Everyone should aim for a good credit score, as it can lower the cost of everything from your home mortgage and auto loan to your credit card balances. But sometimes life has a way of tripping us up ...

This article originally appeared on Moneywise.com under the title: The way your credit score is calculated is about to change ...

Forgetting to make a credit card payment can lower your score anyway. Why not close some of the ones you don't use?

Three little numbers can drastically alter the course of your financial life. Credit scores are a key tenet of American consumer financing1, used by lenders to judge how well an individual can pay ...

Like any form of debt, student loans have the potential to affect your credit either positively or negatively. Many Americans have had the latter occur in recent months as student loan payments resume ...