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Managing Credit Cards to Raise Your Credit Score
18 July 2005 "Two years ago I had terrible credit, and you were kind enough to steer me to a credit card company that would give me a card. Now I have three cards, and my credit has improved some, but not enough?how do I manage my cards to earn the highest possible credit ... more...

Raise Credit Score by Paying Delinquencies?
December 21, 1998, Revised November 19, 2004 Many borrowers reason that since delinquencies reduced their credit score, paying off the delinquencies should raise it. When this doesn't happen, they wonder why. "My mortgage broker said that my credit score was ... more...

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Credit Report
Credit Report A report documenting the credit history and current status of a borrower's credit standing, detailing a borrowers credit history including payment history on revolving accounts (eg. credit cards) and installment ... more...

Prime Rate
Prime Rate In North American banking, the prime rate is the interest rate a banks charge to their best or "prime" customers. Each bank will quote a prime lending rate. Many institutions quote prime rates established by large money center commercial banks such as ... more...

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Rebuild & Keep Good Credit Ratings by Understanding Your Credit Cards
Secured Credit Card is similar to a prepaid credit card since the funds you are using are actually yours and not the issuer of the credit card. Generally people who apply for secured credit card or prepaid credit card are people with poor credit or unemployed. Prepaid Credit Card spending limit is ... more...

Credit Card Charges Set to Fall
In the UK the 8 largest credit card providers have been ordered to reduce their charges, for default and late payment, by between 40 and 50%. The current late payment charge by most major issuers is between 20 - 25 ($30 - $40 US) and the have been instructed to slash that down to 12 -15 UK ($18 - ... more...

Preventing Credit Card Mess
Credit card debts problem is extremely common today. It is usually the first sign of longer term financial troubles. How to manage your credit cards so that you will never fall into credit card mess? There are four pillars in preventing credit card debts problem.First pillar: Proper credit cards ... more...

Credit Cards - The Inventor Of Debt Consolidation Companies
Like with everything good comes something so overly abused, that turns bad. Credit Cards were invented to help others get by without using cash and being able to purchase goods when you can't find an ATM machine to get money from.But, that all changed, because it made things too easy, like spoiled ... more...

How To Choose Your Credit Card Application
The articles and tips provided on this site are intended to help you access credit card offers that suit your lifestyle. By providing you with some basic information, we are confident that you will be able to easily identify which are the best credit cards for you. There are literally thousands of ... more...

New Year Resolutions to a Better Financial Future
There could not be a better time to mull over the changes needed in our life style than at the beginning of a New Year. This is also a good time to set yearly goals and make resolutions. Each year, according to statistics, almost a third of us make some kinds of New Year Resolutions. ... more...

Secured Credit Cards
Secured credit cards are one of two types of credit cards. There are unsecured credit cards that generally only require your signature and a monthly interest rate, and perhaps an annual fee, and they will offer the consumer a designated line of credit. A secured credit card is much different, but ... more...

Credit Card Charges and How to Avoid Them
It is one of the joys of the credit industry that prices of credit, and in particular of credit cards, have continued to fall over the past number of years. Today you can get zero per cent on balance transfers, and even zero per cent on purchases, offers that were simply unimaginable just a couple ... more...

How To Get A Credit Card No Matter How Bad Your Credit Rating
Your credit is bad. Perhaps you have a string of unpaid bills haunting your past. Maybe you declared bankruptcy within the past 10 years, or defaulted on a student loan.All of the above can block your access to obtaining a major credit card, such as VISA or Mastercard.But bad credit is not the ... more...

Prepaid Credit Cards
If you have a history of bad credit and are unable to obtain a mainstream credit card, then prepaid credit cards may be just the answer you are looking for.First of all, although prepaid credit cards are accepted at any retail outlet where the credit card logo is displayed, strictly speaking they ... more...

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