Credit Reports Now Bigger Threat to Security Clearances Than a Vengeful POTUS
The Department of Defense (DoD) now has 24X7 “eyes” on your credit file looking for past-due bills, excessive debt, collection activity and/or a high …
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Back-2-School Shopping Nutz – 5 Ways to Save – Things w/Bad Stuff
American are expected to spend $82 billion in total back-to-school spending for K-12 schools this year, on par with 2017. Walmart and Target rule …
Debt Collectors Provoke the Most Ire of American Consumers
The top five types of complaints reported by U.S. consumers to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) include: debt collection, mortgages, credit reporting, credit …
Sharpen Your Financial Focus Initiative Snags Major Funding
Wells Fargo is ponying-up $1 million of exclusive support to the National Foundation for Credit Counseling (NFCC) in support of the Sharpen Your Financial …
Consumers w/Crappy Credit w/Rebuilding Desire Have a Solution
A MD-DE area consumer credit counseling service is now promoting a unique loan for consumers looking to rebuild their less-than-desirable credit. Guidewell Financial Solutions, …
Got Screwed by Financial Services? You Gotta Friend in the CFPB
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has received over 1,218,600 complaints as of June 1st. Debt collection and mortgage-related complaints account for 50% of …
U.S. Credit Score Knowledge Dumb & Dumber in 2017
More Americans are clueless that non-credit service providers, like cell phone services and utilities, are using a their personal credit scores to set prices …
FTC’s Busy Week as the Scams Keep on Comin’
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) nails a fake debt collection operation, sending refunds for a timeshare scam, and settled with a massive landline cramming operation. …
Consumers are Well Edumactaed w/Credit Scores But Fail to Stay on Top of Them
Consumers have come a long way in recent years in building awareness of their credit score. The next step for many is to stay …
Credit Card Balance-Transfers & Debt Consolidation Loans Screw-Up Consumers More
An overwhelming majority of consumers who tried balance-transfer credit cards and credit card debt consolidation loans, both known as credit card debt refinancing, found …
