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Katherine Fan

Katherine Fan

Katherine Fan

1year covering personal finance

4+ articles on LendingTree

Katherine Fan is writer and editor with experience covering personal finance, healthcare, insurance and points and miles travel for a number of media outlets including The Points Guy, CreditCards.com, ValuePenguin and Business Insider in addition to LendingTree. She splits her time between Austin, New York City and Taipei.

Latest Articles by Katherine Fan

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What to Know About FICO and VantageScore

FICO vs. VantageScore: The Real Difference (and Why It Matters)

There are two main types of consumer credit scores: FICO and VantageScore. Monitoring both credit…

April 04, 2019

20 min read

How a Car Repossession Affects Your Credit

How Bad Does a Car Repo Hurt Your Credit?

If you default on a car loan, your lender could take your car. Missing payments,…

October 15, 2018

22 min read

Business Line of Credit vs. Credit Card

Business Line of Credit vs. Credit Card

A business line of credit and a credit card are both flexible funding, but they…

September 12, 2018

26 min read

How to Dispute Credit Report Errors

How To Dispute Credit Report Errors

We outline the steps to dispute credit report inaccuracies to the three consumer credit bureaus:…

October 11, 2017

24 min read

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