Free Credit Report Basics
Keeping up with your credit reports is essential for anyone who is serious about their financial well-being. They may be the only way for you to detect if your identity has been …

As a Credit Karma user, I recently received an email announcing that they have begun offering daily free credit monitoring in addition to free credit scores!
What is credit monitoring?
Credit monitoring is a service that automatically …

If you’ve recently been denied when applying for credit, it’s now a whole lot easier to find out why.
Under final rules issued by the Federal Trade Commission and Federal Reserve Board to reflect the requirements …

Ever wonder what type of accounts do and do not impact your credit score and history?
A reader writes in with a good question on closing a checking account and I thought I’d share the answer, …

I’ve discussed secured credit cards at great length in the past, but in that post, I hadn’t mentioned a specific secured credit card.
Why?
Most of them suck! The thing is this: secured credit cards are typically designed …

I’ve received a positive response from people who signed up for Credit Karma’s free credit score service after I gave a Credit Karma review based on my own experience.
Indeed, Credit Karma is pretty awesome, but …