Credit Karma Uses Ad Model to Provide Free Credit Information

According to the 2007 Online Banking Report, approximately one in three US adult consumers monitors or checks their credit score in some form or ... the score is usually only free if you enroll in a credit monitoring service. In this margin-rich industry ... . FreeCreditReport.com and TrueCredit.com, the consumer direct sites of Experian and TransUnion [more...]

Date: 2008-11-25 19:39:56

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Free credit monitoring services

Today is the deadline to sign up for nine months of free credit monitoring by registering to participate in a class-action settlement with ... for marketing uses, a practice the Chicago credit bureau says did not violate the law and was discontinued in 2001. More details from the article: Consumers who had an open line of credit or a credit [more...]

Date: 2008-09-24 21:37:49

Mint monitors our credit-crunched spending

Mint.com balance service As consumers watch what they spend more closely in these credit-squeezed times, services such as Mint ... automatically categorises users’ bank and credit card transactions, give it some fascinating ... on credit card balances - one institution topping the table with its members having an average balance [more...]

Date: 2008-11-19 23:50:18

Consumer 101: Get Your Free Credit Report From "Annual Credit Report.com" [Annual Credit Report]

You've probably seen those commercials featuring a friendly looking jackass and his factually inaccurate songs about what can happen to you if you don't check your credit report. It's true, checking your credit report is a good idea ... been fooled by other sites. They want to sell you a trial subscription to some credit monitoring service [more...]

Date: 2008-09-25 17:07:30

The End Of More

Image via Wikipedia Remember planned obsolescence? Now it’s more like planned obsoleteness. In an era of easy credit, consumer want can fan the flames of economic growth, like it did ... iPhone killer.” Now, with credit as tight as it’s ever been, writing about a flat panel monitor [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 01:56:28

How You Can Stop Identity Theft

The FTC recently released a list of top consumer fraud complaints received in 2007 and not surprisingly, identity theft topped the list for the eighth year in a row at 32% of the overall complaints. Consumers reported over $1.2 billion in losses last year, even though there are many ways to fight identity theft . While we can’t be expected to live an exceedingly paranoid existence, we can be smart by monitoring our free Experian credit report. [more...]

Date: 2009-06-18 19:02:05

Bank Failures in the Hundreds a Possibilty in 2009

Eatin’ my lunch, reading up on my economic news, and this caused me to spray yogurt on my monitor: But banks will fail, ... , some are still burdened by huge losses suffered in the collapse of the subprime mortgage market as well as credit issues fed by consumer weakness during the recession. That little gem comes courtesy [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 17:47:26

Comcast’s Twitter man adds a face to Anywhere customer service

Say what you will about Comcast, I have to give them credit for innovation in resolving Anywhere consumer problems with Comcast services ... out, we already had a service appointment scheduled, but knowing that Comcast was monitoring ... the issues raised on Twitter. That’s just great customer service, a smart differentiator for Comcast [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 15:12:49

Around the World, Consumers and Businesses Turn to VeriSign® for Online Identity Protection

/India PRwire/ - As consumers wrestle with Internet security concerns in the face of recent high-profile account break-ins, ... credit-card-format tokens from InCard Technologies (NASDAQ: INVC).American Bankers Association ... Certificate, fraud detection services to monitor anomalies on the back end, and consumer education [more...]

Date: 2008-10-30 09:21:11

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