What is my fico score?

The following post in our Reader Question series is an actual user submitted question ... of Equifax’s credit monitoring service. You get your Equifax FICO score as well as all three bureaus’ credit reports plus 3-bureau credit monitoring and some other goodies. It’s a great service so you may [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 18:46:28

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BBB Consumer Alert About Credit Service

Hawaii's Better Business Bureau® issued an alert today warning consumers to be aware of companies taking advantage of the credit crunch by promising bogus credit repair services that can be costly and in some cases illegal. With lenders becoming increasingly... [more...]

Date: 2008-10-31 09:59:09

An Example of What the Credit Bureaus Try to Sell You

experian1 I mentioned yesterday that you can set up a quasi-credit monitoring service for yourself ( ... annual report without a credit score attached to it. This is the link you want. The second image ... ) and the offer is to give you your Experian Credit Score for “only” $5.95″!”. As I said yesterday [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 13:00:15

freecreditreport.com scam exposed AGAIN

I've often written about the freecreditreport.com scam. The website is run by the credit bureau Experian. Over at Smartmoney ... being locked into the $14.95/month credit report monitoring service that the company sells is down ... to the government-mandated annualcreditreport.com site where you can get an actual free credit report required [more...]

Date: 2008-12-07 12:49:45

Govt mulls incentives to boost car sales

China plans to stimulate sales of new cars by offering incentives for people to scrap their old cars, ... industry. Other planned measures include car purchase tax cuts and improved credit services for car ... , according to the statistics bureau. Premier Wen Jiabao said “the auto industry’s current difficulties [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 12:09:38

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

Credit clean-up

"I really enjoyed reading your article about credit repair companies offering false hopes and essentially scams to consumers," ... of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection said, "Companies that promise they are able to scrub your credit ... try the Consumer Credit Counseling Service in Cedar Knolls. It is part of the non-profit National [more...]

Date: 2008-10-27 19:40:13

Heck Mulls Jump into CD 3 Race

Nevada News Bureau An Independent News Service The following newswire report is offered free of charge to newspapers and online blogs provided it is printed intact and credit is given to the Nevada News Bureau. For editing requests or additional information, please contact NNB editor Elizabeth Crum at (702) 324-3176. Or via email at: e@citizenoutreach.com September 28, 2009 4:53 pm Nevada News Bureau Staff HECK MULLS JUMP INTO CD 3 RACE Republican gubernatorial candidate Dr. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 15:36:53

CIBIL frequently asked questions (FAQ) and answers

Sep 15, 2009General Info Q.1 What is CIBIL?CIBIL – India’s first credit information bureau- is a repository of information, which contains the credit history of commercial and consumer borrowers. CIBIL provides this information to its Members in the form of credit information reports.Q.2 Who owns CIBIL?CIBIL’s equity was held by State Bank of India, Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited, Dun & Bradstreet Information Services India Private Limited and Trans Union International Inc. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-15 02:03:33

ChexSystems: Who They Are and How it Affects You

ChexSystems is a company that maintains a subscriber membership service used in the banking industry ... to the same laws as the Credit Bureaus that we are all familiar with: Experian, Equifax, and Trans Union ... . The members consist mainly of Banks, and Credit Unions, but can include other types of Financial [more...]

Date: 2008-12-27 09:00:35

Lithuanuan firm engaged witchcraft in debt collection

In these difficult times for creditors, a Lithuanian debt collector is offering an unconventional service to retrieve arrears: witchcraft ... -styled witch, to hunt down companies and individuals who are failing to pay their debts amid the credit ... collecting bureau. “Our new employee will help them to understand the situation, reconsider what is right [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 17:02:00

Lithuanian Collection Agency Hires Witch to Hunt Debtors

In these difficult times for creditors, a Lithuanian debt collector is offering an unconventional service to retrieve arrears: witchcraft ... witch, to hunt down companies and individuals who are failing to pay their debts amid the credit ... bureau."Our new employee will help them to understand the situation, reconsider what is right [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 18:21:00

New bus tour of downtown L.A. debuts today

Tourists will get a boost in downtown Los Angeles with a “new hop-on, hop-off” bus service that started this morning ... Angeles Convention and Visitors Bureau. -- Bob Poole Photo credit: Anacleto Rapping / Los Angeles [more...]

Date: 2008-09-24 20:33:18

Lithuanian firm hires witch to hunt debt dodgers

In these difficult times for creditors, a Lithuanian debt collector is offering an unconventional service to retrieve arrears: witchcraft ... witch, to hunt down companies and individuals who are failing to pay their debts amid the credit ... collecting bureau."Our new employee will help them to understand the situation, reconsider what is right [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 10:06:00

Free Credit Reports Now Available From the FTC

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has set up a new website (www.AnnualCreditReport.com) ... ) or by mail by writing to: Annual Credit Report Request Service, P.O. Box 105281, Atlanta, GA 30348-5281 ... report bureaus (Equifax, TransUnion and Experian). The FTC site was set up as part of the Fair [more...]

Date: 2008-11-04 19:30:27

Debt Relief Services

We’ve spent a bit of time here talking about various ways to prepare your finances, in both good times and bad ... of this payoff, the creditor will report to the various credit bureaus that the debt has been paid ... , including a great FAQ on credit card debt consolidation and other debt consolidation programs [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 03:59:06

A Conservationist for the Interior Dept.

A Conservationist for the Interior Dept. By Kate Galbraith Senator Ken Salazar (Photo credit: Jack Dempsey/Associated Press) ... oversees agencies from the National Park Service to the Bureau of Indian Affairs. [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 14:12:46

LifeLock Review

LifeLock is the company that has a picture of their CEO, Todd Davis, ... service guarantee, everything else is free to the public. You May Not Need It If you are diligent ... . They will remember to put fraud alerts on your credit history at the three bureaus every 90 days [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 12:19:44

Hong Kong Finance chief given report on minibonds saga

Joyce Man, South China Morning Post 01 Jan 2009 The banking and securities regulators handed a report on the minibonds saga to the financial ... , but consist of high-risk credit-linked derivatives. They are marketed as proxy investments in well-known ... products, a spokesman for the Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau said. He said [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 20:02:26

[IWS] Mercer: CANADIAN PENSION PLANS PUMMELLED IN 2008 [8 January 2009]

IWS Documented News Service_______________________________Institute for Workplace Studies-----------------Professor Samuel B ... , NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau ... plan funded status over the year, despite the investment losses.  As credit spreads have widened [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 13:50:00

China Yeepay (Ease Pay) suffers large-scale hacker attack

Yeepay (Easy Pay), the leading e-payment service in China, confirmed that starting at 4:20 pm on January 14th, ... the site. The attack was reported to the Beijing Public Security Bureau and a suspect is currently ... . The challenge is that many of them don’t have traditional bank accounts or credit cards, so monetizing [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 02:46:25

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