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Sound Advice For First Time Credit Card Users

If you are just entering the world of credit cards, there is important information you will need to know in order to manage your credit and your finances effectively. Establishing good habits and a good credit history now is the foundation [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 18:30:14

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Debt Consolidation Loans For Bad Credit Dont Get Stung

It isn’t uncommon these days for consumers to be facing problems meeting their monthly payment obligations on loans and credit cards ... and have seen their good credit ratings suffer because of it. At this point they may be looking for a way ... things in mind to protect yourself from becoming a victim: Be Confident Your credit score may [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 03:04:51

All the time, I get requests from readers asking me for recommendations of financial products ... account? What credit card should I get? Where should I get my insurance from? What kind of software ... in the world. I’ve never held a credit card with a lot of banks. I’ve only had accounts with a few [more...]

Date: 2008-09-09 20:00:17

Bureaus Roll Out New Credit Score Formula for 2009

The three credit bureaus will begin using a new formula to calculate credit scores in 2009 - just as folks were starting to get the hang of what ... as to how much of your available credit you’re using. According to Yahoo! Finance columnist Liz Pulliam Weston, “if your credit card issuer slashes your credit limit — which is increasingly likely [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 21:48:19

Bombshell: Obama Neck Deep in Breaking Campaign Finance Scandal

This is a bona fide bombshell. Obama loves to say that 90% (or whatever the phony made-up figure is) of his donors contributed less than $200? ... Will were credited back to a credit card. But the most recent report, filed on Sept. 20, showed a net ... is named Good Will. Mr. Will is from Texas. And we are just getting warmed up. From Newsmax. Read [more...]

Date: 2008-10-01 20:34:24

Weekly Carnivals and Roundup

This week I participated in multiple carnivals. Also next Monday I’ll be hosting the carnival of Twenty-Something Finances ... this week MoneyNing asks does credit card spending limit affect your credit score? I have heard ... . Please submit a post here, and come back on Monday to check it out. Also please leave a comment [more...]

Date: 2008-11-14 17:00:48

When you should use a credit repair agency.

Credit has become a very important part of peoples live in todays age. If you have bad credit you are familiar with having closed doors to loans, bank cards, credit cards, car financing and mortgages. Now all is not lost and you have the option to start fixing your credit. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 18:23:10

When you should use a credit repair agency.

Date: 2009-09-29 18:23:10

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Showing off your elegant neckline is an excellent way to draw attention to your well-formed upper body, and to bring a natural glow to your face. Oftenitmes we forget dreams as soon as we wake up. Small business credit cards are unsecured ... copy of my credit report? Yes. - Avoid shaving as much as possible; while shaving takes care to avoid [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 00:34:22

My Brief Bitch Session

My Brief Bitch Session July 7th, 2008 by Evil Beet Okay, so I have to tell you guys this story ... and bodies, and the lotions are awesome, and it’s all good. Today, I check my credit card bill online ... THE TAN. I mean, in fairness, I guess I did sign the credit card receipt without looking too carefully [more...]

Date: 2008-07-08 05:26:52

Truth About Merchant Accounts !!!!

Truth About Merchant Accounts !!!! January 16th, 2009 If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! ... to set-up credit card processing for their business, they overlook the fact that they are entering ... , merchants are “TMF’d” which means they lose their privilege to accept credit cards in the future [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 20:15:16

REVIEW: Blame it on Paris by Jennifer Greene

Dear Ms Greene, Poor Paris, it always gets the blame for everything. And this time it’s at fault for bringing Kel and Will together ... , credit cards, letters from her dead father who she’s come to Paris to learn ... her a wry grin. “You can take it to the bank—from replacing credit cards to getting money wired [more...]

Date: 2008-08-13 20:33:44

FlyingBird Money Manager Keeps Your Wallet In Order

As we use our phones to keep track of more and more aspects of our lives, ... ) don’t even bother to carry our checkbooks around anymore, thanks to debit cards and credit cards ... Software Store, but comes with a 15-day trial for free. The lite version is freeware, and has no cost [more...]

