As someone who lives outside the US, what is credit score, how do you earn it, how do you lose it, and what is it for?

I’ve been seeing a lot of posts here about credit score and people discussing it, but it’s never been clear to me what it’s really for.

Submitted January 01, 2018 at 07:19AM by cheetachu http://ift.tt/2CqoYnp