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 ...

An 850 score guarantees you the prime rate-often the best interest rate offered by the lender. Simply put, on a $300,000, ...

The average American has a pretty decent credit score. The average Minnesota resident has an even better one. For the third year in a row, Minnesota residents have the highest credit scores in the U.S ...

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, ...

Credit scores don’t matter unless you’re trying to get a loan, rent an apartment, secure insurance, buy a home, avoid paying a deposit to utility companies, or even land some jobs. OK. Unless you’re ...

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 ...