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Credit Report 101: A Visual Guide to Building Your Score

A good credit score is an important foundation to build when starting your adult life.

When you go to get a student loan or a mortgage for your first home, banks will make decisions based on that simple number.

Check out this handy infographic to find out more about how your score is computed, and what you can do to improve it.

Image courtesy of Diego Martinez-Moncada and Daily Infographic. Photo courtesy of Morgan.