Study: Credit Score Knowledge Lacking
NU Online News Service, Sept. 22, 11:13 a.m. EDT?A survey by a consumer group and a credit card firm has found most Americans, even those who believe they know the credit system, don't understand credit scores, the organizations said yesterday.[@@]
Conducted by the Opinion Research Center on behalf of the Consumer Federation of America and Providian Financial, the poll of 1,027 adults found that most do not understand credit scores even when they believe their knowledge of credit in general is good.
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