If you haven’t done a thorough inspection of your credit in a while, you should dust off your credit reports and take a fresh look at your credit scores. Here’s a spring “credit-do” list to help you get started.

While most people are not “fluent” in credit, your lenders are. To make informed credit decisions, you need to be able to decipher what’s on your reports and understand what your credit scores are telling lenders about you – and why.

The taxman takes and gives – and you might be surprised to learn that your credit scores can be affected, either positively or negatively, by how you pay the IRS or how you spend your windfall. Here are a few tips that can make a difference in your credit health.

Attaining credit scores that’ll get you “in like Flynn” with lenders takes a lot more than the luck-of-the-Irish. If you get on the right path …

If you feel like you’re flying blind trying to navigate the frustrating world of credit reports, credit disputes and credit bureaus, you are certainly not …

To make the most of your credit, it’s important that you become score-smart. In the spirit of March being National Credit Education Month, here are some lesser-known financial facts to help boost your Credit IQ and awareness to protect your scores.

Credit accounts in collection are serious, and when listed on your credit reports, often have long-term, harmful impacts on your scores.

There’s nothing more awkward than having to initiate a deeply personal conversation with a life partner, significant other or family member. And few topics are as anxiety-provoking as money, debt and credit scores.

Relationships are tricky. It takes a lot of energy and commitment to build a healthy, strong one – and even more to maintain it for the long haul. The relationship you have with your credit is no different.

It’s easy to get wrapped up in the holiday spirit and get a little too credit-tipsy buying gifts. Here are a few remedies to cure holiday hangover symptoms and protect your credit scores.

Tax identity theft has become a multibillion-dollar payday for cyberthieves. Here’s a Q & A to help you understand tax identity theft and ways to protect yourself.