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Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure (CARD) Act.

Andrew Shultz CFP

CARD legislation affects all credit card consumers starting in 2010. This act goes into effect in February 2010. Changes resulted from this act are intended to make it easier for you as a consumer to manage your credit card accounts.

Understanding Your Credit Score Aka FICO Score

Amanda Brown

Credit score rating system is meant to develop a snapshot of the risk you currently represent to a lender. Several parameters in your credit file, including length of credit history, number of open accounts, loans, mortgages, public records, and others are formulated to produce a three-digit score between about 300 and 850.

What Factors Affect Your Credit Score?

Edward Harrison

Credit rating systems all have the same objective, to determine the borrower's potential risk. Regardless of whether the score was generated by FICO or a system based on FICO parameters, they all yield an industry standard three-digit score.