How to Avoid Unfair Collection Practices

Due to the global financial crisis, the number of debt collection agencies in the market is increasing. They are established to offer services of collecting debts on behalf of banks, financial institutions, credit card companies and loan providers. For people who are drowned in debt, it is indeed stressful to receive irritating phone calls from debt collection agents constantly. Hence, it is important to know some useful information so that you are able to avoid the unfair collection practices. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-20 06:02:50

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BizWeek: Leading Arbitration Firm Favors Creditors Over Individuals

scales In its cover story this week, BusinessWeek offers up a lengthy critique of the National Arbitration Forum, one of the nation’s largest arbitration firms. The story focuses on credit-card collection ... that NAF enlisted law firms with ties to credit-card companies to help NAF win business from creditors ─ [more...]

Date: 2008-06-10 08:45:00

The Visionary's "State of the Bankroll"

*Click Here To Receive a 100% Signup Bonus @ BetUS Sportsbook**Exclusive Offer* - $100 Min/$500 Max - *Credit Cards Accepted*I decided to make a short post addressing my current basketball slump and the current "State of the Bankroll". Giving credit where credit is due, I stole this title from my buddy over at the "Money Line Journal [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 17:11:00

missed.

I got a call from my credit card company today telling me that my due date had gone past already! argh! how could i miss it for the world?! ... or if I actually need a debt help or something because they are actually offering free help with debt and even credit counseling. That is one of the many effects of the holiday season and the birthday [more...]

Date: 2008-11-06 15:46:16

Millions misspent by Irvine-based California Avocado Commission

In the “what a crock of guac!” department, we offer this: The obscure, ... $2 million on questionable credit card purchases and employee perks; lavish hotel stays replete ... ’s report. The report, released Friday by the California Department of Food and Agriculture [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 16:12:32

Farewell Countrywide: How The Bank of America Merger Will Keep Wells Fargo As The Mortgage Origination Leader

WARNING!  Long commentary about the Bank of America/ Countrywide merger ahead: Bank of America Press Release from July 1, 2008 (italicized) ... with deposits and credit cards,” said Bank of America Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Kenneth ... and a broad distribution network that will offer more ways to meet our customers’ credit needs.” BA [more...]

Date: 2008-07-02 19:19:14

Money Saving Tips from MommySavers

Kim Danger, founder of MommySavers.com is teaming up with Sprint and offering consumers several tips in a “Savvy Savings” series ... efficient, managing credit card purchases, making the best use of coupons and rebates and researching ... permanent” number. Related posts:Best Money Saving Application for your Phone:ShopSavvyContact Customer [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 17:00:40

Family Finances: When you’re desperate, look out for fraud

At a recent home show, we were grabbed by a debt settlement company salesperson who offered to save us at least 40 percent in our effort to get ... Republican Searching For a Debt Consolidation Loan or Credit Card Counseling Service Beware Of Zombie Debt ... Collector? Bad Credit Debt Consolidation - Brutally Honest Advice Recent Debt and Foreclosure [more...]

Date: 2008-10-31 06:20:00

World of Warcraft

WoW (World of Warcraft) is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game ... to a retail account by supplying a valid credit card, or purchasing a game card as well as a retail copy of the game. You can also buy WoW Account from sites like www.buymmoaccounts.com, which offers [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 18:47:21

Debt Consolidation Headquarters

Eliminate credit card debt. Surfers who participate in this offer can receive a free consultation and help paying down their debt. (U.S) [more...]

Date: 2009-09-26 06:05:21

Debt Consolidation Advices

Many people are burdened with too much debt that their monthly salaries are not enough to cover their monthly loan payments, ... some advice from debt consolidation companies which offers good solution to debt problems. They will help you consolidate your credit card balances and various loans into one single loan which [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 14:27:00

Credit Card Debt Consolidation Services

Do not fall prey to counterfeit debt consolidation companies. Play smart and get to know everything that you need to Debt consolidation companies offer to take your debt burdens away and provide you with little peace of mind. This might be the apparent case but not everywhere. Some companies would be ready to take your undue advantage when you are emotionally drained and are facing high pressures from your creditors. They will be charging with high front fees and many hidden costs. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-08 06:26:58

How Will Debt Consolidation Affect My Credit And My Overall Level Of Debt?

