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Health & Fitness

What You Need To Know About Your Credit

Your credit score is the single most important 3-digit number you will ever come across. It determines your creditworthiness as a borrower and in turn impacts the interest rate you pay on your debt.

Your credit score also plays a key role in determining your insurability to the insurance industry (Auto, Home, Health, etc...)  and the amount of the premium which you are asked to pay.

Your credit impacts your employability and the likelihood of you getting a job or promoted. Recent studies actually show that employees with low credit scores are six times more likely to steal from an employer than ones with a high credit score.

Your credit score will impact every facet of your life, isn't it time that you learn a little more about it?

Over the next few weeks/months, we will be sharing our expertise about the credit industry and covering topics like;

- The 48 FICO Credit Scores 
- The factors used to determine your credit scores 
- What you can do to maximize your credit scores 
- How to protect yourself from Identity Theft 
- How to act if you become a victim of Identity Theft 
- Your consumer Rights under the FCRA, FDCPA, FCBA, HIPAA, FACTA, etc... 
- The credit bureaus (Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion) 
- Collection Agencies 
- Data Furnishers 
- The FTC and CFPB 
- And many more...

CreditFirm.net is a state registered credit services organization founded in 1997 which has helped thousands of clients leverage their consumer rights and improve their credit scores. 

If you have a specific question that you would like us to answer or a topic you would like us to discuss on this blog, please write to info@CreditFirm.net

Thank You!

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