This Week in Credit News Credit Unions Poach Clients “Thousands of people flooded into credit unions and small banks over the weekend as part of Bank Transfer Day, an effort to prod depositors to abandon giant banks. But at least some of the big banks won’t mind losing those customers.” Credit card issuers raise rewards [...]
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Continue ReadingPeople looking for ways to clean up their credit reports sometimes turn to credit repair services because they promise to dispute your bad credit and have it taken care of for you in no time. What a lot of them don’t realize is that many of these services will simply take your money and dispute [...]
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Continue ReadingSay you’re in the market for a new car. That old ’91 Oldsmobile isn’t quite cutting it like it used to, and it’s time to trade up, so you decide to spend a weekend out cruising the car lots for a new set of wheels (and maybe some sweeter rims to go with it). Eventually, [...]
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Continue ReadingThis Week in Credit News Credit union business grows as consumers sour on banks “Long touted by consumer groups as a more consumer-friendly option than large commercial banks, the nation’s not-for-profit credit unions saw a significant jump in new members and deposits last month as momentum in the Occupation Wall Street campaign has increased, and [...]
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Continue ReadingIf you’ve been searching for advice from credit repair services online, one piece of advice you’ve probably run into more than once is to open a secured credit card. If you’ve been living your life with no credit whatsoever-or have been living with too much of it and have the bad credit history to prove [...]
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Continue ReadingOne of the most common questions our new clients ask us when they first sign up looking to improve their credit scores, is if there really is such a thing as too much of a good thing when it comes to credit. In essence, will taking on even more credit damage their credit score in [...]
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Continue ReadingThis Week in Credit News Using Credit Cards to Target Web Ads “Their plans, if implemented, would represent not only a technological feat—tying people’s Internet lives with shopping activities—but also an erosion of the idea of anonymity on the Web. It’s an effort by the two companies to profit by selling access to the insights [...]
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Continue ReadingSo you’ve ordered a copy of your credit report to check up on your history because you’re thinking about opening a new line of credit and want to check that your credit is up to par. The report arrives and, much to your dismay, things aren’t quite as peachy as you’d hoped they would be. [...]
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Continue ReadingA lot of consumers want to know what the best credit card is for their credit report; whether they’re just starting out with credit accounts, or are undergoing credit repair and/or debt settlement services to fix their profile. And while we’ve blogged in the past about which type of card is best for those two [...]
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Continue ReadingThis Week in Credit News Credit Union Pledges Fee-Free Checking for Life “Bethpage Federal Credit Union says that effective immediately, new customers opening a Bethpage Bonus checking account can be assured of a lifetime of no debit card fees, no monthly maintenance fees, no transaction fees, no minimum balance fees and no fees charged by [...]
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