It’s the Bigfoot of the financial world; a perfect credit score. AKA, the highest score a person can get. This mythical and elusive number for the FICO Score is 850. And, for those unaware, FICO ...

Congratulations -- you've just reached credit score perfection. Now what? Going by the commonly-used FICO® Score system, 850 is the highest credit score possible. That means lenders see you as a very ...

Seven of the 10 counties with the highest average credit scores are in one state, according to a Money analysis of data from more than 12,000 U.S. counties. Money; Getty Images In your financial life, ...

Having a good credit score can save you hundreds, even thousands of dollars on credit cards, mortgages and other loans.

The average American has a pretty decent credit score. The average Minnesota resident has an even better one. For the third year in a row, Minnesota residents have the highest credit scores in the U.S ...

Under the widely used FICO® Score system, the highest credit score you can earn is an 850. According to Motley Fool Money research and Experian data, just 1.76% of Americans have managed to hit that ...

Aiming to hit the credit-score ceiling? Going by the FICO® Score system, 850 is the highest credit score possible. It means lenders see you as a super low-risk borrower with a long track record of ...

In your financial life, few numbers are as important as the three little digits that make up your credit score. Your ZIP code might just be one of them. A new study from Opportunity Insights, a ...