Credit

A lot of consideration goes in to buying a home – but have you thought about it ALL? Source: Rob Lewine / Getty 5 Things to Think about When Buying a Home Get a Homebuyers’ Assessment Are you ready to buy?  Take an assessment to understand your credit report and plan for the next steps. […]

How much have you learned when it comes to managing your finances to put you on track for that next decade?

Mellody Hobson is talking to us about a troubling new report on how our credit scores are used. Mellody: We all know that our credit score…

  Mellody Hobson is President of Ariel investments, a Chicago-based money management firm that serves individual investors and retirement plans through its no-load mutual funds…

Credit scoring is an imperfect science. In essence, it’s about estimating how likely someone is to pay back money borrowed based on their history of doing…

Anything Beyonce does is definitely going to be scrutinized. Beyonce could sneeze and someone will ask if she sneezed diamonds. Well one part of Beyonce’s…

The best and worst thing about social media is that you can instantly respond to a rumor with or without thinking before beginning to write.…

  UPDATED 1/10/14:  Shoppers are now learning that as many as 70 million credit cards and debit cards are now at risk after a massive…

  The popular chain has issued an apology and provided a number for those concerned to call.   Target confirmed Thursday that previous reports about…

While we were on break, a story broke about credit that blew my mind. Brace yourself for this: Watch the company you keep, because your…

Julie Miller successfully sued credit reporting agency Equifax after trying unsuccessfully to fix significant errors on her credit report for two years. A jury awarded her $18.6 million dollars on Friday, July 26. Equifax will likely appeal the verdict. The lawsuit alleges that her credit report contained credit accounts that did not belong to her, […]

Roland Martin talks with financial wiz Deborah Owens about what you can do to become credit card savvy and overcome debt.