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# Rent Payments Push Credit Scores Into a New Era

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**Published:** July 6, 2026  
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## Overview

Loan repayment histories, credit card balances and outstanding obligations have traditionally shaped most underwriting decisions. That approach is beginning to widen as lenders search for stronger evidence of how consumers manage money between borrowing events. New research from the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, released Wednesday (July 1), illustrates why. Its analysis found that […] The post Rent Payments Push Credit Scores Into a New Era appeared first on PYMNTS.com.

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