Knowing what credit score you start with, how it’s calculated and how to build and maintain a good score is crucial to ...

The credit scoring company FICO recently announced it will add something new to some of its credit scores: data from buy now, pay later loans. Those are the loans that allow shoppers, usually online, ...

As the use of these easy-credit installment loans has grown, FICO said repayment data would provide more insight on consumers’ credit readiness. By Kailyn Rhone How consumers use “buy now, pay later” ...