It’s the Bigfoot of the financial world; a perfect credit score. AKA, the highest score a person can get. This mythical and elusive number for the FICO Score is 850. And, for those unaware, FICO ...

Only a tiny group hits an 850 credit score. Here are four habits they share, and how you can borrow them to boost your own ...

Aiming to hit the credit-score ceiling? Going by the FICO® Score system, 850 is the highest credit score possible. It means lenders see you as a super low-risk borrower with a long track record of ...

Seven of the 10 counties with the highest average credit scores are in one state, according to a Money analysis of data from more than 12,000 U.S. counties. Money; Getty Images In your financial life, ...

This map of the average credit score by state shows how credit scores differ by region Aaron McDade is a breaking news reporter for Investopedia. He is an experienced journalist who has covered ...

Californians, on average, have “good” credit scores. To compare California’s bill-paying habits with those of other states, my trusty spreadsheet analyzed two rankings of credit scores. These are the ...

In your financial life, few numbers are as important as the three little digits that make up your credit score. Your ZIP code might just be one of them. A new study from Opportunity Insights, a ...