Federal student loan borrowers should start repaying their loans so as not to affect their credit scores. A pause on credit ...

Make all monthly payments on time: Making consistent on-time payments on student loans, credit cards and other lines of ...

The national average credit score fell for only the second time in a decade, according to a new report from FICO. The ...

More than 40 million Americans hold federal student loans, and over 10 percent are believed to be in default. The return of ...

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Student loan delinquencies are poised to hit record highs, and more than 9 million borrowers could see their credit scores tank in the first quarter of this year, according to new data released ...

Credit scores are dipping, partly driven by the resumption of federal student loan delinquency reporting on U.S. consumers’ credit, credit scoring agency FICO said. The average FICO score that ...

Student loans are a major financial commitment and not just because of the long road to repayment. They can also have a bearing on your credit score — and by extension, your overall financial ...

Federal student loans don’t have minimum credit score requirements, and most of them don’t require a credit check. Private student loans generally require the borrower or their cosigner to ...

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via Email When applying for any type of loan, the higher an applicant's credit score, the better ...

Thousands of Americans with federal student loans who did not resume payments after COVID-19-era loan repayment pauses ended a year and a half ago could now see their credit scores hurt ...