Debt consolidation is done here

There may be many reasons for one to consolidate his debts and is quite normal now a days ... of unsecured debt is credit card debt and is found all over the country. Today, increased numbers of people are in debt and Debt Consolidation loans are one of the increasingly popular ways that consumers [more...]

Date: 2008-11-25 11:13:08

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Debt Consoldiation: The Benefits of Consolidating Debt

Amazon.de Widgets Debt Consoldiation: The Benefits of Consolidating DebtBy: Daniel Millions - Debt is a big problem for millions of Americans and other citizens around the world. Debtors who are in exceptionally deep often die with bills unpaid, and the debt is passed on to their relatives. When credit first became available, it was nearly impossible for the average consumer to acquire a credit card. Nowadays, companies want people who have trouble paying their bills, because that means they wi [more...]

Date: 2009-06-28 20:02:50

Dems: New Credit Card Regs Are No Substitute for Legislation

After months of proposals, arguments, hearings and public comments, ... sooner to protect American consumers by giving credit card protections the permanence and force of law ... card practices that mire families in debt. Legislation is needed to stop abuses such as charging [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 21:12:36

What Are The Major Benefits Of A Credit Card Debt Settlement Program?

45th Street, Manhattan, New York City Image via Wikipedia Debt Settlement is becoming one of the best systems for consumers to reach debt ... settlement as a means to get out of debt is due to the hard economic predicament we are currently going ... debt is something that can seriously weigh down on Americans monthly finances, and debt settlement [more...]

Date: 2008-11-11 19:51:57

== The Debt Elimination Industry is BOOMING! ==

Credit Card debt is at an all time high, in fact it’s up to 2.8 Trillion Dollars. This means Millions of Consumers are in debt & need help! ... from harassing collectors. A service like this could be priceless. Click Here&gt [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 03:52:10

Obama Would Like All People Out of Credit-Card Debt – Legally Erase 50-60% of Your Past Due Debts

Are you plagued by your financial troubles? If so, how would you like to have your debt legally erased? You can! Little-known tactics along with consumer protection laws have enabled many Americans, just like you, to erase past due balances. The end result is a decrease in stress and an elimination of those past due balance letters from creditors.Last 5 posts by In the News - Sears Remodels US Army Veteran's Home - September 24th, 2009Don't Miss This Great VA Loan Benefit - No Penalty For Prepayment [more...]

Date: 2009-09-25 06:01:12

Debt Management Tips

Debt Management Tips September 24th, 2008 Subscribe To Our Feed Personal loans can offer individuals a way to have the funds for an array of ... with personal loans is debt consolidation. Within a year most people who use personal loans for this find ... of your credit cards that you place into a consumer debt manage [more...]

Date: 2008-09-24 04:09:25

Do NOT Shred it and Forget it!

Public relations people often pitch products to bloggers like me. Most PR pitches tout harmless products, which I ignore. Until now. Today a PR company sent me a ridiculous and financially harmful message. These PR people want you to shred your unpaid credit card statements to ignore creditors, to hide consumer debt [more...]

Date: 2008-12-13 08:05:49

Back to the future with layaway plans

Once upon a time, ... up credit-card debt. We applaud that. And last year, 3.2 million Kmart customers bought merchandise ... and then spread the balance over several months. When consumer credit became more readily available [more...]

Date: 2008-10-26 02:41:16

Taking the Mystery Out of Credit Card “Minimum Payment” Requirements

If you are one of the savvy consumers who pays off their credit card balances in full each month, ... will increase as the economy continues to suffer from layoffs, financial losses, company consolidations ... result being that those who only make minimum payments will simply see their debt continue to grow [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 14:04:51

Keeping Up with the Joneses...Reader's Submission

“Keeping up with the Joneses?” By: Nicole Little Some may say that the quote, “Keeping up with the Joneses" ... -workers and or associates. Well, I guess now we all are paying for Mrs. Brown trying to be Mrs. Jones ... ' average credit card debt in 2007 was $8400 per household. By the end of 2007, consumer debt in America [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 12:54:03

What are my Credit Rights?

Knowing your credit rights as a credit card holder will be your guide and protection against unlawful practices that may be committed by creditors and debt collectors. The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) has made distinct stipulations ... details or inaccurate information on your credit report. Notify a Consumer Reporting Agency [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 06:55:21

Debt Consolidation Companies

Debt Consolidation Companies Posted in January 2nd, 2009 Category: ... as a result of the critical financial conditions consumers find themselves in from heavy credit card debt and other unsecured loans. With approximately 80% of Americans in debt up to $10,000 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 10:11:36

Goal Setting: Getting Out of Debt Once and For All

By Nora Dunn It is easy enough to say that you have a goal of being debt free in “x” months or years ... out her credit card and dig an even deeper hole of debt in the name of “treating” herself ... are? A friend of mine has gads and gads of consumer debt – the worst kind, with high interest rates [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 21:11:59

Stores With Layaway Option Seeing Increased Interest

I know it is en vogue to bring back things from the past, but this is a trend I thought had gone forever:  layaway.  With tightening credit policies, and maxed out consumer debt, it seems layaway is making a comeback.  Personally, I am not a big fan of layaway, ranking it somewhere between using a credit card [more...]