Amazon.de Widgets The use of debt consolidation is essential if you are wanting to avoid paying huge amounts of interest that will subsequently cause a great deal of anxiety when the day arrives that you are unable to make payments.Debt consolidation can be used as a solution to excessive credit card debt as well as other types of personal debt such as loans and offer relief to individuals. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-20 22:07:28

Headline News - September 29, 2009

New Javelin Report: Multi-Channel Authentication Via Mobile Banking US News and World Report: Credit Card Fees: 5 Things You Should Know Alaska Option Joins Acculynk Internet PIN Debit Pilot Transaction Wireless Signs AMC Entertainment for wGift Mobile Solutions South African Airways Adds CyberSource to Its Anti-fraud Arsenal CGAP: Why M-PESA should offer savings accounts Note: Throughout the day, as Payments News happens, this post is updated. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 11:31:08

Dividend Paying Stocks from The S & P, Volatile Stock Market: The Roundup

School is back in full swing and a new writing gig is keeping me pretty busy. But I managed to squeeze in some financial reading (and extra writing) ... about her credit card accounts. Intelligent Speculator: What are leveraged ETFs? The intelligent speculator ... ? The Smarter Wallet offers traveling tips for the early bird traveler. We should be [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 22:37:41

Book Review and Giveaway: Good Deals & Smart Steals

By Lynn Truong Good Deals & Smart Steals: ... receipts, avoid paying credit card interest, always comparison-shop, and takes advantage of savings ... offers hundreds of ideas for getting the best value for your money on every kind of purchase. I've also [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 16:59:03

I WANNA A NEW DRUG... ONE THAT WON'T MAKE ME SICK

Some may say this is a bit of a rant, but I believe it needs to be said, and it's my blog, so I will say it ... 2.  Credit card debt is at an all-time, unsustainable high 3.  The banking industry is in total meltdown ... and wait to see what happens?   I'd like to offer another alternative... Pay Attention!  Each [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 15:52:31

Beware: Scammers Impersonating KIA Offer Fraudulent Job Opportunities

.fullpost{display:inline;}Every day con artists look for new ways to scam internet users from their money ... that could result in identity theft or possibly the misuse of bank and credit card details. Gary Tomlinson ... was not caught out, but this is a particularly callous attempt at fraud as it hits people desperately looking [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 16:39:00

in here too :D

Are you also been thinking of applying for a loan that is being offered on sites that promises and in fact gives out a minimum amount of interest one way to get help with debt. Why I wanted to do this? because I need debt help! lol. and  would want to settle my credit card billings already, too tired of taking care [more...]

Date: 2008-11-05 16:06:04

Annals of BioSpam

I've recently received an email offering me, for a mere $245, a yearly subscription to Surgical Technology International ... -Specific Rectocele Repair with Dermal Graft Augmentation: Comparison of Porcine Dermal Xenograft (Pelvicol ... serious, not just an attempt to harvest credit card numbers from credulous urogynecologists.   Surgical [more...]

Date: 2008-11-15 04:22:14

Hooverville

Who abhors a vacuum? Nature and, close second, your credit card company ... of freedom, the relief that, in this one part of my financial life, I had gained control ... business with, never even heard of sent me offers and come-ons and those scary blank checks anyone [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 16:35:59

Scotiabank offers some finacial advice for Canadians

These are some of the items that Scotiabank has offered to Canadians in order to improve their financial situation ... such as higher rate department store and other credit cards. Inform yourself about interest rates and options ... have a financial plan, now is the time to get one that emphasizes debt management and map out your short [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 09:57:00

Unsecured Debt Consolidation Loans - What You Should Know

Unsecured loans can be the answer for anybody who is having trouble managing their expenditure and does not have anything to offer as security for ... of monthly bills. A Debt consolidation loans is a loan that pays off all of your other loans ... on credit cards, store accounts, plus car loans, etc that they are paying each month [more...]

Date: 2008-12-26 08:15:00

Debt Consolidation.

