FICO Expands Availability of Credit Score

Imagine if you could log onto your online banking account and click on a feature that not only tells you your exact credit score for free each month, ... of credit decisions each year, including more than 75 percent of U.S. mortgage loan originations”), “Scores ... Campbell, chief operating officer at Fair Isaac. Typically, customers will see the same [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 20:01:41

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Shop For Groceries Online, Not Paying Off Credit Cards @ The Carnivals

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 shouldn’t derail our investment strategies. With the current damage the market has done to our portfolios, can we really avoid being fair-weather investors? [more...]

Date: 2008-07-16 23:00:00

On Credit Cards and Free Credit Reports.

Finally I was able to pay online my credit card dues yesterday. It’s not that I’m short on funds (since my bill is just a few hundred bucks) ... credit reports. If there are corrections, they should notify the agency to remove credit report ... . I know that paying on time affects my credit score so I always try oblige to my hubby’s reminder. Sometimes [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 06:40:58

The Bad Credit Hotel Online Game

Are you suffering from too much debt? If so, then maybe you need to spend a night at the Bad Credit Hotel ... inside it? What is a credit score and where is it based? Information about credit counseling ... . It hopes to teach young people about responsible credit card use and educate them regarding debt [more...]

Date: 2008-11-23 18:14:40

Clinton Wants to Know “Am I Doing The Right Thing By Repaying My Debt?”

Clinton wrote to me through the GetOutOfDebt.org site and asked the following question. If you have a credit or debt question you’d like to ask just use the online form. I’m happy ... . Is it true that my credit score will suffer even more by me paying back all of my debt? Will this prevent [more...]

Date: 2008-10-15 19:49:53

Financial Goals for 2008: Reviewing Our Progress

A year ago I wrote up a list of financial goals for 2008. Today, I thought I’d take a look back at them and see how we did ... on our credit scores. As far as account consolidation goes, we still have a number online savings ... successful, in that we dropped down to two main credit cards (Amex Blue Cash and Chase Freedom) while [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 22:28:10

Mary Lou Writes In And Wants To Know “Why Does My Credit Score Keep Going Down?”

Mary Lou wrote to me through the GetOutOfDebt.org site and asked the following question. If you have a credit or debt question you’d like to ask just use the online form. I’m happy ... on one credit card and $7,300 on my car for a total of $12700. In January 2008, I owed over $26000 [more...]

Date: 2008-10-09 21:13:13

Is Using Credit More Expensive? Not Always

One of the biggest things that anti-credit proponents like to hold up is that using credit is more expensive. But is it really? ... save you money - a lot of money. Using your good credit score to help you leverage your debt ... With A Cash Back Credit Card - My favorite method for this works especially well when you shop online [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 13:14:47

Debt Relief: Don’t Believe Everything You Read

Since the economic crisis began, there has been a flurry of TV ads and online sites claiming that they can assist you in relieving the pressure of ... to your credit score, and the IRS counts forgiven debt as taxable income, so you could end up owing Uncle ... debt.  While there are some legitimate operations that can assist you, most of which are non [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 02:35:39

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