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Cutting Credit Card Costs (21 Oct 2006) This article contains useful tips to cut credit card costs and save you money.
Restore Your Credit Rating And Reduce Your Debts (21 Oct 2006) Your credit rating affects many areas of your life. Opening new credit accounts, buying a home or car, getting a new job, and receiving discounts on insurance rates are just a few of the things that are impacted by your credit score.
How Your Credit History Can Affect Your Life (21 Oct 2006) Your credit history is an important aspect of your life. Maintaining your credit rating is very important to your future and to your lifestyle.
Credit Repair: How To Deal With Your Creditors (21 Oct 2006) If you're having financial problems and your creditors are threatening drastic action, there are things you can do to turn things around and make them at least reasonably happy. This article details the things you can do and how you need to document your efforts...
Understanding the Function of Credit (21 Oct 2006) What is Credit?
Credit is the backbone and the engine behind the workings of the economy. Credit simply allows individuals and companies to borrow funds in good faith and pay it back over a specified time frame. Lenders base their decisions on who they should lend to by using your credit rating.
Debt Collection Agencies (21 Oct 2006) Debt collection agencies are often a viable option for receiving payment on overdue bills. Here you can earn how debt collection agencies work and what to look for in reputable debt collection agencies.
What Does Your Credit Say About You? (21 Oct 2006) Like it or not, your credit report has a lot to say about you. It helps credit grantors and even human resource professionals determine your personal character.
Credit Report Hassles (21 Oct 2006) There is no end to the amount of pain that your credit report can cause you. If you have a bad credit history this is something that can follow you around and wreak havoc on your life without you even knowing it.
Bank Robbery Growing In U.S. (21 Oct 2006) Bank robbery has grown to become a huge problem in the United States, but I am not talking about people robbing banks. I am talking about banks robbing people. Here are some tips on how you can avoid being ripped off by your bank.
Why Is It important! (21 Oct 2006) What is Credit? How Do You Obtain It? How do you keep it? Where to Go for HELP...
Harassment of People in Debt by Creditors (21 Oct 2006) SECTION 40 OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE ACT "S40 Punishment for unlawful harassment of debtors". Many activities could count as harassment. It is important to note that "anything done by a person which is reasonable" when trying to recover a debt, is not considered to be harassment. Both the Office of Fair Trading and Trade Associations (run by the credit industry) have produced guidance on what activities may be considered harassment and should therefore be avoided by creditors. The following list is taken from the new Debt Collection Guidance for holders of consumer credit licenses.
Your Credit Score (21 Oct 2006) Credit: How to get it. How to keep it. How to protect it.
Credit Worthiness (21 Oct 2006) We are living in a world where each person is taken into trust after evaluating their credit worthiness. This is not a new concept but it has become a mainstream tool to run today's business.
One of our most popular pages this month is hidden! I just reviewed our traffic statistics for Student Platinum, its been a good month for us but I was surprised to see that our second most popular page is one that’s not even directly linked to from the site. The page is a resource page for high school students and first year college students. It [...]
Managing Money, Value and $1,200 Handbags My girlfriend loves fancy expensive handbags. We walk by them in a department store and I’ll hear “ooh, isn’t that absolutely gorgeous?” I’ll look at the $1,200 price tag and reply, “no”. If she had the extra $1,200 I’m sure she’d buy it although she isn’t going to spend $1,200 on a handbag when she [...]
How to Responsibly Buy Yourself Something Silly Some people can live a frugal life, save all their money and derive great happiness and satisfaction from simple things in life. Ruby-orange sunsets, drops of dew on a rose petal or knowing that when you’re 85 you’ll have lots of money might be all you need in life but that’s not me. I’ll bet [...]
Credit Crunch: Get Your 2008-2009 Loans Now Before They Dry Up! I’ve been warning students about the credit crunch on the horizon for a couple of months now in this blog. Now the crunch is really here and it’s going to impact you in a very personal way…in your ability to pay for college. So forget about the past posts if you want and let’s get [...]
The Best Auto Insurance Tip Ever Want to be smart about how you approach auto insurance? Ever wonder about how to set your deductibles? Here is how I kept my insurance payments low by setting a high deductable and then only having to pay $150 of my deductable anyway. I recently crashed my 2007 Ducati GT1000 motorcycle last Friday on the [...]