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(WJAR) — Your credit score plays a vital role in everything from buying a house to opening a new credit card. But that doesn't mean consumers completely understand how credit works. NBC 10 recently ...

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FICO, the company behind the most widely used credit scores, announced a plan to start factoring buy now, pay later loans into credit scores. On time payments can help users build up credit ratings, ...

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Buy now, pay later (BNPL) payment options are increasingly popular, particularly among young consumers. A recent survey from J.D. Power shows that 42% of millennials and Gen Z actively use BNPL loans ...

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