Late last night, one of our members got a jarring alert from the credit union’s Credit Sense tool:Someone had just run a credit check on him. Odd. That sinking feeling set in almost instantly. What was going on? He hadn’t applied for credit anywhere. He opened the credit union mobile app, tapped “View Credit Score,”...Read More

Written by Chris O’Shea Why you should pay more than the minimum balance on a credit card. When using a credit card, the goal should always be to pay off the balance in full every month. However, sometimes that’s just not possible. For those times when it’s hard to pay off the entire balance, the...Read More

Written by Chris O’Shea Learn more about credit boosting services. A credit score is important, which is why so many people are looking for alternative ways to improve credit like boosting services. After all, these products claim to gather unconventional items — like on-time payments for streaming services — and use them to improve your...Read More