Credit management refers to the process of managing your credit usage and payments in order to maintain a good credit score. Your credit score is a numerical representation of your creditworthiness and is used by lenders to determine whether or not to approve you for credit and at what interest rate. Your credit score is also used in other ways as well, and it's important for you to be aware of how else your credit score may be used so that you can always be in the driver's seat when it comes to personal finance.