Personal Finance: For many consumers, credit scores no longer a mystery

After all the education that’s been spread about credit scores, consumers are finally getting it.

A large majority of Americans know a great deal about credit scores, according to a national survey by the Consumer Federation of America and VantageScore Solutions, which produces the Vantage Score credit score.

Many know that missed payments, personal bankruptcy and high credit card balances are factors used to calculate credit scores.

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