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Happier Holidays with a Credit Line Increase

How a Credit Line Increase Could Help with the Holidays

For many, the holiday season is all about giving. Giving gifts to loved ones, making donations to charities, giving time and any accumulated airline miles to visit friends and

Obstacles created by credit freezes, locks, and fraud alerts

How a Credit Freeze, Credit Lock, or Fraud Alert Could Deny You Credit

Being denied for a credit card or loan because of what’s in your credit reports can be frustrating. But imagine being denied credit not for what’s in your credit reports but because

Authorized User Considerations

5 Things to Consider Before Adding or Becoming an Authorized User

There are several reasons to consider becoming an authorized user on someone’s credit card or adding an authorized user to your account. It can be a good way to provide a spouse,

Close-up of dozens of apples

How Many Credit Scores Do You Have?

If you’ve ever applied for a loan or credit card, you probably know that lenders review your credit history and scores to help determine whether to approve you for a loan and which

Pondering how much you know about credit

How Much Do You Know About Credit?

Did you know it’s not possible to have a credit score of zero? If you didn’t, you’re like over half of the respondents asked this question in a recent survey.

Man using a credit card to make a purchase at a coffee shop

From Swipe to Signature: How Credit Cards Actually Work

You swipe the magnetic stripe—or hopefully by now insert the EMV chip—of your card into the credit card terminal on the counter, wait a few seconds, politely decline a printed

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