Card Churning Hurt Your Credit?
In my mind, there are exactly three good things about credit cards — they help you build credit, they essentially give you an interest free loan for one month, and they provide useful rewards for...
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Is charging everything to a credit card a good idea?
“Earning money for spending money? What’s not to love?” That’s the mantra of many credit card enthusiasts who charge everything to their credit cards. Credit cards can be a convenient and rewarding...
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How Student Loans Impact Your Credit Score
Here’s some sticker shock: over 70 percent of college seniors who graduated in 2012 had student loan debt averaging $29,400. Oof, that’s a lot of money. Especially when you’re just starting out in your...
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Your Credit will have a Bigger Impact on Your Mortgage
If you’re in the market for a mortgage or looking to refinance your home, you’re probably already tracking the mortgage industry and the rising interest rates we’re seeing in the housing market. Over...
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