Category: CreditScoreDating

A Poor Credit Score Can Make Singles Less Attractive

Posted on May 12, 2017

Creditscoredating logo 2017WASHINGTON POST – May 11 – Creditscoredating.com requires users to disclose where they fall in a range of credit scores. But the reporting is on the honor system. Almost two in five U.S. adults said knowing someone's credit score would affect their interest in dating that person, according to the Bankrate.com report released this week. 50% of women said a certain credit score might have them think twice about dating someone, while just 35% of men said it would factor into the appeal of a date.

by Michelle Singletary
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Millennials Say Credit Score Matters When Dating

Posted on April 5, 2017

Creditscoredating logo 2017WTSP – Apr 5 – A study found that the top two dating turnoffs for Millennials are workaholics and bad credit scores. The link between a credit score and romance has led to a dating site called creditscoredating.com. Users have to enter their credit score and users are matched based on the score. The dating site's CEO, Niem Green, says they have an 86%-89% success rate of long-term relationships and marriages using their method. Green has recently released a second book called, "Credit Score Dating: The sexiness of credit." She has written 7 books on relationships. Her new book called, "Single Minded," comes out in June.

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Credit Scores And Relationships

Posted on November 16, 2015

Creditscoredating logo newCBC MIAMI – Nov 11 – 70% of marriages that end up in divorce are due to financial disagreements. More people are relying on a credit score to measure a person’s character. Yvonne Haase, relationship and family expert, says people are associating good credit score with signs of stability. Dating site Credit Score Dating has now ~35K members. According to a research, 78% of Americans in a committed relationship prefer a partner who is good with money over one who is physically attractive.

by Lauren Pastrana
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CreditScoreDating.com: Money Talk Before Marriage

Posted on April 1, 2013

Creditscoredating logoTHE BULLETIN – Mar 31 – Research shows that money is the No. 1 reason couples fight and a main reason marriages split up. In spite of that, most couples do not talk about money before they marry, says Terri Orbuch of the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research. People often seemed ashamed to bring up financial concerns. Part of the reason for that disconnect may be that we are hard-wired to ignore practical concerns in the throes of romance, said Arthur Aron, a social psychologist at Stony Brook University. Romantically induced financial trauma, though, tends to stick. Dating site Creditscoredating.com includes credit scores in members’ profiles. The owner, Niem Green, said most of his members, a majority of them male, had been hurt financially in previous relationships.

by Stacey Vanek Smith
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Credit Score: For Some Important Factor In Dating

Posted on December 28, 2012

Creditscoredating logoNY TIMES – Dec 25 – The credit score, once a little-known metric derived from a complex formula that incorporates outstanding debt and payment histories, has become a bigger factor in dating decisions. “Credit scores are like the dating equivalent of a sexually transmitted disease test,” said Manisha Thakor, the founder and CEO of MoneyZen Wealth Management, a financial advisory firm. “Good Credit Is Sexy,” says one site, Creditscoredating.com, which allows members to view the credit scores of potential dates who agree to provide the numbers. On another site, Datemycreditscore.com, a member posted on the site’s home page that others should to “stop kidding” themselves and realize that credit scores do matter.

by Jessica Silver-Greenberg
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Hey Baby, What’s Your Credit Score?

Posted on March 24, 2009

Creditscoredating logo WALLETPOP — Mar 22 — Individuals on the dating scene are starting to check out their date's assets before getting serious. A recent Match.com survey found that over 80% of singles are more selective about who they date now that the economy has gone south. There are even websites devoted to matching people with others in a select credit score range! One such site, CreditScoreDating.com with the tagline "Credit Scores Are Sexy," claims to help thousands of people a day meet others with good credit.

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