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 ...

Moneywise.com The way your credit score is calculated is about to change — and as many as 91.5 million Americans will be ...

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

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 ...

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