Dealing with Fraudulent Credit Card Charges
It’s a story that plays out thousands of times a day in America, someone logs into their credit card account and sees a bunch of charges that they never made, possibly coming from overseas....
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Credit Sesame Review – 24% of Credit Scores are Wrong
Finding a website that gives your credit score to you for free can be fairly difficult. Credit Sesame is one of the few websites that does not require credit card information for your “free”...
How to Get Late Payments Off of Your Credit Report
Your payment history is a big factor in most credit score models. Having even one late payment of 30 days or more can make a 720 credit score drop down to 670 overnight. Removing...
The Difference Between Credit Reports and Credit Scores
Knowing the difference between a credit report and a credit score is important if you plan on making a major purchase in the near future. Credit reporting agencies crunch items on your credit report...
How to Find Cheap Car Insurance
Auto insurance prices having been rising steadily since 2000, thanks mostly to both the increasing price of vehicles and rising medical costs. That being said, it’s still possible to find fairly cheap car insurance,...
U.S. Citizens Now Hold About $1.3 Trillion in Student Loan Debt
The New York Fed’s second quarter numbers are out for 2016 and it doesn’t paint a pretty picture for student loan debt. Officially, the nation owes $1.26 trillion in student loan debt. Realistically, we are probably...
How Does a Secured Credit Card Work
Getting a secured credit card is a great way to build credit for those who have no credit history at all, or who currently have some blemishes on their credit report. Once you receive...
More Than 33 Americans Fall Victim to Identity Theft Every 60 Seconds
In frightening data released by the Justice Department, identity theft cases have gone up since 2012. According to BJS.gov, about 17.6 million Americans over 16 were reported to be victims of identity theft. To...
Is Leasing a Car Ever a Good Idea
Ask around and most people will probably tell you never to lease a car. Their cautious words may have an element of truth to them, since most of the time, it isn’t worth it...
Only 2% of Millennials Have Excellent Credit Scores
An excellent credit score is highly likely to correlate with your age according to new data released by the Minneapolis Fed. The new data shows that only 2% of Americans 30 years old or younger...