Date: 2008-11-02 22:09:35

The credit card sized tool

Keep this in your wallet and you will be the toast of party whenever there are any problems with machinery or just about anything, that needs to be fixed. All you have to do is whip out your tool and fix the problem. Features: Convenient credit card sized multi-function Pocket Survival Tool Made of high quality Stainless [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 16:04:56

Layaway Is Making A Comeback

The Wall Street Journal: Layaway, a payment practice that was made popular during the Great Depression but nearly became extinct due to the instant gratification of credit cards, is back in fashion thanks to the credit crunch. Only ... Warehouse Corp.; and Kmart, — report that demand for layaway is stronger than it has been in years [more...]

Date: 2008-10-28 14:07:56

What is PCI DSS Credit Card Compliance?

PCI DSS stands for Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard ... and just pay a fee per report. Some SSL certificate companies can scan your domain for free ... . This standard was developed back in 2004 by the main credit card companies like Visa and Master [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 01:00:23

Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News

New acronym on the block... The government unveiled its newest initiative, called TALF, or Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility. The $200B facility will support consumer finance, including student, auto and credit card loans ... $20B of credit protection from TARP funds. This is the first time the Fed and Treasury have stepped [more...]

Date: 2008-11-26 12:14:47

Miles Rewards

The husband told me few days ago that his miles awards to anywhere in the US or Asia has been doing nice. And we can prolly use that anytime ... for our vacation. www.megacredit.com So, I might get a new credit card that has a miles rewards cards. I have that before but I simply discontinued it due to a very high per annual fee. Now, that the [more...]

Date: 2008-10-29 03:03:40

Seriously, can I get a freaking break!??!?

I teared up yesterday when I got home as I was dealing with the garbage. And if you know me…I don’t tear up easily ... of rely on my credit cards. I spent about $100 at Toys R Us for the kids. But seriously, the rest ... , have to pay off my credit card, but that my life is good. I can focus on what is good in my life [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 19:04:29

Quickies: Paid Survey Links, Costco AmEx $10 Bonus, Free Credit Monitoring

Here are a few more tidbits that may be of interest: E-Rewards Signup Links E-Rewards is a paid survey site that is only open via invitation ... ). This includes free access to your credit score in addition to the report, as well as e-mail alerts ... plan automatically with the card. This card is one of the better gas rebate credit cards. 9 Months [more...]

Date: 2008-06-16 07:27:36

Happy New Year Facebook - your employees think you’re lying about advertising. And they may have a point

A gremlin inside Facebook - or more likely a disgruntled employee - briefly hacked Facebook in the last few hours ... and business, then why do I get shown ads for Credit Rating Reports, as I did today? On thing’ ... get you a 2:1″ and Bad credit? Get a credit card with 39.9% APR!’. Classy.” The thing is, social [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 11:59:10

Keep tabs on your health insurance claims

We’re all aware of the dangers of identity theft these days. Most people keep a close watch on their bank accounts, credit card statements, and credit reports to ensure they’re not being victimized. This week I had a scare that made me realize my credit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 13:00:26

Sunday Money Roundup - My Cluttered Life Edition.

Boxes, Boxes, Boxes for as far as the eye can see. Don’t you hate when you are packing to move and then you realize you need something that you ... her first credit card because she needs to build up her credit history and credit report. Wish ... in the Festival of Frugality #129 this week, hosted over at my friend Money Ning. My post “29 Free [more...]

Date: 2008-06-15 14:00:40

Banks Supposedly Will Cut Consumer Credit Card Lines by $931 Billion if Reforms Mandated

There is a rather amusing story at the Financial Times tonight, "Credit card reforms ‘to cost banks billions’". Let's look at the particulars ... that banks will lose $10 billion in interest annually, reduce credit lines by $931 billion, and put ... not get anyone well known for banking expertise to put its name on a self-serving report [more...]

Date: 2008-12-15 01:59:42

FREE iPod Shuffle or Nano - TD Banknorth Deal

#fullpost{display:inline;} ... , there are three choices for the credit card and all of them have no annual fees. This seems ... with them. And if we choose to get a credit card from them, they will upgrade the gift to an iPod Nano [more...]

