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You Can Trim Your Credit Card Rate

Tweet Lots of people are infuriated with their banks as they learn that their credit card interest rates have suddenly climbed higher.  These consumers haven’t done anything wrong, having paid

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Avoid These So-Called Credit Card Deals

Tweet New Offers On The Way? However, don’t be surprised if the number of offers begins to increase, something I’ve taken note of personally these past few weeks. With quite

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Applying For An Equity Line While Times Are Good

Tweet I hate to pitch an idea for just the sake of an argument, but if you are employed right now, then having an equity line of credit available to

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Financing Your Business Start Up In 2009

Tweet You’ve recently been laid off from a job or are expecting to lose your position early next year. Like so many people you’ve seen the current economic downturn decimate

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Can They Really Cancel My Credit Card?!

Tweet You’ve been waiting online for fifteen minutes to pay for that last minute gift for your Uncle Ed and are eager to make the long trek home so that

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My Credit Card Was Canceled Without My Authorization!

Tweet You signed up for a credit card earlier in the year and have used it on a fairly regular basis. It has come in handy as you’ve used it

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Debt Solutions, Recession Style

Tweet We’re in a recession, we’re not in a recession. Depending on who you listen to and what barometer of measurement they use, we’ve either been in a recession since

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You Can Still Find Excellent Credit Card Offers

Tweet If your credit is excellent or very good, you can still find some credit card deals that are worth taking. Over the past many months, credit requirements have tightened

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Not All Credit Cards Are The Same!

Tweet How many credit cards do you carry? 2? 5? 11? If you were to add up all of your store cards, gas cards and your MasterCard, VISA, American Express,

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Free Credit Reports Aren’t Always Free

Tweet Free credit reports. You’ve seen these types of ads before: if you use XYZ’s service, then you can get copies of your credit reports for free. Well, in reality

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Sifting Through The Credit Card Fine Print

Tweet Shopping For A New Credit Card You’re shopping for a new credit card and you’ve narrowed down the offers to a handful that seem right for you. This was

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How To Successfully Play The Rewards Card Game

Tweet Credit cards are the backbone of the financing industry, driving profits to those institutions who manage their programs well. Competition for customers is fierce and, although consumers typically hold

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Why You Should Refuse To Cosign A Loan

Tweet Your adult offspring may come to you asking you to co-sign their loan. As a parent, you want to do what you can to help your children succeed, and

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Clearing Out Cancelled Credit Cards

Tweet By Heather Johnson They act like magic wands opening doors for you and letting you buy anything you want, but be warned that these seemingly innocent pieces of plastic

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You Can Opt-Out Of Pesky Sales Pitches

Tweet I average about three junk mail sales pitches per day and at least one call daily from telemarketers. This, despite having opted out of various telemarketing and bulk mail