Recent Articles About Credit Monitoring

After testing Credit Karma, Credit Sesame, and Experian, we think Credit Karma offers the best free credit monitoring service. Here’s why.

When testing both services, we found myFICO’s free and paid plans were very different, while Credit Karma offered lots of features with some compromises.

We tested Experian and Credit Karma’s free credit monitoring services and found that while Credit Karma offers many features, Experian is a better service overall. Here’s why.

We tested these two popular credit monitoring services. Even though Credit Sesame offers premium credit-building tools, Credit Karma offers more features for free.

Based on our firsthand testing, we think Credit Karma, Experian, and Aura provide the best credit monitoring services. Here’s why.

TransUnion is one of the three major reporting bureaus in the U.S., but that doesn’t mean its paid credit monitoring service is worth it. Here’s why.

Experian offers more than a free credit report. We tested Experian’s free credit monitoring service to see if it’s any good. Here’s what we found.

Credit Karma is a safe, free way to check your credit score, but many users report stark differences between what they see on the site and their actual credit score.

Regularly checking your credit report can help stave off identity theft and errors as well as give you an action plan for building and maintaining good credit.

Learn how to unfreeze your credit quickly, when it’s advantageous to freeze it, and what else you’ll need to protect your identity.

Learn where to request your legitimate free annual credit report and how to avoid credit scams that can damage your good name.

Credit monitoring alerts you to suspicious activity before it becomes a problem, but when coupled with identity theft protection, it’s a powerful tool that can safeguard you against identity theft.