@economyandspaceSep 15, 2025
OnlineFirst - "Unravelling neighbourhood change: Decomposing the effects of residential mobility and incumbent change on credit access in California" by Alex Ramiller:
#neighbourhoodchange #residentialmobility #socialmobility #gentrification #creditscores
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0308518X251369351
eicker.news ᳇ tech newsAug 4, 2025
#YoungAmericans are increasingly using “buy now, pay later” (#BNPL) #loans for both #necessities and #discretionarypurchases, driven by #economicpressures and the #easeofapproval. While #BNPLloans offer flexibility, they may encourage #overspending and could potentially impact #creditscores in the future. https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/credit/the-perils-of-buying-botox-and-concert-tickets-with-buy-now-pay-later-loans-23a59c7e?eicker.news #tech #media #news
Hacker NewsJun 24, 2025

FICO to incorporate buy-now-pay-later loans into credit scores

https://www.axios.com/2025/06/23/fico-credit-scores-bnpl-buy-now-pay-later

#HackerNews #FICO #BNPL #CreditScores #BuyNowPayLater #Finance

FICO to incorporate buy-now-pay-later loans into credit scores

Over 90 million Americans are expected to use BNPL for purchases this year.

Axios
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Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬Feb 11, 2025
Parents Gaming #Kids’ #CreditScores
Credit scores are meant to be neutral measures of someone’s financial reliability, but in practice, they’re an easy way for some better-off families to give children an early financial advantage. Services promise to help parents ensure kids enter adulthood with good scores. When parents add children as “authorized user” on their #creditcard, makes parents spending and payment habits a part of her credit history.
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2025/01/credit-score-authorized-usership-parenting/681255/
https://archive.ph/GFA4T
Parents Are Gaming Their Kids’ Credit Scores

Because of course they are.

The Atlantic
GastroHistoryAug 14, 2024
In other words, the better educated/organised a purchaser is the more they will likely pay their credit card bills on time? https://theconversation.com/no-credit-score-a-grocery-list-could-be-the-next-best-thing-234887 #groceries #creditscores #foodstudies #humanbehaviour
No credit score? A grocery list could be the next best thing

What you buy at the grocery store can predict whether you pay your credit card bills on time, new research suggests.

The Conversation
GastroHistoryAug 14, 2024
In other words, the better educated/organised a purchaser is the more they will likely pay their credit card bills on time? https://theconversation.com/no-credit-score-a-grocery-list-could-be-the-next-best-thing-234887 #groceries #creditscores #foodstudies #humanbehaviour
No credit score? A grocery list could be the next best thing

What you buy at the grocery store can predict whether you pay your credit card bills on time, new research suggests.

The Conversation
Show threadNonilexJun 11, 2024

The rules set to be announced Tues would ban #credit reporting agencies from incorporating #medical #debt when calculating #CreditScores…. The rules would also bar #lenders from using #MedicalDebt to determine #LoanEligibility, they said.

…~15M Americans have medical #bills on their credit reports, acc/to a study released in April by the #Consumer #Financial #Protection Bureau. …People affected by medical debt disproportionately live in the South or in low-income communities….

#BidenHarris2024

Shady ikramApr 10, 2024

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Shady ikramJan 11, 2024

Our Credit Scores segment will shed light on the mysteries of credit scores and how they impact your financial standing.

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Master Your Money: The Ultimate Guide to Financial Freedom

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