5 Ways we Lie to Ourselves about Money
We’ve talked about the different ways that our brains and the way we think can work against us when it comes to money, ... , but it only really takes one bad one to make it a lie. 2. Spending money before we make it: With easy credit ... : This has become easier with time. We have accounts with one bank, credit cards with another [more...]
Date: 2008-07-21 03:28:12
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Get the Best Out of Business Credit Cards
by Mary Bush Whatever kind of business you might be involved in, be it a small business or a big one, to run the errand of business dealings, ... with the financial issues. Today’s business credit cards makes it possible to get cash advances, keeps ... people who have a bad credit history. Many banks boast that they can issue a tailor made business [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 11:04:39
Get the Best Out of Business Credit Cards
by Mary Bush Whatever kind of business you might be involved in, be it a small business or a big one, to run the errand of business dealings, ... with the financial issues. Today’s business credit cards makes it possible to get cash advances, keeps ... people who have a bad credit history. Many banks boast that they can issue a tailor made business [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 21:37:03
Fixing Your Messed Up Finances this 2009
If you enjoyed the holidays as much as everyone else, then like them, ... -up budget. List all payables. How much credit card debt do you have? Get all your receipts ... your credit card statements so you can see if your bank is increasing its rates. Explore ways on how [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 10:18:05
Roundup - Tis the Season
To go shopping, hang out with friends, gather families, share food, bring laughter, and build memories. Happy Holidays! Banking, Credit, and Debt Credit Karma writes How Does Bankruptcy Affect Your Credit? The Sun’s Financial Diary posts How to Use Your Credit Card without Going in Debt. The Consumerist with How [more...]
Date: 2008-12-14 13:22:47
Mark My Words
The year 2008 is now a part of history, but I am sure we will be feeling the effects of its aftermath for years to come ... a job in credit card collections for a major banking institution. Even back then, many ... or another. It is too bad that so many of our politicians, the ones we trust to lead our country still [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 19:16:06
Strangers On A Train
Had to take the train all the way out to the sticks again today so I could pick up my car ... s just not the same. “In business, do you take the person who screwed things up and put them in charge of fixing ... sweetly. “Now the original proposal includes foreign banks, credit card debt and school loans. That wasn’ [more...]
Date: 2008-09-22 18:00:46
What Papers Can You Get Rid Of?
photo by The Container Store As we tackle our paper pile, the motto for the day is: Do not organize what you can toss! ... it. Bank or Credit Card statements I’d say this one is a personal judgement call. Most statements ... your mail over the recycle bin. Opt out of credit offers, and remove your name from catalog mailing lists [more...]
Date: 2008-09-19 09:56:32
Paulson Flails About With His TARP
Yesterday, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson announced that the Treasury Department has altered the way in which it is going to ... non-bank institutions that securitize credit card, auto and student loans.” As Matthew Yglesias ... most effective thing we can do to help homeowners, the American people, and stimulate our economy.” [more...]
Date: 2008-11-13 21:30:53
Frugal Friday
Frugal Friday Christina Tynan-Wood on Oct 31 2008 | Filed under: Uncategorized The economy is bad, right? ... to my Visa card at a place called Mary’s Sandwiches, it guessed “Dining.” It did a good job, too ... passwords) giving Quicken the log-in information for my credit cards, bank accounts, and loans [more...]
Date: 2008-10-31 18:09:07
Double Barrels Hit Financials
95129c Most industries get to spread out their bad news. The current exceptions appear to be the automotive and banking sectors ... that large financial firms will have to cut the amount of credit that they offer consumers. She expects ... to credit card customers. While the move will save the banks a lot of money on defaults, it will loss [more...]
Date: 2008-12-01 16:20:57
GET THE #@$* OUT!
I’m in a mood. I had to call a potential fraud victim a few hours ago, and this man was unbelievable ... , get a visa and a green card, and become a contributing member of our society. You don’t get scholarships ... of a crime. They want us to let them open bank accounts, have credit cards, get mortgages, and pay [more...]
Date: 2008-09-25 19:51:23
Why Alternative Income Streams Are Part of My Long Term Plans
I have always had an entrepreneurial spirit. When I was young, I worked the playground economy and traded baseball cards and other trinkets, ... , or money I get from bank bonuses, credit card bonuses, or other sources of free money. Other [more...]
