credit scores

They Missed Student Loan Payments. Years Later, They’re Stuck in Credit Hell.

Thanks to a mysterious 1986 law, credit reporting on student loans is mandatory. For millions of Americans, that’s meant financial disaster.

This App Claims It Can Detect 'Trustworthiness.' It Can't

Experts say an algorithm can't determine whether you can be trusted by analyzing your face or voice. But that's not stopping this company from trying.

Credit Scores Could Soon Get Even Creepier and More Biased

Credit scores based on AI and non-traditional data such as your social media profile could usher in a whole new way for banks to discriminate.

Understanding Credit Scores With Yasir Nomani

Menswear designer Yasir Nomani’s street cred checks out, but when it comes to credit scores he’s still got some homework to do.

Equifax Is Just a Symptom— Experts Say We Need to Cure the Disease

The credit-scoring industry thrives on debt that you shouldn't be accumulating

Hackers basically just took everyone's financial information from Equifax