Barry Paperno

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Barry Paperno provides a perspective on credit and personal finance that comes from more than 25 years serving the credit industry, representing FICO, Experian, Bank of America, and others.

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How Credit Scores Predict Your Behavior
How Credit Scores Predict Your Behavior
Credit scores, as with most attempts to make sense of our world, ... read more

May 24, 2013

Credit Score

Credit Reports vs. Credit Scores: What's the Difference?
Credit Reports vs. Credit Scores: What’s the Difference?
The credit experts at Credit.com write frequently about the impor... read more

May 6, 2013

Credit 101

How Student Loans Can Keep You From Buying a Home
How Student Loans Can Keep You From Buying a Home
As student loans take on an increasing presence among the 20-some... read more

May 3, 2013

Mortgages

Why Your Credit Score Is So Bad
A Credit.com reader named Roger recently took me to task for my b... read more

May 2, 2013

Credit Score

5 Financial Tips for Freshmen
5 Financial Tips for Freshmen
As graduation time nears for college-bound high school seniors, i... read more

May 1, 2013

Student Loans

5 Money Tips You Should Rethink
5 Money Tips That Aren’t Absolutes
Back in the day, if you needed something expensive you just saved... read more

April 25, 2013

Personal Finance