Date: 2008-11-10 12:33:44
Bank turmoil windfall for fraudsters
The ongoing market carnage has given rise to a huge phishing boom, security experts say ... an e-mail, into surrendering private information such as password, credit card and bank account numbers with the object of fraudulently using them. The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued [more...]
Date: 2008-10-14 04:54:02
Friday morning links
TOP STORIES Rate cut from Japan, Barclays seeks funding - Reuters Nevada, Michigan, Florida lead 'underwater' list - AP Housing plunge: ... is more likely than many assume - MarketWatch Banks, consumer advocates urge U.S. to allow credit card debt ... it feels so bad - CNN/Money Economic data point to the start of a recession - LA Times Recession Ghost [more...]
Date: 2008-10-31 13:20:00
How to Keep Criminals away from Your Personal Information
by Michael Benifez Identity theft is becoming the fastest growing crime problem in the United States, ... and using the names, addresses, bank account information, credit card numbers, and Social Security ... when an insider, like an employee or a contractor, gets hold of credit reporting information [more...]
Date: 2008-08-10 20:49:04
Faceless Crime: How to Protect Yourself
by AJ McCreary, PICurrent Assistant Producer **Editors Note** Today we continue our look at internet scams and identity theft ... in making you vulnerable to credit fraud. Identity theft or Credit Fraud occurs when someone uses your personal information; name Social Security number bank information or credit card number without [more...]
Date: 2008-12-18 14:22:14
Lastest News in Credit Card Debt - Nov 17, 2008
News on Judgment Day 2009, RAW Match, More - ProWrestling ... — Urgently shifting course, the Bush administration is abandoning the centerpiece of its massive $700 billion economic rescue plan and exploring new ways to shore up not only banks but credit-card [more...]
Date: 2008-11-17 13:06:41
Global Investing Roundups Friday, December 19th, 2008
FedEx Announces Profit, Cost Cuts; Report: Wal-Mart to Sell iPhones; GM Denies Chrysler Merger Talks; Discovery Applying for Bank Status; ... reported. Credit card firm Discovery Financial Services (DFS) added itself to the list of companies ... ; Carnival Cruises to 4Q Profit FedEx Corp. (FDX) mixed bad news with good in its latest quarterly [more...]
Date: 2008-12-19 11:29:55
1-17-2009 (Sat Afternoon) Fin. & Econ. Activity
At least 21,000 jobs were targeted for elimination yesterday as employers from Hertz Global Holdings Inc. to Advanced Micro Devices Inc ... -parts division. Hertz, the second-largest U.S. rental-car company, said it will cut more than 4,000 jobs ... by trading losses on mortgage bonds, the bank faces credit-card losses that surged to a record [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 18:27:49
Triple B Coming to NYC
Chase%20-%20Wamu%20Overlap.jpg Don’t worry, the credit rating of the City of New York has not fallen to one rung above junk ... . Capital One the credit card company figured out deposit gathering was a good low cost source of funds for its credit card lending and snapped up North Fork. The sleepy older banks like Chase who were losing [more...]
Date: 2008-10-01 21:40:02
IVR (Interactive Voice Response) - A Brief Explanation
IVR (interactive voice response) is a telephony technology that allows users to interact with a database through phone keypad or voice commands ... and inquiries available to the public 24 hours a day. Most of us use IVR systems daily to do things like check bank balances, manage credit cards, check for store hours or locations, or order [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 04:48:05
Information About Computer Virus Warnings
Information About Computer Virus Warnings By Kristi Ambrose on Nov 2, 2008 in Spyware and Viruses | comments(0) ... software downloaded on their computer. One of the main reasons it’s a good idea to do this before ... credit card and banking information! This is definitely not something you would want in other [more...]
Date: 2008-11-02 12:23:40
Smash and grab thieves strike Pasco parents - again
LAND O???LAKES -- Thieves that target purses inside vehicles parked at day care centers appear to have returned, ... lanes of bank drive-through windows so they won???t be recognized when they clean out victims ... their children inside, then they smash the window, steal a purse and flee. They hand off bank and credit cards [more...]
Date: 2008-12-11 22:01:03
The Coming Great Depression
Martin Armstrong: The Coming Great Depression It is frustrating to read so many comparisons of our current situation with 1929 while watching ... may signal a recession, but the collapse in debt signals a Depression. This Depression was set ... and shifted spending that created jobs into the banks as interest on things like credit cards [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 03:55:35
I Can't Stop Shopping. Help Me!