Date: 2008-12-15 19:00:32

MortgageNewsClips: On Risk Models, Dow Chart, Credit Cards and Colleges, OC Prices Off, Russian Socialism, David Merkel, Cram Downs, Buying Bonds, Bank Spreadsheet, Fannie and Indy, Mark Perry, Protect Me, 4 more, Ira 3-Fer

       Risk Modeling Section - models don’t always work! - 2 important articles: 1 ... Trap Unspoken Link Between Credit Cards and Colleges - JONATHAN D. GLATER - … Hundreds of colleges ... consumer debt —  the arrangements have sounded alarm bells, and some student groups are starting to push [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 00:15:07

Best Web Sites to Learn About Consumer Law Issues -- Our Chicago Consumer Attorneys Can Assist You in Your Lemon Law, Predatory Lending, Auto and RV Fraud, Unfair Debt Collection, Unfair Wage Practices Claims and Other Consumer Rights Lawsuits

[ consumer%20protection%20m-Chicago%20Consumer%20Protection%20Attorneys%20--%20Chicago%20Consumer%20Protection%20Lawyers%20--%20Chicago%20Class%20Act ... more trouble Managing credit card debt Stopping eviction, lockouts and utility shut-offs ... consolidation options How to find effective credit counseling agencies Alternatives to filing bankrupt [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 18:28:31

In major settlement, St. Louis Park company agrees to stop handling consumer arbitration disputes

Less than a week after being sued by the Minnesota attorney general’s office, the nation’s largest arbitrator of credit card and consumer collections has agreed to stop performing such work, state Attorney General Lori Swanson announced today. The National Arbitration Forum, based in St. Louis Park, allegedly deceived consumers into thinking it was a neutral arbitrator in debt collection, the lawsuit said. [more...]

Date: 2009-07-19 21:01:22

They cancelled my credit card

I just saw this article called “My credit card was cancelled” on the money section of CNN.com ... closing all the others. We also occasionally purchase something on them and quickly pay it off ... . We have been working the last three years to pay off over $30,000 of consumer debts. I love the feeling [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 16:05:52

Love in the Time of Economic Recession

“C’mon, Love, think about it,” he says in that adorable and sometimes impossible-to-comprehend British accent of his, “You can move in with me! ... , and the dwindling contents of my checking account (and slowly rising credit card debt) made the idea of rent ... to be taken seriously (the four vodka cocktails I’d consumed that night didn’t help, either [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 14:35:30

Military Debt Consolidation

Debt has become a way of life especially after major holidays where consumers rack up credit card debt. While many people have heard of credit counse 2 Vote(s) [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 12:49:13

Debt Settlements – Learn Why Consumers Refer to Debt Settlements As Free Money

Technically speaking, there can be no such thing as free money. Every dollar has to be earned. Unless you are the son or daughter of a multi-billionaire, you have no option but to earn money to survive. However, the post recessionary phase in the economy has seen a lot of money in the form of debt settlements. What is most surprising is that providers offering free money are none other than credit card issuers and unsecured loan providers. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-20 06:02:42

Debt relief Deals “attack on the confidence of consumers”

How’d you to your monthly credit card payments and loans - guaranteed? ... said Carol creditors can lower their interest rates. Carol, who can pay their credit card, mortgages ... rate or reduce the amount you are liable. But beware! Some of these programs are debt relief Scams [more...]

Date: 2008-07-18 10:38:03

Mortgage and Credit Card Companies Under the Spotlight on Consumer Charging

For the first time since May 1996 reports have indicated that wage increases have risen faster than house price inflation ... that consumers are struggling with debt. Ed Stansfield of Capital Economics, said, “Today’s figures show that for a small but growing minority of borrowers levels of debt have become a problem, despite [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 23:35:31

Best Web Sites to Learn About Consumer Law Issues -- Our Chicago Consumer Attorneys Can Assist You in Your Lemon Law, Predatory Lending, Auto and RV Fraud, Unfair Debt Collection, Unfair Wage Practices Claims and Other Consumer Rights Lawsuits

