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Tag Archives: credit score

Credit Market Update: More transparency in credit decisions coming in 2011

January 14, 2010 – 10:10 am

If you’re working on Capitol Hill, you may have joined us Tuesday for our webinar on credit markets and personal credit history.
In line with that topic, there’s good news on the horizon for consumers concerned about the effect credit scores have on the terms they’re offered from a lender. Starting in January of 2011, the [...]

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Steep interest rates may be better than no credit at all

December 21, 2009 – 4:38 pm

Just in time for Christmas, First Premier Bank is out with a new credit card that offers rates as low as – 80 percent!
It’s no mistake. This credit card’s interest rate is 79.9 percent. […] So for a $300 balance, a cardholder would pay about $20 a month in interest.
The rate is the highest on [...]

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The gift you DON’T want this Christmas? A bad credit score.

December 16, 2009 – 4:13 pm

We’ve written recently about credit reports, credit scores, and how you can go about improving both.
These topics are on the minds of many Americans as they balance their gift lists with their bank accounts during the Christmas season. But buyers beware – those good sales that stores offer through their brand-name credit cards could leave [...]

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Don’t get fooled by “Free”CreditReport.com

March 23, 2009 – 11:49 am

“FreeCreditReport.com’s” annoying jinglers are hoping you forget to cancel your “free” account so they can hit you with the associated fees. Those commercials don’t come free you know. As the FTC says, “Despite the musical claims of some TV commercials, the only authorized source to get your free annual credit report under federal law is AnnualCreditReport.com.”

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