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Build Better Credit

Build Better Credit
Various numbers can show who you are: your Social Security number, your class year, and your phone number, to name just a few. While most of these numbers just indicate or describe a part of you, there is a number that represents who you are now and forecasts what you will be like in the future. That’s your credit score: a snapshot and a prediction of your credit behavior.

 

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