Millions of Americans will soon be able to access their FICO credit scores for free. FICO scores are used by nearly every major lender to assess the creditworthiness of credit card and loan applicants. But these scores are mostly invisible to consumers, unless you go to FICO's website and sign up for a subscription of $14.95 per month—a service you need to cancel within 10 days if you don't want to be charged anything. That's going to change, however.
