Watch Out for Possible Credit Card Scams

I am constantly amazed by the creativity of thieves when it comes to ways to scamming people ... card. Bad Photography A lady paid by using my Visa Check Card, and the young man behind ... will be so much better. Currently in the United States, the credit card companies take the burden off [more...]

Date: 2008-10-30 15:25:07

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10 College Money Myths

If you have kids heading to college this fall, be sure to have some open discussions about money with them before they go. In addition, a check in call after a month to discuss money isn’t a bad idea. Here ... on a credit card. If so you can use cash rewards credit cards to get cash back on your tuition [more...]

Date: 2008-08-26 11:00:22

How Women Can Fix Their Credit Before Applying for a Job: Part 1 — Credit Scores and Credit Reports

a guest post by Michelle Dunn credit debit card charge (www.bizchicksrule.com) ... a job interview because of some bad credit they may have. More and more employers are checking ... of the 3 credit bureaus to provide you with a free copy of your credit report annually at your request. Don’ [more...]

Date: 2008-09-18 10:18:26

Procrastination will kill me, but I am not ready yet...

Doing my bills this morning, as I try to correct the yaw in my course - and I look at my annual percentage rate on one of my credit cards... yikes! ... that bad boy into bits. Step one taken, sigh. No wonder there is a credit crisis - who could pay ... my checking account. [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 16:06:00

10 Tips on Using your Credit Card Wisely

This is a guest post by Andy over at Retire at 40. Check out his great blog and subscribe to his RSS feed here. I’ll admit it. I’m a credit card user. I use it a lot, not everyday, but a lot. Am I wrong? Am I a bad person ... ways why you’re not an automatically bad person if you use a credit card but you must follow them [more...]

Date: 2008-12-25 03:49:57

Tucson: More People Fighting Evictions

The ailing economy is keeping things busy for the Tucson courts these days Lawsuits over unpaid debts and other financial disputes are up 33 and 45 ... filed over bad checks, repossessed vehicles, loan defaults, credit cards and other contract disputes [more...]

Date: 2008-11-02 15:41:59

Merchant Services Charge-back Horror: Why Paypal Ia The Only Way:

_3248 Creative Commons License photo credit: David Boyle in DC There are reasons why I had the outrageous gall to re-start my online marketing ... ), those customers can decide to lie to the banks at any time, about an e-check, or a credit card payment ... to our merchant account when that happened. As if it wasn’t bad enough that people stopped [more...]

Date: 2008-11-01 17:55:10

E*Trade on the Brink - Seeks $800 Million from TARP to Stay Solvent

Battered E*Trade banking on government fundsFri Nov 21, 2008 5:15pm ESTBy Jonathan SpicerNEW YORK (Reuters) ... U.S. government funds that would bring some relief to its book of bad mortgage loans.Shares ... situation. E*Trade Bank offers credit cards, savings and checking accounts, and mortgage and home equity [more...]

Date: 2008-11-22 21:26:00

One-Stop Shopping Calamity

The news that Citigroup is considering selling half its Smith Barney brokerage unit to Morgan Stanley is seen as evidence that Sandy Weill's plan for ... from one financial institution. Credit cards, checking accounts, mortgages, brokerage services ... a one-stop financial shop is officially dead. But the financial supermarket is the bad idea [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 18:00:00

Sales are down, but not hideous

I know this was intended to be another doom-and-gloom story, but a drop of 2% to 4% from last year (excluding car and gas sales) ... sales paid for by credit card, checks and cash — retail sales fell between 5.5 percent and 8 percent ... doesn't sounds that bad. Am I missing something? What I'm also wondering is, with so many things [more...]

Date: 2008-12-26 21:45:00

Capital One Will Ruin This Guy's Credit One Way Or Another [Capital One]

Joseph is having problems paying his Capital One card, mainly because Capital One keeps making it hard for him to pay it, ... May when I called to ask them to fix my account once again, and they claimed I had a bad check ... credit, I don't see how this is possible seeing as I had been paying the minimum amount each month [more...]

Date: 2008-06-25 23:24:23

Pancake City Online Buying Guide

I don’t understand the yearly rush of shoppers on Black Friday ... in Google or check out an aggregator like RetailMeNot. Credit card sites sometimes have coupons around ... and for the next few months because the economy is so bad. Retailers are going to be forced to slash [more...]

