Why Your Credit Scores Never Match—and Which One Actually Matters

The credit score that matters the most is the score that your potential lender is using to determine your creditworthiness.

Taking out a loan? First make these 5 smart moves to raise your credit score — whether you have weeks or months

MarketWatch talked to credit experts to develop an order of operations to improve your credit score ASAP and get better loan ...
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The basics of credit scores: how they are determined and why they matter

Your credit score is a three-digit number that can play an outsize role in your financial life. Essentially, it is a numerical representation of your risk to creditors — i.e. how likely you are to ...