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Compare payday loans and title loans by cost, collateral and risk, including APRs, repayment terms and lower-cost options to consider. Read more.

Loan apps offer quick cash before your next payday, without a credit check. Learn how they work, what fees to expect, and what the options are. Read more.

Learn how online loans work, their pros and cons, and how to spot a safe, legitimate lender before you borrow. Read more.

Understand how credit cards work, what to use them for, and how they can impact your credit score. Read more.

Learn what to expect from bad credit loans, including rates, fees and the application process, plus safer alternatives like secured cards and credit unions. Read more.

Experian vs Equifax vs TransUnion: what each credit bureau does, how they collect your data, and why your credit score can look different by bureau. Read more.

There are several ways you can report your utility payments to the credit bureaus to help build credit, this article explains a few of them. Read more.

Defaulted on a federal student loan? Learn what student loan rehabilitation is, how the nine-payment process works, and how it can remove the default from your credit report. Read more.