Date: 2008-12-05 04:13:08

Finding County Marriage Licenses

by Jason Voxly Maybe you are dating someone and think they are hiding something ... the system. You do have to be careful and check into the companies before giving them your credit card ... with a legit company. It is a rare situation that you will receive bad information [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 22:43:42

2008 Goals Review and Preparing for the New Year

One year ago, I listed my goals for 2008. Here’s a review of my list from last year. Pay off all Credit card debt - Failed! ... in my primary checking account, which helps make budgeting easier and can serve as an emergency fund if needed. Earn $20,000 (gross) from side businesses - Not bad. I didn’t make it to $20,000 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 22:33:00

Horse-race-loving former police chief winds up behind bars

Frank Kessler, former Garden Grove police chief, councilman and mayor, and his wife were arrested Wednesday on suspicion of financial misdeeds, ... and personal loans with a city-issued credit card. They were named in a 21-count district attorney ... , grand theft and writing tens of thousands of dollars worth of bad checks. She was being held in lieu [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 19:55:29

BMW Smart key concept multi tasks as your credit card

After news that Ford is developing the MyKey, to keep your children's driving habits under check, BMW has now gone ahead and developed a new key that could double up as a credit card. Considering ... that it will ease the process for rich people to just pay off their parking, groceries, and bad debts via [more...]

Date: 2008-10-22 12:40:08

How to Replace Bad Financial Habits With Good Ones

This is a guest post from Leo Babauta of Zen Habits. His first book, The Power of Less, was recently published by Hyperion ... full of things we don’t need, bills we can’t pay, and low balances in our checking and savings accounts ... situation? Some ideas: Impulse spending. Overuse of credit cards or other debt. Spending without tracking [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 13:00:09

Is Making 100K in One Day Selling Real Estate Guru Product Bad for Business?

That depends. Who is the speaker? What is the product? Was it done in a pitch-fest? ... about their beautiful spouse and kids or need to see pictures of them in front of their 60K car? “Selling ... ! (But first they “qualify you” by checking to see how much money you have on your credit cards!) YIKES [more...]

Date: 2008-10-14 20:58:43

If you thought social conservatives were out of power....

... check the offices of your local prosecutors, where a new cottage industry seems to be ginning up non-existent sex crimes ... politicians can make a name for themselves. Consider the case of Greg Soucia. Greg is clearly a bad boy ... got hold of him....Mr. Soucia was a thief: more precisely he stole a credit card. And, as a result [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 16:01:00

A consumer complaint about Consumer Reports

This story just drips with irony! 2 ... be trusted. No fault of theirs, my credit card number got out to some bad guys in Malta or Africa, and the credit card company detected it, contacted me as I was checking into a hotel in NY (by declining [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 13:57:29

debt on a holiday

one of the problems being faced by people nowadays are bad credit reputation, be it on credit cards or phone bills and from other loan institution ... . and this are for people who are looking to get emergency cash right to their checking account safely ... their credit capability and hopefully their future, financially speaking. [more...]

Date: 2008-10-27 14:03:42

What to Know When Getting Your First Credit Card

Credit card debt is way too easy to get into these days. It seems like every time I check my mail there is at least one or two pre-approved credit card applications. It doesn’t matter if you have good credit, bad credit, or no credit; they still send [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 11:52:49

“Living beneath your means”

While most of America was busy trading home equity for a TV, RV, and SUV, I was busy renting apartments and driving an economy car ... times or bad. If you can’t stop using your credit card, get rid of it. An easy check to see ... bad it was. My father once said “I got a 21% rate on my loan, and I was glad to get it.” We may [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 15:36:19

Non ChexSystems Banks

by Dan Moskel If you have been placed into chexsystems you are in a difficult spot ... a review of the tribute credit card an unsecured bad credit mastercard. ... you do have an alternative to a checking account. You can get a prepaid credit card that will give [more...]

Date: 2008-12-02 13:43:19

Help Your Student Find the Right College Credit Card

If you’re a parent or a guardian of a college student, ... with being a card holder. Yes, the dangers of bad credit can be avoided if youngsters are properly educated ... for students that offer great deals with no annual fees at all. Check credit card review websites [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 02:36:37

Obtain A Second Chance Checking If You Have Financial Troubles

by Steven J. Talrechi If you’ve had financial problems that have made you ineligible for a checking account, don’t despair. You’re not alone ... or Visa credit cards do. If you opt for just the debit card, a voided check will be included in your set ... , as can a bad credit history. If you’ve been reported to one of these systems and you can no longer [more...]

Date: 2008-09-24 19:43:06

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