Sean Messier is a personal finance writer with a focus on credit. He’s written for Credit Card Insider, plus several other national and global brands. kupicoo / Getty Images Building your credit is ...

Your credit score feels like one of those mysterious numbers that controls your financial life, but you might not know anything about improving it quickly. Can you actually boost your score in weeks ...

Building your credit is already a long-term process. Repairing bad credit after your score has taken a hit, whether you’ve missed a single payment or declared bankruptcy, can seem even more daunting.

High credit scores come with numerous benefits, such as lower interest rates, larger lines of credit and better rewards. Exploring the fastest ways to build credit can help you take advantage of these ...

Tiffany Wendeln Connors was a senior editor for CNET Money with a focus on credit cards. Previously, she covered personal finance topics as a writer and editor at The Penny Hoarder. She is passionate ...

The Trump administration joined with trade groups to ask a court to overturn a Biden-era rule that aimed to limit the impact of unpaid medical bills on consumers’ credit history. By Stacy Cowley In ...

A federal judge blocked the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's rule that would have prevented medical debts from appearing on credit reports. The CFPB argued the rule would have improved credit ...

Americans won’t have to worry about unpaid medical bills damaging their credit reports and scores much longer. The Biden administration is finalizing a rule Tuesday that will end the inclusion of ...