As important as it was then, a high credit score can also help provide financial stability as retirement nears. Fortunately, it’s now easier than ever to protect your credit and keep tabs on your credit reputation, which can come in handy if you’ll want to take out a loan, get a new credit card, apply for a job or purchase car or homeowners insurance. Generally speaking, credit scores improve as we get older: 42% of people in their 60s and 55% of those over 70 have credit scores of 780 or better. Lately, it’s become pretty painless to monitor your FICO score (or a similar credit score). When someone steals your name, address, Social Security number or other identifiers to make purchases or open credit card accounts, your ability to get credit is at risk.

Source: Forbes February 26, 2017 18:45 UTC