Christ With Shopping Bags, Banksy Gala Darling – I Can’t Stop Shopping. Help Me! (mp3) Right-click to save, or click to play ... of stupid but hey! That bank gave me that credit card, right?! They wouldn’t have given ... like I need to go to rehab or something! I feel so bad because my boyfriend is so helpful and lends [more...]
Date: 2008-10-29 17:20:20
Instant cash loan explained
Instant cash loan explained by Mark Carnagie We have all had the experience of running out of money before our next payday ... overdraft fees and penalties from the greedy banks and credit card companies. Typically ... and reviewed the loan is then direct-deposited into your checking account The great thing [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 09:36:10
200+ Tools for Surviving the Economic Crisis
With Wall Street’s recent decline and the economy in such an uncertain place, many people are fearful of losing their jobs and lifelong investments ... in that it aggregates your different accounts from banks and credit cards, lets you budget and also [more...]
Date: 2008-10-16 22:24:58
Tickets reservation using PAL site
I was pissed off when I made an online reservation using PAL’s website ... submit for a new credit card application at the bank but he sees no connection at all between PAL and my card. He’s right and I’m hoping that PAL’s site will be more user-friendly. Here are some bad [more...]
Date: 2008-12-01 15:09:04
The Rule the Banks Don’t Want You To Know
King Solomon once said that there’s nothing new under the sun. How appropriate that the wisest man in the Bible ( ... and credit card companies instead of making it work for them. The average credit card rate is currently at 13.54% (Source: Credit Cards.com, 2008) and Americans are averaging $16,635 in debt, excluding [more...]
Date: 2008-09-29 18:00:27
200+ Tools for Surviving the Economic Crisis
With Wall Street’s recent decline and the economy in such an uncertain place, many people are fearful of losing their jobs and lifelong investments ... in that it aggregates your different accounts from banks and credit cards, lets you budget and also lets [more...]
Date: 2008-10-18 10:55:50
JPMorgan profit drops 76 percent
JPMorgan Chase & Co. said that its profit fell 76 percent as rising defaults. The company said in a statement that the year-old U.S ... More consumers are paying late on their credit cards and mortgages, forcing banks to increase reserves, the statement said. JPMorgan has almost tripled its provisions for bad debt in the past year. Fourth [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 14:23:57
Computer security
By Carol Gee Cyber security is a field unto itself, mysterious until you get into it a little bit. I am a novice at it ... in which hyperlinks take users to phony sites posing as legitimate banks and credit card companies [more...]
Date: 2008-12-08 00:00:00
Money Matters
With the current economic crisis and rising cost of living, people are tightening their belts and scrimping even more ... have bad credit. Another popular alternative nowadays are payday advance loans from online financial ... . There are several options like bank loans and cash advance from your credit card. The thing [more...]
Date: 2008-10-10 14:30:00
Getting More for Less with Bad Credit Cards
By now everyone knows that the economy is close to collapse. Banks and lending institutions are the most responsible for the mess ... even to those who don’t. Credit card, personal loans, payday advances, and mortgages were readily available to people with bad credit. The downside of this easy credit is that common sense evaporated [more...]
Date: 2008-10-29 16:22:57
Global Economic Tremors
Global Economic Tremors - by Stephen LendmanOn October 28, the Financial Times' columnist Martin Wolf wrote: " ... millions of homeowners into foreclosure;(3) a sharp increase in other defaults - credit cards, auto ... of the western world's banking system, the flight to safe assets, the tightening of credit to the real [more...]
Date: 2008-11-12 11:40:00
Does Paulson Have Any Idea How to Spend Our $700 Billion?
Does anyone else get the funny feeling that we’re going to discover very soon that the $700 billion has been spent and no one is quite sure what it ... Express, now that it has been characterized as a bank, as well as into the credit card, auto loan and student loan industries. Of course there was that purchase of another stake in AIG [more...]
Date: 2008-11-13 21:43:44
Bank Fraud: What If You Find Fraud in Your Checking Account?
You opened up your checking account statement for this month, and tons of weird charges are looking back at you ... . Report the fraud to the FTC at 1-877-ID-THEFT or on their website http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu ... they will probably not do much, but they should file a police report. Call your bank or credit card [more...]
