A credit score is a number that rates a consumer’s creditworthiness. The higher the score, the better a borrower looks to ...

It’s the Bigfoot of the financial world; a perfect credit score. AKA, the highest score a person can get. This mythical and elusive number for the FICO Score is 850. And, for those unaware, FICO ...

FICO and VantageScore credit scores are the two most common types of personal credit scores. Business credit scores use ...

Fair Isaac Corp., or FICO, has dominated credit scoring until recently. - Getty Images/iStockphoto The credit-scoring industry is going through a big shift as companies compete to gain more power over ...

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The average U.S. credit score is 715, according to FICO's Score Credit Insights, which examined data from April 2025. That's still in the "good" range, but it represents a two-point drop ...

Looking to buy a new home in the new year? There’s one magic number that could make or break a consumer’s chances. When it ...

Next year, lenders will have access to a new FICO credit score that will — for the first time and with the consumer’s permission — include information from a person’s checking or savings account, such ...