CreditKarma.com estimates that 4.7 million users are overpaying on auto loans, to the tune of $10.1 billion in interest. The site's new auto dashboard notifies users if a score improvement means they ...

SAN FRANCISCO (Private Equity Week) - With consumer loans increasingly difficult to obtain, Americans are putting more effort into attracting lenders by monitoring and improving their credit scores.

Hawaii consumers have decreased their credit card debt by 13 percent since the beginning of 2010, and it is one of only seven states to have paid down credit card debt by more than 10 percent so far, ...