[ consumer%20protection%20m-Chicago%20Consumer%20Protection%20Attorneys%20--%20Chicago%20Consumer%20Protection%20Lawyers%20--%20Chicago%20Class%20Act ... get them into even more trouble Managing credit card debt Stopping eviction, lockouts and utility ... while you get back on your feet. When you cannot ignore a particular debt without serious [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 22:18:05

Branded Credit Card Searches Increase

With holiday shopping behind us and the economy in recession, I wondered if we'd see any change in Internet searches for credit cards ... debt? The latest data I could find were from November and indicate that consumers are becoming [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 18:38:47

An argument for consumer debt forgiveness

Not a good one, but an argument nonetheless:  A better sollution is to figure out a way to get people out of debt, perhaps make it easier and less stigmatizing to go bancrupt on credit cards, or start forgiving ... the extra debt. So who takes the loss, the banks or other creditors?  [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 18:25:42

Rebuild your nest egg - 17 moves to secure your future now

Consumer Reports - January 2009 When bad investments happen to good people, there's only one thing to do short of weeping: Turn to Plan B ... and household goods. About 20 percent have paid off most or all of their credit-card debt ... and making choices we'd hoped to avoid. We might have to work harder to slash debt, cut spending [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 22:42:30

Thursday morning links

TOP STORIES GDP falls 0.3% in third quarter on dive in spending - MarketWatch World markets cheer Fed rate cut - AP Bernanke makes it official ... as U.S. dollar falls - Canadian Press Credit card borrowing reaches record levels as consumers turn to plastic ... . We are Japan. - MarketWatch Greenspan Slept as Off-Balance-Sheet Toxic Debt Evaded Scrutiny [more...]

Date: 2008-10-30 12:42:00

Britain Binged On Debt

by Abbi Rouse In the past few years, Britains economy has become bloated as consumers have been bingeing on debt and failing to work off the excess, ... for gross domestic product (GDP) growth. The tendency to rely on cheap credit cards and cheap loans ... to become corpulent with debt, as the public structural budget deficit has become the fourth highest [more...]

Date: 2008-12-25 20:53:28

Obama Want You Out of Credit Card Debt – Legally Erase 50-66% of Your Debts Now!

How would it feel to have your debt legally erased? There are little-known tactics and consumer protection laws that have enabled many Americans to erase their past due balances without having to worry about another demand letter from their creditors. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-20 06:02:31

Transfer Your Balance to Avoid Interest

Consumers will spend around £11bn on plastic leading up to Christmas and the New Year, reported by the Association for Payment Clearing Services ... one credit card,another solution to save on interest would be to make use of a debt consolidation ... this you can switch your debt| by switching your debt on to the new card as soon as the festive season is [more...]

Date: 2008-11-13 22:08:22

Advanta Business Credit Cards: A Closer Look

The credit card wars continue to heat up and that spells “good news” for consumers ... , has thrown the gauntlet down and is now offering a low APR on balances until the debt is paid off. Let [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 23:33:16

The Nightowl Newswrap

It's mid-December - you know what that means... It's time to nominate your favorite small-market blog(s) for a Monkeyfister award! ... progressive... Consumers need help with debt: The Federal Reserve on Thursday will vote on sweeping reform of the credit card industry that would ban practices such as retroactively increasing interest [more...]

Date: 2008-12-14 17:02:06

Fed Announces $800 Billion in Homeowner, Consumer and Small Business Aid

The U.S. Federal Reserve and Treasury Department announced yesterday (Tuesday) ... often taken for students, car owners, credit card ... in direct debt issued by those firms. Beginning next week, the Fed’s primary lenders will auction [more...]

Date: 2008-11-26 15:26:47

Consolidate credit card debt with debt consolidation - Loan Modification not the answer

Amazon.de Widgets Consolidate credit card debt with debt consolidationThe move by the FTC comes as federal and state officials plan to expand a crackdown on mortgage-related scams to other schemes that prey on debt-ridden consumers.. Try Credit card debt consolidationCan’t Pay Your Bills? You’re not alone. Today, millions of Americans are having difficulty paying their debts. Most of those in financial distress are middle-income families with jobs who want to pay off what they owe. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-23 18:54:41

A Plate Of Slim Pickin's For Investors

Adviser SoapboxCurtis Hesler, Professional Timing Service01.12 ... forward. Consumer loans will be all but impossible to attain, and this includes credit card debt [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 02:23:00

Consumer civilization collapses. Now it's all up to MAKE magazine!

http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2008/12/remake_the_world.html? ... was that the credit-card-driven, debt-ridden, pay-later economy wasn't sustainable. Not economically [more...]

