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  Get credit information on the hottest topics from Experian’s Vice President of Public Affairs Maxine Sweet.
- Life Events and Credit
  
  Find out how life events affect your credit and how to build good credit for the major purchases in your life.
- Preventing Fraud
  
  Learn the warning signs of credit fraud, and get the credit information you need to protect yourself. Are you already a victim? Experian can help.
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  What are credit scores, and how are they calculated? Get the answers to your credit score questions.
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  Improve your credit by understanding basic consumer credit information: what’s in a credit report, how to check it and how often you should review it.
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Credit Advice

Welcome to the credit reporting industry’s first online consumer credit advice column, Ask Max.

Part of Experian’s expanded outreach to consumers, this biweekly column provides answers to questions about credit reporting and direct marketing submitted by consumers to Experian's Vice President of Public Affairs Maxine Sweet.

Select a topic from our most recent column — June 24, 2009:

Credit Reporting

Improve your credit by understanding basic consumer credit information: what’s in a credit report, how to check it and how often you should review it.
Credit Scores

What are credit scores, and how are they calculated? Get the answers to your credit score questions.
Preventing Fraud

Learn the warning signs of credit fraud, and get the credit information you need to protect yourself. Are you already a victim? Experian can help.
Life Events and Credit

Find out how life events affect your credit and how to build good credit for the major purchases in your life.
Credit Advice

Maxine Sweet

Vice President of Public Affairs

Get credit information on the hottest topics from Experian’s Vice President of Public Affairs Maxine Sweet.
Preapproved Credit Offers

What’s in a credit report, how can you check it and how often should you review it? Make sure your credit information is accurate and check your Experian, Equifax and TransUnion reports side-by-side with Experian’s 3 Bureau Online Credit Report.
- Mailing Lists and
  Preapproved Offers
- Opt Out
FAQs
Glossary of Credit Terms

Credit 101

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