Experts explore how 'buy now, pay later' services like Klarna and Affirm can affect your credit score and financial health.

Buy now, pay later plans could help build your credit history, but missing a payment could hurt your credit score later on.

Federal student loan borrowers should start repaying their loans so as not to affect their credit scores. A pause on credit ...

Overdue student loans can once again affect credit scores, making it harder to rent or buy a home or car, but there are steps ...

The more than 9 million student loan borrowers who are estimated to be past-due could experience "significant drops" in their ...

A study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology called “Always Leave Home Without It: A Further Investigation of the ...

Missed student loan payments are now influencing credit scores for the first time in five years. More than 9 million student ...

The nice thing about having a great credit score is that you’re more likely to get approved to borrow money when you want to, ...

Mortgage lenders weigh your credit score heavily when deciding whether to approve your application and what rate to offer you. Your credit score is a three-digit number that can range from 300 to 850.

Credit score myths often go unquestioned, leading many to accept them as facts. However, widely held beliefs about this important financial concept can be misleading. Understanding the truth is the ...

A Reddit user who had a 775 credit score made a big mistake. He accidentally missed a payment on one of his credit cards and ...

Federal student loan borrowers should start repaying their loans so as not to affect their credit scores. A pause on credit reporting ended Jan 1.