<meta property="cq:wcmmode" content="disabled"/><meta property="articleFeedData" content="{"nextPageMobile":false,"nextPageNumberMobile":-1,"nextPageUrl":"/articles/topics/credit-score.19","prevPageNumber":17,"bottomArticles":[{"date":"Tue Nov 28 15:49:00 PST 2017","imagePath":"/content/dam/cob-corp-acquisition/images/articles/2021/03/104428 COC_2_10_Things_to_Know_About_Credit.jpg","author":"/content/dam/cob-corp-acquisition/content-fragments/authorbio/sean-p-egen/jcr:content/data/master","previewDescription":"Here are 10 things everyone who uses credit should know about how credit works.","title":"10 Things You Should Absolutely, Positively Know About Credit [Infographic]","pagePath":"/articles/10-things-you-should-absolutely-positively-know-about-credit-infographic","imageAlt":"What you should know about credit - Credit One Bank infographic promo banner","tags":["credit-one-central-topics:credit-score","credit-one-central-topics:infographic"]},{"date":"Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 PDT 2017","imagePath":"/content/dam/cob-corp-acquisition/images/articles/2021/03/104377_COC_25_prs202.jpg","author":"/content/dam/cob-corp-acquisition/content-fragments/authorbio/sean-p-egen/jcr:content/data/master","previewDescription":"According to recent research by Statistic Brain, 41% of Americans usually make New Year\u2019s resolutions, yet only 44.8% of those who do, manage to maintain them longer than six months. 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