Date: 2008-09-05 02:23:00

Use a Credit Card to Boost Retirement Savings

Mr. GoTo is not a fan of credit cards in general for two reasons ... in trouble. That being said, we do have one Visa credit card. We use it to earn travel vouchers [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 18:39:38

Who Wants To Win A Macbook Air?

My friend Shoemoney is holding a viral Twitter contest to give away two Flip Mino HD digital camcorders and maybe a Macbook Air ... Was Brought To You By Best Credit Card Offers Get up to $250 or even FREE round-trip plane tickets by signing up for hot credit card offers and bank deals! [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 21:38:46

Debt Management in Manchester

If you are finding it difficult to keep up with your repayments on debts like credit cards, catalogues or store cards, then we may be able to help you sort out debt management Manchester. Our helpful advice comes from long experience and is perfect to help relax your debt worries. Use our free call back service [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 02:20:09

Debt relief solutions are assisting thousands to get out of debt

Many consumers have been falling prey to the unscrupulous actions taken by the money grubbing credit card companies, ... negative slight against the debtor’s credit report. These practices are forcing consumers to look ... a negative on their credit report and giving the creditors the ability to raise the rate and basically [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 14:48:15

Has Deleveraging Even Begun? (Not For the Fainthearted)

It no doubt seems absurd to question the idea that deleveraging in underway ... . Leveraged buyout loans have been scarce to non-existent. Banks have cut home equity credit lines and credit card borrowing limits. Commercial and industrial loans have fallen. The private mortgage [more...]

Date: 2008-07-28 07:37:19

Beware of Credit Repair Scams

2009 may go down as the year when more Americans resolve to fix their credit than at any time in history – because high scores are now a requisite ... of finding errors is high. In fact, one in four credit reports contain errors. These include data entry ... on credit card debt, so want to feel very certain that you're going to pay them back before they [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 04:55:48

Let's Hope We Don't Have To Go Back To Trading Wampum For Roadkill

When I was a kid, fast food chains weren't as pervasive as they are now ... when I was a kid: no credit cards. Actually Diners Club started around the time I was born but even ... as I know. I was repulsed by the idea of credit cards the same way I was repulsed by the idea [more...]

Date: 2008-12-02 15:00:00

College Money Tip #5: Get Your (Free) Credit Score

Last week, I took you through all the ways and reasons to track down your free credit report, ... t tell you how… until now. Remember how credit reports are like annoying report cards that show ... recommending Credit Karma - and some of my friends, too. So I decided to finally sign up and see how good [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 15:41:32

This Week in Credit: Fees and Scores

adele_D_20090115144535.jpg Getty Images Credit card pop art The bad news: ... . Some good news: Free credit scores might be offered more widely. Keepers of the FICO score Fair ... and have not finalized our suite of products and features at this time. Credit-score watchers, keep us posted [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 17:57:45

Will carrying a credit card balance through month end hurt your credit score

As I vaguely mentioned in my $100,000 by Age 30 year end recap post my wife and I are starting to save for a house we want to build down the road ( ... and research. One thing that I want to start preparing for is upping my credit score to get it as high as possible to make sure that I would qualify for the best rates. My credit score is not bad [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 06:00:12

Los Angeles Mortgage Rates Report: January 14, 2009

The US Treasury Department has been supporting the mortgage bonds market, in order to keep mortgage rates under 5% ... , their funding line gets filled up. Imagine a funding line (sometimes called a warehouse line of credit) like a big credit card, Normally, a big bank needs, say $100 Billion for its line. The unexpected [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 06:35:15

Bank of America: Bailout hides huge bank subsidy deep in press release text

Marshall Auerback here. I wanted to add a few thoughts to the discussion about recent events in U.S. banking ... over governments 94.5% fro 10 years) and you can go and make credit card loans at 16% and make a 1200 bp profit margin. Then JPM just puts up the credit card loans as collateral as per the new [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 15:45:18

