{"id":508,"date":"2024-10-28T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-28T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/consumerfundi.co.za\/?p=508"},"modified":"2024-10-27T18:58:49","modified_gmt":"2024-10-27T18:58:49","slug":"what-is-a-credit-score-and-why-it-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/consumerfundi.co.za\/.za\/2024\/10\/28\/what-is-a-credit-score-and-why-it-matters\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a Credit Score and why it matters ?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/consumerfundi.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/27oct-social-media-pic-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-509 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/consumerfundi.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/27oct-social-media-pic-3.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/consumerfundi.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/27oct-social-media-pic-3-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/consumerfundi.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/27oct-social-media-pic-3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/consumerfundi.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/27oct-social-media-pic-3-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Your credit score is a key to your financial freedom but how many of us know what it is until it becomes a problem.&nbsp; Get access to credit you need, better employment opportunities, lower interest &amp; insurance rates &amp; more<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">#ConsumerFundi #YourScoreMatters.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your credit score is a key to your financial freedom but how many of us know what it is until it becomes a problem.&nbsp; Get access to credit you need, better employment opportunities, lower interest &amp; insurance rates &amp; more #ConsumerFundi #YourScoreMatters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":501,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ub_ctt_via":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-consumer-fundi-here-to-help-you"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/consumerfundi.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/27oct-social-media-pic.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"consumer","author_link":"https:\/\/consumerfundi.co.za\/.za\/author\/consumer\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/consumerfundi.co.za\/.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/consumerfundi.co.za\/.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/consumerfundi.co.za\/.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consumerfundi.co.za\/.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consumerfundi.co.za\/.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=508"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/consumerfundi.co.za\/.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":510,"href":"https:\/\/consumerfundi.co.za\/.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508\/revisions\/510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/consumerfundi.co.za\/.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consumerfundi.co.za\/.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/consumerfundi.co.za\/.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}