As Lynnette Khlafani-Cox looked at her credit score back in 2022, she couldn’t believe what she was seeing. The number that popped up on her screen: 850. She is a renowned money expert known as ‘The ...

As Lynnette Khlafani-Cox looked at her credit score back in 2022, she couldn't believe what she was seeing. The number that popped up on her screen: 850. She is a renowned money expert known as ‘The ...

I'm not a perfectionist, so achieving an 850 credit score was never a goal of mine. However, as a CNET Money editor, I know that having a higher score can help in a lot of ways, including getting ...