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With Trump taking aim at credit card rates, now is the best time to improve your credit score

Regardless of what happens to the proposed credit card interest rate cap, a better credit score gets you access to better rates.

Fair Isaac Corporation (FICO): A Bull Case Theory

We came across a bullish thesis on Fair Isaac Corporation on Bullseye Picks’s Substack by Bullseye Investing. In this article ...
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Mortgage Rates by Credit Score

Your credit score shapes every aspect of your mortgage terms, from your interest rate to your total repayment amount. Lenders ...
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Why the tri-merge credit mandate is hard to defend

Tri-merge mandates prop up a credit bureau/FICO oligopoly, raising mortgage costs with little benefit despite risk concerns, ...
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Credit card company underwriter gives advice on approvals & limit increases

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Is FICO’s (FICO) GPU-Powered Xpress Upgrade Quietly Rewiring Its Long-Term Moat In Analytics?

Earlier in January 2026, FICO released version 9.8 of its FICO Xpress Optimization suite, integrating NVIDIA CUDA-X libraries ...

Experts say this is the first step you to take to build your credit

The first step you should take to build your credit, according to experts - Taking the first step in building your credit is ...
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Here's the average credit score of Americans in their 50s (how do you compare?)

Here's the average credit score for Americans in their 50s, what it means for your finances, and how to strengthen your ...
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Data Quality Co-op Launches Data Trust Score™ to Benchmark Market Research Respondent Quality

SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Data Quality Co-op (DQC) today announced the launch of its Data Trust Score ™. Based on observed behavior across the data ecosystem, the Data Trust Score ...
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COMMENTARY: Trump is demanding a 10 percent cap on credit card interest. Here’s why that’s a lousy idea

A few days ago, President Donald Trump staked a claim to the "affordability" issue by demanding that banks cap their credit ...

Price controls won’t work better on credit cards than groceries

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