Date: 2008-12-13 11:54:01

Credit card companies greedy plans have thrown them into the ringer

It is astounding how ugly the situation is getting in the American economy.  It appears like every week there is a fresh scam or another huge financial institution or bank needing capital.  This is making most consumers very frightened and has almost made every market seize up.  Unfortunately I don’t feel we have yet to endure the worse of what may happen.  There is another timebomb waiting to explode that has yet too really hit home and that is the unsecured debt crisis.  Each month more Americans [more...]

Date: 2009-09-24 14:47:25

Consumers' New Found Embrace of Savings Will Make for a Nasty Downturn

The blow to many Americans' net worth via diminished home values and shrunken retirement accounts has lead to a new found insecurity and ... by credit card companies, banks, and auto lenders getting more stringent and, where applicable, cutting ... are not particularly keen to extend credit to them. We have long warned that America's debt-fueled [more...]

Date: 2008-10-21 04:06:27

Top Debt Consolidation - Quick And Easy

It is more than likely that you are familiar with the negative aspects of credit cards debt. This would be a good example of unsecured consumer debt ... people probably know how credit card debt occurs, but for those who don’t it simply happens ... into credit cards debt, however that is not all it normally spirals out of control and people are stuck [more...]

Date: 2008-10-04 11:12:47

Getting Out Of Credit Card Debt

Now that the nation is fully aware of how much debt we are facing as a country and individuals the time has come for each person to address their own personal finance demons.  The one thing that commonly holds consumers back from achieving their financial goals is high interest credit card debt.  Statistics vary on how much debt each household is currently carrying but the sad truth is many people are living paycheck to paycheck just trying to make ends meet.  When credit card payments [more...]

Date: 2009-09-07 06:00:00

How to Get Out Of Debt

One of the most frustrating financial situations for a consumer is carrying unnecessary debt ... you purchased than their actual sticker price. Second, debt can hurt a consumer’s credit score, especially ... credit card debt, experience emotional stress that can make it difficult to enjoy other areas [more...]

Date: 2008-05-03 02:32:47

Credit card debt and a bad market are hurting US residents

Today here in the great country the United States of America we are sensing the full blown end product of what a economic slump can do ... in unsecured consumer credit card debt are also the ones who are going through the most problems. People ... about to get out of debt. These methods include the world renowned credit counseling, credit card debt settl [more...]

Date: 2008-11-05 00:02:15

Credit card debt and a bad market are hurting debtors

Recently here in the superpower country the United States of America we are sensing the full blown result of what a economic slump can do ... in unsecured credit card debt are also the ones who are going through the most hardships. People should ... . These methods include the world renowned consumer credit counseling (CCCS), credit card debt settlement [more...]

Date: 2008-12-14 16:07:23

Oh, so now the banks want to talk about credit card debt

Funny how impending doom can change their minds. This remains an industry that is just begging to be regulated ... with consumer advocates to urge the government to allow huge portions of credit card debt to be forgiven ... for consumers to erase their credit card debts in bankruptcy. The new pilot program — which the banks [more...]

Date: 2008-10-31 08:38:00

Debt Consolidation - How Obama is Making it Easier to Eliminate Credit Card Debt

Amazon.de Widgets Recent economic conditions and massive government spending have actually made it easier for consumers to eliminate credit card debt. The passage of the financial stimulus bills has given creditors much more flexibility when negotiating debt settlements. Not only do creditors have a lot of stimulus money to hedge their losses on debt settlements but they are also very worried about defaults on delinquent accounts. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-16 08:49:45

D. Other Publishers

A number of publications from non-Nolo publishers have a wealth of information beyond what is in this book. The Ultimate Credit Handbook, by Gerri Detweiler (Plume Books), covers everything you’d want to know about credit ratings, credit cards, completing credit applications, protecting your credit privacy and many other topics. Surviving Debt: A Guide for Consumers, by National Consumer Law Center. NCLC is a nonprofit organization that normally publishes books to assist lawyers. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-24 02:03:01

Treasury rejects credit card debt, only Wall Street debt matters

As much as I am against credit card debt, I'm fed up with the double standards of Paulson and Bush ... program that would allow as much as 40 percent of credit card debt to be forgiven for consumers ... . There are plenty of Americans who pushed debt onto credit cards because they were struggling [more...]

Date: 2008-11-14 01:05:01

Credit card crackdown coming soon!

The Fed is set to vote Thursday on a number of key protections for credit-card customers. Issue #1: America’s Money Crisis Oh Gee, Wow! ... to get out of the spiraling clinches of “Credit Card Hell” and take back your credit worth reputation. This is NOT– Debt Consolidation, Debt Settlement, Arbitration or Credit Consumer Counseling. Don’t even [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 01:12:11

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