No, but it's more tied-in than you might think: supposedly (haven't personally verified but) it's used for employment and car insurance decisions because it correlates so well with bad/reckless behavior.
(IIRC in CA it's illegal to use for car insurance rating, but I'm guessing that in practice that just means they use something else known to have a good correlation with it.)
I'm in Atlanta. They use credit checks for certain types of employment here. I've also heard that it's used for insurance rates, and obviously, interest rates.
The intersection of having a bank account, a job, utilities, car insurance, and a roof over your head is close enough to be 'every little thing we do in life.'
(IIRC in CA it's illegal to use for car insurance rating, but I'm guessing that in practice that just means they use something else known to have a good correlation with it.)