With the holidays coming, it’s no doubt that December is the most expensive month for all ... of credit card debts because of their unstoppable swiping and also fall into rental debts because ... her to check out the financial institutions offering medical debt consolidation. I read somewhere [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 08:51:59

Reader Mailbag #30

Each Monday, The Simple Dollar opens up the reader mailbags and answers ten to twenty simple questions offered up by the readers on personal finance ... if it would be a smarter idea to take the money I would be investing to continue paying off my debt over the next 6 months, after which I will have eliminated my credit card debt and half of my [more...]

Date: 2008-09-29 14:00:56

How to Get Out of Debt and Credit Card Tips

Taking care of our finances requires a great deal of knowledge and implication on our behalf. As adults, we must take responsibility when it comes to money and put to good use all the advice that is being given to us. Fortunately, we have one more hand offered and that is represented [more...]

Date: 2008-12-21 16:41:06

Alienware customer service - a contradiction in terms

Alienware customer service - a contradiction in terms January 15th, 2009 · This order was placed online yesterday, and since then, ... an automated e-mail stating that my credit card had been declined, and advising me to speak ... not processing the transaction properly. The bank then kindly offered to stay on the line while [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 11:31:36

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

california home loan mortgage second

Your kids are growing and your house is getting smaller. Thinking big? ... . You won’t regret it. You don’t need any equity, and this loan program will actually allow ... offered with a fixed interest rate for 15, 20 or 25 year repayment terms. If you have credit card [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 05:07:26

American Red Cross Web-based Classes in Santa Rosa

RED CROSS OFFERS A NEW WEB-BASED LEARNING PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS IN SONOMA & MENDOCINO COUNTIES (JANUARY) ... (have credit card ready) • fax registration information to (707)543-8523 (include date and time of class desired, VISA/Mastercard information, phone and all contact information) • mail check or credit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 05:20:52

Debt Management

As their tagline claims, they offer debt solutions not loans. I am referring to American Debt Consolidation Resources where the burdensome kinds of experience in managing like for example of your credit card debt is outdated.  Well, things happen [more...]

Date: 2008-12-01 22:34:35

Treasury bid to halt rent-back evictions

Owen and Moira Martin are among the many British victims of companies offering controversial sale-and-rent-back deals ... agreement to pay off about £26,000 of mainly credit card debt. 'My wife had a heart attack on my 50th [more...]

Date: 2008-11-09 00:04:48

What will Citi sell? - BloggingStocks

What will Citi sell? BloggingStocks - 5 hours ago ... a 3799 branches around the world that offer car loans, home-equity lines and personal "debt-consolidation" loans to repay credit cards and other bills. ... [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 13:53:46

Slacker Radio slides onto the iPhone

Updated 1/14/08 at 12:16 a.m. with U.S.-only service details. Slacker on iPhone (Credit: CNET) Leave it to Apple to make Slacker look like a.. ... it's Apple's doing and not Slacker's, we miss the app's ability to cache songs onto a Micro SD card ... tasks. The next best thing Slacker can offer is to resume playing your station when you reopen the app [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 18:03:02

The Poverty Business

Sorry if this appears to be an older article, and not latest headlines, just thought it was interesting - loki The Poverty Business Inside U.S ... into Byrider, Tsosie drove off, jubilant, in a 1999 Saturn subcompact she bought entirely on credit ... access to credit has put cars, computers, credit cards, and even homes within reach for many [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 00:45:24

How to Get Your Official San Francisco ID Card, Program Kicks Off Today

First of all, if you’re asking yourself how on Earth you could possibly use one of these cards, then don’t worry about this whole program, ... you can use it. Oakland-based Capture Technologies says that these $15 cards are “protected ... of the Bank on SF partners – both banks and credit unions – will be accepting the SF City ID Card [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 20:23:31

Chase Behaving Badly: Unintended Consequences of the Fed's New Credit Card Rules

In late December, banking regulators agreed to new rules to limit actions by credit card issuers that consumer advocates deemed to be abusive ... your account agreement, which is the contract governing your credit card account. It provides ... rule changes would lead banks to restrict credit, particularly to riskier borrowers. What they may [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 02:26:47

