Articles in 'Credit Issues' Category

We’re celebrating with food and friends

from Dave Ramsey News
 
We’re on our way to celebrate with the nice people in our small town bank where we used to have a mortgage. We’re taking cupcakes with small signs on each one. It has taken us 25 months to pay off our $86,000 mortgage! We’re both about 60. Wish we had learned about [...]

slowly but surely

from Dave Ramsey News
 
I was always a “charge it!” person. I would figure out the payment in the numbers of hours work it would take to make that payment.Eventually I had way more going out then I had coming in. I was rotating which creditor didn’t get paid each month. A firend clued me into [...]

5 things to know about prepaid cards

from CNN Money Personal Finance
 
Prepaid cards are wildly popular. But if you’re in the market for one, it’s important to know what you’re signing up for.
 

Student loan rates may double

from CNN Money Personal Finance
 
With federal student loan interest rates set to double July 1, the Senate will consider on Tuesday a bill to extend low 3.4% rates for another year.
 

Prepaid cards: Don’t be misled

from CNN Money Personal Finance
 
Issuers of prepaid debit cards are taking heat over high fees and how they market to consumers.
 

Protect yourself from credit card fraud

from CNN Money Personal Finance
 
In early March, hackers stole roughly 1.5 million credit card numbers from payment processor Global Payments, a company that processes card transactions for companies like Visa and MasterCard.
 

How Credit Inquiries Impact Your FICO Score

from MintLife Personal Finance News & Advice
 
It’s common knowledge that your FICO score is affected by credit inquiries. But by how much? Do credit inquiries really impact your credit score? Read more to find out.
 

Too broke to go bankrupt

from CNN Money Personal Finance
 
This year, hundreds of thousands of Americans are expected to be too broke to file for bankruptcy.
 

Carolyn and Danny and No Credit Card Debt

from Dave Ramsey News
 
Carolyn and Danny are debt-free! They paid off $65,000 in about four years.
 

Pensions swap stocks for bonds, capping rates

from Moneywatch Personal Finance
 
Company pension plans, which manage almost $7 trillion in investments, are likely to help keep bonds yields relatively low, as they shift out of equities and riskier assets into fixed income to better match their liabilities.