Perhaps sensing an opening, fintech Plaid has also joined the fray. This week, it launched its own credit score service. LendScore will use real-time cash flow data to generate ratings and will focus ...

Congratulations -- you've just reached credit score perfection. Now what? Going by the commonly-used FICO® Score system, 850 is the highest credit score possible. That means lenders see you as a very ...

The average U.S. credit score is 715, according to FICO's Score Credit Insights, which examined data from April 2025. That's still in the "good" range, but it represents a two-point drop ...

Americans now have a new credit option to use when applying for a mortgage, and it allows them to use their rent payments as a qualifying factor. President Donald Trump's administration announced this ...

Clicking the "pay later" option at checkout could start impacting your credit score in the coming weeks. In February, the credit scoring agency FICO announced it would begin factoring Buy Now, Pay ...

Leasing a new car has always been seen as a privilege reserved for car shoppers with perfect credit, but that's not always the case. Although high credit scores can unlock better deals, having ...

Wall Street rating agency S&P Global has upgraded New Jersey’s credit rating for the third time under the tenure of outgoing Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy. The move to raise the rating one notch to A+ ...