The way your credit score is calculated is about to change — and as many as 91.5 million Americans will be impacted

As BNPL becomes more common, it’s quickly turning into an accepted credit option. In fact, 86% of Americans say they trust ...

Average FICO score sheds 2 points in 2025. Who's seeing the largest drop?

The national average FICO score fell, reflecting difficulties Americans face in staying financially afloat. See which group has dropped most.

Credit scores just plunged at fastest pace since Great Recession as Americans continue to struggle — how does your FICO compare to the new average?

The report put the average American FICO credit score at 715, down from 717 in 2024. The average credit score hasn’t fallen 2 points since April 2009, in the midst of the Great Recession, when it ...
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Credit score: 6 key ways to improve your scale of creditworthiness

There are numerous ways to improve your credit score. Some of the basic ways entail maintaining a healthy credit lifestyle by paying your credit card bills on time, keeping credit card utilisation ...

Credit Scores Are Down—The Biggest One-Year Drop Since the Financial Crisis

The average FICO credit score fell in 2025—the largest drop since 2009—as student loan delinquencies returned after pandemic ...
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Your credit score could soon be impacted by 'pay later' loans. Details about the change.

Clicking the "pay later" option at checkout could start impacting your credit score in the coming weeks. FICO scores are used in the majority of lending decisions in the U.S. and are formulated based ...
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'Buy now, pay later' purchases can now affect your credit score. Here's what that means

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, ...