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Roundup: Commentator Tells Borrowers How to Improve Credit Scores.(myFICO.com)(Brief Article)

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Personal finance author Suze Orman has hit the bookstands on how to improve credit and correct credit bureau errors in simple ways that will eventually help save thousands of dollars in future interest rates through simple and innovative tools.

The "FICO Kit" is in fact kind of a joint venture between Ms. Orman and myFICO.com - a division of Fair, Isaac & Co., which also specializes in personal credit management.

The step-by-step kit guides users through a personalized process of credit evaluation, management and correction if necessary.

Available on CD-ROM or through the Internet, it provides three unique tools.

The software-assisted "Credit Report Review" is an interactive credit report review that automatically identifies potential errors, helps users analyze the results and dispute the error using a customized letter to the credit bureaus.

For the first time in the credit service marketplace ...

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