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Credit cards

Today’s Financial Priority: Get a Free Credit Score from myFICO

Routinely checking both your credit score and your credit report is increasingly important these days. Between identify theft and more rigorous credit assessments for everything from AT&T demanding a larger security deposit for high credit risks to what rate you’ll pay for a car loan, if you’re not checking both of these routinely, you’re [...]

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The Truth About Rewards Credit Cards – But, Is it Really True?

There was an interesting article going around the Personal Finance circles yesterday about this ABCNews segment entitled “The Truth About Credit Card Reward Programs” and it concluded that people that utilize credit card rewards programs are irresponsible with their cards via the following statement verbatim (I bolded):

“First, studies have shown that credit card users with [...]

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Credit Card Issuers Growth Prospects From A Micro Level View

This is a guest post by Mr Credit Card from Mr Credit Card. Mr Credit Card has a review site full of credit card offers. Today, he is going to talk about insights from his perspective that might influence credit card issuers stock. If you are looking for a new card, check out his best [...]

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Sallie Mae Study Shows That College Students Are Using Credit More Often

The following is a guest post at Darwin’s Finance from Think Debt Relief.  If interested in guest posting here, inquire further via this contact form.
A recent study by student lender Sallie Mae shows that college students are now relying more heavily on their credit cards than they have at any time in the past. [...]

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