Your credit plays a big part in your financial life, which is reason enough to monitor it carefully. Taking a more active approach to checking your credit reports comes with many other benefits, as well.

Staying on top of your finances is always a good idea, but it can be even more important if your credit is struggling. By monitoring your credit, you’ll be able to see if your information has been compromised, or if there are any mistakes on your credit reports.

If you don’t have any credit, it makes it difficult to take out a loan, get a credit card, and even rent an apartment. So, what do you do when you don’t have any credit?

A recent survey from FactorTrust found that U.S. adults don't understand what does and does not get included on their credit reports and factored into their credit scores.

In this era of instant information, everybody has a tip or trick to help with something, including car buying. Credit issues are one of the biggest things that affect car buyers. If you do enough digging, the internet will tell you anything you want to hear, but knowing how to separate fact from fiction is key. Here, we expose some of the biggest credit myths, and how they can impact your car buying ability.

As people dive into married life, they sometimes begin to merge all aspects of their single lives into one. Joint things may sound like a great idea, but if one or both partners have bad credit, this may not be the best course of action. Here are some points to consider before financing with your spouse.

Yes, your credit rating is important. However, it may be easier than you think to build and maintain the kind of credit you want to have.

Establishing your credit in the United States as a new resident will not be that difficult. If you had a good credit history in your home country, then you already possess the good habits and discipline required to build the kind of credit you want.

If you're in your 20s and already have bad credit, the time to start fixing it is now. Good credit is within reach, but getting it will take some time and effort.

Many of us know very little about our own credit. Knowing this, the three national credit bureaus set out to educate the public in a recent Twitter chat they dubbed What to Know About Credit.