New credit cards can ding your credit score

Tinesha Ross, a MBNA employee, walks by the credit card museum at MBNA in Wilmington, Del., in this 2003 file photo. / GANNETT FILE PHOTO Don’t apply for or accept any other new credit for three months to six months before going out to look for a car loan, said Anthony A. Sprauve, director of public relations for FICO.

Capital One Offers Credit Score Access and Tracking Tools to Journey Cardholders

Capital One Financial Corporation announced today the launch of Journey Credit Tracker , a new interactive online credit education tool* available exclusively for JourneySM Student Rewards Credit Card customers.

5 steps to a better credit score

How is your overall financial health? Do you know what your FICO score is? Do you even know what FICO stands for? If improving your credit score is one of your resolutions for 2012, there is hope.Your FICO score, which stands for Fair Isaac Corporation (the company who created the formula) is something you can check for free annually through three different credit bureaus.

New Solutions Leverage VantageScore® to Help Bring Fresh Anaylsis and Risk Management to the Residential Mortgage ...

VantageScore Solutions, LLC, the company behind the VantageScore® credit scoring model, announced today that its consumer credit score model has been included in a number of soluti

Timely New FreeScore.com Commercials Aimed at Helping House Hunters

Low mortgage rates, elimination of a minimum credit score requirement for some refinancing by Freddie Mac, and The Obama Administration’s announced program, Making Home Affordable, have set the table for renewed interest in affordable home ownership for Americans.

Eight Million* Brits Missing Bill Payments

CHESTER, England, February 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Brits most likely to miss a credit card payment, with council tax the second most missed paymentOne in six (17 per cent) adults missed paying a bill in ...

Top Payday Loans with No Credit Check Updated

Consumer lending online watchdog, ReallyBadCreditOffers.com, has updated its recommendations of payday loans with no credit check required for approval. The suggested offers do not check the consumers credit score which makes them ideal for people with a bad credit history.Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) February 01, 2012 People looking for cash advance offers that do not check credit scores for approval ...

Patience = better credit score?

Remember that ketchup commercial from at least two decades ago: "Good things come to those who wait?"

Experian Automotive Launches Business Intelligence Tool That Delivers Unique Insights Into Automotive Market

LAS VEGAS, Feb. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --  Experian Automotive today launched Velocity(SM ) at the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) convention. Velocity is an online business intelligence tool ...

Should I get a rewards card?

I am thinking about adding a credit card that gives cash back for using it. Would it be beneficial for me to obtain a third card with a cash back program, or stay with the two that I have?