Date: 2008-09-07 13:41:08
Latest News in Credit History and Jobs - Nov 21, 2008
WaMu to shut Pleasanton center, cut 1,600 staff - San Francisco Gate 21 Nov 2008 at 2:53am Friday, November 21, ... about credit cards and consumer banking, will close by early spring, company spokesman Gary Kishner said ... took aim last week at one of the primary instigators of the national credit crisis, and while [more...]
Date: 2008-11-21 12:48:31
Where the Visa IPO Money Wen
When Visa IPOed in March, the company reserved $3 billion of its jaw-dropping, record-breaking $19 ... conspired to prevent banks from offering rival credit cards. According to the lawsuit, they convinced ... antitrust laws (Of course, this isn’t the first time Visa has been accused of antitrust practices [more...]
Date: 2008-06-12 02:31:40
Household wealth collapses - 25% and counting
AUSTRALIAN households have lost one quarter of their wealth since the global financial crisis began late last year, ... in the sharemarket.Separate Reserve Bank figures released yesterday showed Australians winding back their use of credit cards, with a drop in both the number of cash advances and the number of credit card-funded purchases over [more...]
Date: 2008-12-18 09:01:00
Schwab (SCHW): More Bad News For Citigroup (C)
Schwab (SCHW) said that trades by its customers dropped 18% from October to November falling to "408 ... is at $1.14 and can't go much lower. But, the news is bad for Citigroup (C) as well. The big bank counts ... , credit cards, corporate lending and underwriting, and M&A have practically disappeared. At Citi [more...]
Date: 2008-12-15 16:30:50
Citi to hive off India arms after global split
Citi Financial, one of the largest finance companies operating in India, may sport the ‘For Sale’ sign, ... or bad loan ratio in India for its credit card and consumer banking business in India rose to 6.3 ... loss of $8.29 billion. Citi Financial, whose businesses in India span mortgages, personal loans [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 05:43:13
The Danger of Losing Your Wallet - And How to Protect Yourself
Near the end of a recent long trip, my wife misplaced her wallet. She carries a traditional small pocket wallet, which contains her driver’s license, a few credit ... and replacement. The first step is to contact the credit card companies, as well as your bank [more...]
Date: 2008-07-03 14:00:54
What A Deregulated Health Care Market Would Look Like
Conservative health care reformers love to bash state regulations ... ? Look no further than credit card companies. In 1978, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that banks could ... , not the interest rate of the states in which they do business. Credit card businesses quickly set up shop [more...]
Date: 2008-10-09 15:21:35
Banks Hoard Cash; Credit Card Bond Sales at Zero
Although LIBOR Plunged For 17 Consecutive Days it is not a sign of a huge increase in willingness to lend ... bank loans, compared with an average of 22 basis points in the five years before the global credit ... rate, or Libor, for three- month loans fell to 2.51 percent today, from 4.82 percent on Oct. 10 [more...]
Date: 2008-11-06 02:26:00
Wanna Get Away? Get Banks OK in UK
If you "wanna get away" and you live in the UK, make sure your bank nose..otherwise you'll have "slim pickin's" when it comes to payment options.. ... , when they go away, according to a recent report in the newspaper The Times.This is in the aim of combating credit card fraud, where several holiday goers found their debit or credit cards frozen [more...]
Date: 2009-01-13 17:36:00
Prevention Measures and Instructions for Identity Theft
by Landon McGehee The theft of names, addresses, social security numbers (SSN), bank account information, credit card numbers and other personal information, commonly known ... Bureau of Investigation. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) estimates 10 million Americans [more...]
Date: 2008-07-19 21:12:00
Prevention Measures and Instructions for Identity Theft
by Landon McGehee The theft of names, addresses, social security numbers (SSN), bank account information, credit card numbers and other personal information, commonly known ... Bureau of Investigation. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) estimates 10 million Americans [more...]
Date: 2008-07-19 20:56:04
Prevention Measures and Instructions for Identity Theft
by Landon McGehee The theft of names, addresses, social security numbers (SSN), bank account information, credit card numbers and other personal information, commonly known ... Bureau of Investigation. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) estimates 10 million Americans [more...]
Date: 2008-07-19 21:09:33
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