How to check and fix your credit score

Each week the NZ Herald's Cooking the Books podcast tackles a different money problem. Today, it's how to take control of your credit score. Hosted by Frances Cook. <br /><br />Credit scores are important, but it can be hard to figure out how important they are in our part of the world. <br /><br />A lot of personal finance advice comes from the United States, where their credit system is entirely different. <br /><br />Trying to copy that here could see you spending a lot on credit card fees, with no reward. <br /><br />So for the latest Cooking the Books podcast I talked to Tom Hartmann from Sorted, about how to understand our system. <br /><br />We discussed what a credit score is used for, how you can check yours and whether you really need a credit card in order to have a good score.<br /><br />If you have a question about this podcast, or question you'd like answered in the next one, come and talk to me about it. I'm on Facebook here <a href="https://www.facebook.com/FrancesCookJournalist/" rel="noopener">https://www.facebook.com/FrancesCookJournalist/</a> Instagram here <a href="https://www.instagram.com/francescooknz/" rel="noopener">https://www.instagram.com/francescooknz/</a> and Twitter here <a href="https://twitter.com/FrancesCook" rel="noopener">https://twitter.com/FrancesCook</a>