Intuit Credit Karma
CreditKarma.com gives you a credit score based on data on your TransUnion credit report. It also gives consumers the ability to simulate certain actions, such as applying for a new credit card and paying off debt, and see how those moves would affect their score.
Credit Karma, a San Francisco firm that tracks and provides credit scores, reported that nationwide from June through September, 39% of credit scores increased, 29% decreased and 32% remained the same.
We all like free, so enter Credit Karma, a site that gives you your credit score <strong>free of charge</strong> and it takes a whole two minutes or so to sign up, see your score, and get a letter grade in various categories, including the following...
Kiplinger interviews Ken Lin, chief executive of Credit Karma, on what consumers need to know about credit cards now.
"Bad credit car loan shoppers looking for a good deal need look no further than the Credit Karma web site which provides registered users with a free credit score."
Credit Karma is the only <strong>free service</strong> of the bunch and you can pull every 24 hours plus one minute.
Like some other companies out there, Credit Karma provides you with credit score for free, but the extras help it to stand out a little more.
Or you can sign up for free credit scores from sites such as Quizzle, Credit.com and Credit Karma, which use the actual information on file about you with the credit bureaus.
If you're after free non-FICO scores, you may visit Credit Karma or Quizzle.com, where the scores they offer are proprietary.
According to Credit Karma's CEO, Ken Lin, 2009 has been a momentous year for credit issues and I have to agree with him. Suddenly, frugality became cool, overspending was out, and consumers put more emphasis on savings and paying down their outstanding debt.