A growing number of creditors, as well as insurance companies, employers, and landlords, use your
credit score together with (or
rather than) your
credit history to make decisions
about you.
Some key misperceptions remain and the lending industry as a whole needs to stress to consumers to become more educated
about their
credit history and what they can do to improve it: ► Fewer than half (44 percent) understand that a
credit score typically measures risk of not repaying loans
rather than amount of debt (22 percent), financial resources (21 percent), or other factors.