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How closing credit cards affects your credit score

How closing credit cards affects your credit score

If there are old merchant cards and other credit cards taking up space in your wallet, you may be tempted to close those accounts, since you don’t use them anymore. However, that would be a bad move for your credit score. Even though you’re not using them, those old credit cards are helping your credit [...]

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Are You Unintentionally Hurting Your Own Credit Score?

Are You Unintentionally Hurting Your Own Credit Score?

NationalCreditReport.com, a leader in credit report, credit score and credit monitoring services, reminds consumers that there are many things that might seem like a good idea when working to get a good credit score, but consumers should do their research before taking any steps that might cause credit report damage. “There are some common mistakes [...]

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American Credit Scores Crash To New Lows

American Credit Scores Crash To New Lows

“Figures provided by FICO Inc. show that 25.5 percent of consumers — nearly 43.4 million people — now have a credit score of 599 or below, marking them as poor risks for lenders. It’s unlikely they will be able to get credit cards, auto loans or mortgages under the tighter lending standards banks now use,” [...]

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Best Credit Cards For A College Students

Best Credit Cards For A College Students

You’ll notice that there are many people who have mixed feelings about credit cards. For some of them are horrible and something they want to and never had another love them because of all the benefits and perks I’has received in recent years. If you’a student who is looking for your first or another credit [...]

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Negotiate debt settlement credit card

Negotiate debt settlement credit card

Settlement of the debt or otherwise called debt negotiation is an attempt to reduce outstanding debt when the creditor agrees to receive a payment of subsidies that would be considered full payment. Debt negotiation is a great way to pay for any type of credit card debt, but many are not aware of this option. [...]

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Identity theft and credit card fraud

Identity theft and credit card fraud

Identity thieves others to use personal information for many things. The most common use is the credit card fraud. After obtaining a target of personal details, thieves can open new lines of credit, to divert the credit card accounts available, and go on spending sprees with other people’s money. Here is an overview of the [...]

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Settling credit card debt with Bank of America

Settling credit card debt with Bank of America

Q: I had credit scores around 740, that before I was 30 days late twice in 4 months on three credit cards with different issuers. I am currently settling credit card debt with Bank of America. I had to take a much lower paying position, hence must settle. The deal is quite good, settling $12,000 [...]

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