Asset and Income Rentals - Borrowing Trouble at Usurous Rates

This was originally published in 2005, but is one facet of the meltdown that is still going on, unfortunately ... it up over a period of time, or they want to know where and how you got it. Most loans should not require a large amount of assets - A paper loans, the best loans of all, want one to two months Principal [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 14:46:07

Credit Card for College Students

Good day everyone! How are you? Me, I just got home from school and I am kinda tired because my last subject for this morning is Math and since I ... about this website that lets college dudes and girls apply for their credit cards fast and easy ... more about their great service on credit cards application. Let's take a stand and be an adult now! After [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 03:29:09

Funny How It Takes an Economic Meltdown for People to Realize What Works Financially

Is it just me or does anyone else find it "funny" (I don't really find it funny -- actually it's pretty sad) ... to watch your spending and (gasp!) even articles on how carrying a $10,000 credit card balance ... really is a penny earned. Debt really is dangerous. 7. Psmith frequently warned against the perils [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 01:54:25

I have a new 0% credit card

clownfish2 Before you close your browser and stop reading, let me explain… I have my credit card payments set-up for auto-bill pay ... goes wrong.  About 6-months ago, I received my statement for my Bank of America credit card ... up, and immediately went online to begin looking for a new 0% rate card. 0% Discover Card I had heard really great [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 11:29:54

Asking For financial Help Is Not As Difficult As It Seems

by Steve Collins If you are like a lot of people these days, you may be overextended in your monthly budget ... latte or deciding to hold off on buying that new sofa until you can pay cash for it. Financial ... matters, it is occasionally difficult to admit your mistakes and even harder to own up that you need help [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 20:37:08

Asking For financial Help Is Not As Difficult As It Seems

by Steve Collins If you are like a lot of people these days, you may be overextended in your monthly budget ... or deciding to hold off on buying that new sofa until you can pay cash for it. Financial counseling ... matters, it is sometimes tough to admit your mistakes and even harder to admit that you need help. Online [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 06:44:59

Lifelock - Your Credit Card Protector

Sometimes the Internet can be cruel when you do not take notice on security. The people of many countries have become victims of Internet threats. Viruses, phishing, identity theft and other worst of things, such as credit card theft. As my friend told me that he did not know that his credit card bill reach its limit, when he never use [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 00:24:18

THE FINTAG NEWSLETTER @ 15 January 2009

FINTAG COMMENT Timing. Cash is king and is never more so than when running a blog site ... . The bailiffs told me off and then gave me another 48 hours to come up with the readies. I put it on my credit ... for it. It's cash again. I took the ludicrous position yesterday of handing out free advertising space [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 12:00:31

5 Quick Tips against Job Fraud!

If you’re new here, and interested in the latest news and insights on news from India and world, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed ... employer if he asks for either your credit card details or any type of secured numbers ... . Thanks for visiting I News India. Always be prepared from the fraud which lots of companies [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 10:46:34

Free Suze Orman Book, Business Tax Software, and More!

I’m always looking at monthly services that we have and finding ways to pay a little less ... . The goal is to facilitate $100 million in loans to American families and businesses. You can vote ... Your Home Equity Lines of Credit (HELOC) From Being Frozen: Max It Out? Buy A Foreclosure For Under [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 14:29:46

6 Powerful Easy Tips for Living Debt Free.

by Finance-Experts-Team It does not matter if you are a beginner or an expert business owner ... when paying the bill. Credit cards are notorious for using low interest as bait for new customers ... in the pay and, therefore, your credit rate would be negatively affected. Additionally, use [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 08:38:53

Asking For financial Help Is Not As Difficult As It Seems

by Steve Collins If you are like a lot of people these days, you may be overextended in your monthly budget ... to hold off on buying that new sofa until you can pay cash for it. Financial counseling ... matters, it is often not easy to admit your mistakes and even harder to own up that you need help. Online [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 06:45:07

tips to get out of it

There are many reasons for people to face court actions, one of the many are financial cases, being submitted to court are because of bad credit ... consolidation with connection to other debt and financial managing companies. ... rebuild their credit card! by providing Debt Counseling and debt referral by Suze Orman Tips [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 13:06:08

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