Time to reform the Consumer Credit Act?

Iain Dale has posted about a report that has been released by Grant Shapps called "Payday for Loan Sharks" ... the Consumer Credit Act laws has grown at a massive pace. The only way to resolve these sort of issues ... which details home credit company charging interest rates from 100% APR to 10,000% APR. I think [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 09:48:38

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Outstanding Outcomes With Credit Repair

Very few people elude fiscal difficulties completely and most people are subjected to bad credit at some time or another. These tribulations are becoming even more widespread in the recent fiscal disaster. But you can take steps to repair your credit. You have a right to repair your derogatory credit. The Fair Credit Reporting Act is a Federal law that was enacted back in the 1970’s to guard consumers. Up to 79% of all credit reports contain wrong, false or erroneous credit. [more...]

Date: 2009-08-31 09:47:21

FTC Approves Federal Register Notice Announcing Increase in the Ceiling on Allowable Charges Required By Section 612(f) of the Fair Credit Reporting Act

My comment: As we all know it's important to give near bankrupt companies who completely screwed up their business billions of dollars and find ways ... for an additional free disclosure. Under federal law, consumers are entitled to a free copy of their credit report ... an application for credit, insurance, or employment) and consumers request their rep [more...]

Date: 2008-12-15 20:41:14

4 Free Reports With Your Personal Insurance, Employment, and Tenant History

Most of us know about the free credit reports from AnnualCreditReport.com. This is mandated by the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions (FACT) Act, which basically says that consumers should be able to see (and dispute) the massive amount of information contained in private corporate databases. But in addition to credit information [more...]

Date: 2008-06-04 11:08:42

Identity Theft - Are you protected?

I work in the computer services industry ... . In discussing the report, Lydia B. Parnes, the Director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection ... by the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACT Act) and see how safe it makes you feel [more...]

Date: 2008-06-23 22:28:00

The road ahead for the U.S. economy

This was just put out by the Treasury department and is definitely worth a read as it gives an excellent overview of how the economy got into crisis ... system. Before we acted, we were at a tipping point. Credit markets were largely frozen, denying financial institutions, businesses and consumers access to vital funding and credit. U.S. and European [more...]

Date: 2008-11-12 19:11:02

Credit Card Laws and Court Rulings–Have They Helped Consumers?

This is a guest post by Bill Hardekopf, CEO of LowCards.com . Congress passed the Credit CARD Act in May but gave issuers and banks almost one year to implement the major provisions of the bill. Since then, issuers did exactly what they threatened to do–raise rates and fees on a broad group of cardholders. Consumers and elected officials are not happy about this, and members of Congress plan to introduce a bill to accelerate the effective date of the bill from February 22, 2010 to December 1, 2009. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-25 19:18:38

Free Credit Reports and How to Use Them

... when consumers who were responding to an ad for a free credit report found themselves enrolled in a monthly service.  The FTC stepped in and amended the Fair Credit Reporting Act to require each [more...]

Date: 2008-10-08 08:05:49

In The News Today

"During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act" – Orwell Dear CIGAs, I am Outraged. This is simply too much ... to be funded under the programme are pools of credit card receivables, automobile loans and student loans ... for the first time under a landmark $200bn programme intended to support consumer credit. The [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 17:17:41

Bernanke Acts While Paulson Dithers

Today, in yet another transformation of the ever-changing Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP) ... to creditworthy consumers,” by extending relief to holders of “auto loans, student loans, credit card loans ... to a plan being implemented by the New York Fed that is aimed at easing the current credit crunch. The NY [more...]

Date: 2008-11-25 19:26:04

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