A premium credit card could be your gateway to lower interest rates, cheap hotels, and airport lounges - but what credit score do you need to actually get one?

As you get familiar with your credit, you’ll quickly realize multiple types of scores exist. Although both FICO scores and credit scores exist, understanding which one lenders use can be helpful.

A good credit score can help you in buying a home, starting a business or getting a car loan. CNBC Select explains how to get started building credit.

FICO has announced a major shakeup that will make it cheaper and easier for lenders to get your credit score. For the big ...

Opting to "buy now, pay later" (BNPL) may soon affect your credit score. FICO, the firm that determines credit scores used by 90% of the top U.S. lenders, announced on Monday that starting this fall, ...

“By far, FICO Scores are the dominant method to measure asset-backed securitization risk. There is some noise claiming alternative scores have traction, but if you look at the few firms that moved ...

Still, 44% of BNPL users worry about how these loans could affect their credit score — and with good reason. Credit scoring ...

How well — or how poorly — Americans are managing their Buy Now, Pay Later loans soon could be reflected in their credit scores.FICO plans to launch a suite of credit scores later this year that ...

Private mortgage insurance companies still require a minimum 600 or 620 middle credit score for borrowers putting less than 20% down.

CIC Credit has announced that it will participate in the FICO Mortgage Direct License Program, a new initiative from global ...

Credit scores play a central role in people's lives. Fair Isaac Corp., or FICO, has dominated credit scoring until recently. The credit-scoring industry is going through a big shift as companies ...