Maintaining Good Credit
Financial Education

Maintaining
Good Credit

A good credit score leads the way to lower interest rates and loans when you need them.
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Best Tips on How to Use a Credit Card

Your credit card is an amazing financial tool. You can use it to make convenient in-store and online purchases, and build and rebuild your credit.
Timeline for When Disaster Strikes

How to Prepare for a Financial Emergency

Let’s break down what you can do to prepare for a financial emergency before it strikes. We’ll also look at the steps you should take when you do find yourself dealing with a financial emergency.
How Do Credit Reports Work?

How Do Credit Reports Work?

As you make purchases and payments on credit, your lenders keep a record of your credit history and they send this information to companies called credit bureaus.
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Everything You Need to Know About Building and Rebuilding Credit

As long as you know a few simple facts and financial guidelines, building and rebuilding credit becomes much easier to understand. 

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Tips for Understanding Your Credit Score

Even though it’s just a 3-digit number, your credit score can be surprisingly difficult to understand.
Credit Age

What is Credit Age?

You might have heard that credit age, also known as length of credit history, is one of the factors that can affect your credit score.
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How to Build Credit with a Credit Card

Using a credit card regularly and responsibly is one of the best and fastest ways to build credit.
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Everything You Need to Know About Credit Cards

Take a deep dive into what a credit card is, how it works, and how this payment method compares to other popular payment methods out there.
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