FSA fines Egg over PPI

The UK’s finance regulator, the Financial Services Authority, ... had been added to credit card accounts even though the consumer had stated that they did not want it. Staff ... and 2007. The PPI sales were made alongside Egg credit cards, and employees of the firm would contact [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 07:00:52

Painful eyes

A lot of emails come my way every 24 hours. Some stand out. Like this one. Not just that she’s a realtor who likes me ( ... citizens have become. Not just because she now laments the influence of cheap credit and easy money ... to holding mortgage and credit card debt to the tune of 75 Billion, they say well that’s normal that’ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 03:17:13

Answering The ‘Paper Vs. Plastic’ Debate Definitively

MASTERCARD, VISA VICTIMS OF SLACK CONSUMER SPENDING Shares of Visa (V) ... , while its credit-card purchase volume sank 17% in the fourth quarter, a steep acceleration over the levels records in the previous quarter. The results out of Citigroup (C) showed that credit-card [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 18:13:39

Crafty Creditors Are Making Changes

This is a guest post from Tisha Tolar is a freelance writer providing content for CreditCardAssist ... .com, where she regularly writes about credit cards, rewards programs and general consumer finance issues. ****** credti-card-offer-mail-letters As the economy remains rocky and the credit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 13:10:23

September's Best of FIRE Finance - 2008

... from Wells FargoBest Gas Credit Cards (Popular)myFiCO Credit Score Watch - 30 Days FREE Trial Promotion$100 ... 2008. Check out the Top 100 Personal Finance Blogs - Ranked By Traffic. PF Articles Popular [more...]

Date: 2008-10-06 16:23:53

FTC vs Kevin Trudeau

In my opinion, Kevin Trudeau is one of the most notorious snake-oil pushers of our generation. After spending time in prison for bad checks and credit card fraud, he would have us believe that he somehow hit upon “cures they don’t want you do know about.” Isn’t it interesting that convicted con-artists always seems to hit upon such well-guarded secrets. Dennis Lee claims to have found the secret of limitless energy, if only he were not attacked by Big Oil and a corrupt government. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-15 12:00:32

Plastic on plastic

Look! This is my plastic face on a plastic card. I’m Alliance Bank’s new face! …not. Because everyone can have their faces printed across their very own credit card!! Alliance’s latest You:nique picture card allows you to do just that. So exciting! You know how people always [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 04:27:52

French to Give Up Luxury Industry

*Sorry mon freres, but the SIGNS of modesty are much more important than actual modesty. http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/01/15/style/15paris.php ( ... off material possessions. Most French use debit cards, not credit cards, which means they tend [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 08:40:17

Take stock of your debt and get the right advice

With the New Year coming around many people are getting their New Year’s resolutions sorted out, ... has been a particularly difficult one for most households, with factors such as the global credit crunch ... have a number of high interest credit cards with high balances on them particularly after [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 07:00:17

Credit Karma, Career Advice and A Huge Island of Trash @ The Roundup

What Happened This Week? The Alpha Consumer blog announced a challenge asking bloggers to describe their best ideas for a cheap but effective (!) ... to my post on free credit scores by telling us all about Credit Karma! Money Smart Life: Henry confesses to being a credit card expert with a secret. Gen X Finance reminds us that market conditions [more...]

Date: 2008-07-21 00:49:15

Get Out of FreeCreditReport.com’s “Triple Advantage”

FreeCreditReport.com is the heavily advertised company that offers “free” credit reports ( ... reminder to check your bank and credit card statements at least once a month so charges like this don ... in mind that the place to get truly free credit reports, three times per year (once from each bureau [more...]

Date: 2008-07-25 18:29:44

Conducting Pre-employment Background Checks

With the infinite amounts of information being passed on the Internet today, ... records, credit records and many more. Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), some background check ... credit card frauds are happening in the information superhighway at an alarming rate. Though a lot [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 18:24:08

Amazing Way To Save Money

Hi.I´ve been thinking about my financial goals for 2009 ... me for the past days. I just couldn´t stop reading. The blog is "Jane4girls $800 Annual Budget" and it´s a ... cards and a credit card that returns me 2% of what I spend. I realized I haven´t used all resou [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 02:08:00

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