Experian's free credit monitoring service may work well for you, but its paid features go above and beyond other credit apps. Evan Zimmer has been writing about finance for years. After graduating ...

Experian has launched CreditLock, a new feature that will “enable customers to lock their Experian Credit Report at the touch of a button.” The launch comes “following data that shows 1 in 4 UK adults ...

This content is provided by an external author without editing by Finextra. It expresses the views and opinions of the author. The launch comes following data that shows 1 in 4 UK adults have fallen ...

Equifax has made good on its promise of free, lifelong credit locks following last year’s massive data breach. The reception to its new “Lock & Alert” feature — which lets users simply click or swipe ...

Thanks to large data breaches in recent years, both credit freezes and credit locks are gaining in popularity. Both tools stop lenders from accessing your credit information and can be removed and ...

CLEVELAND — With news of a hacking group saying they’ve stolen most, if not all, of American’s Social Security numbers, people online are saying everyone should freeze their credit report. A blog post ...

Experian IdentityWorks is a comprehensive identity theft protection service that can protect your identity from hacks, data breaches and phishing. The service provides credit monitoring, identity ...

As a personal finance editor covering identity theft, I knew freezing my credit would make it harder for cybercriminals to open a new account in my name. But I still went back and forth on freezing my ...