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Are Credit Card Companies Being Unpatriotic? The drop in credit card borrowing may seem to represent consumers spending less or paying down their debts, but it also reflects lenders giving up on some debt, calling it uncollectible. |
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Should You Get Credit Counseling? The ads talk a good game, but do counselors deliver results? The best way to handle potential debt problems is to avoid them by keeping a careful watch on the amount of debt you incur. |
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The Perils Of Crisis Mode Risk exposure is now racing through the home equity lending industry, leaving a far different landscape for institutions to navigate. As home prices fall and delinquencies soar, lenders are scurrying into defense mode. |
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Evaluating the Consumer Lending Revolution Consumer balance sheets have become stretched by large amounts of new consumer and mortgage debt. This rapid increase in consumer spending and borrowing raises important questions about the sustainability of current debt loads and the vulnerability of the consumer sector to economic shocks. |
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How Credit-Card Contracts Got So Frustrating A brief timeline of credit card contact history and regulation. |
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December 15, 2003
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It Pays to Cheat Lenders use the lure of single-digit interest rates as a tool to get you to sign up for their credit cards. Used correctly, these deals can help you get out of debt. |
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How the CARD Act Killed Credit Access When will government learn that poorly constructed regulation harms more than it helps? |
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January 12, 2005
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How To Cheat on Your Lender Having credit card commitment issues? Go ahead, play the field. But also consider the affect new credit (and canceling old cards) will have on your overall credit score. |
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What Do They Know About You? Credit agencies have files and files of information about you. Find out what they know. |
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October 27, 2005
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Halloween Scary Story: Creepy Credit Tricks Wanna see something really scary? Open your credit card statement: Killer fees... Monster-sized interest rates... Bomb-making materials... Debt rising from the dead... etc. |
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Steer Clear of This Spending Trap With store credit cards, you'll get 10% off now and pay forever -- if you're not careful. |
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Mortgages: Strategic Defaults Are On the Rise By not making mortgage payments on "underwater" homes, borrowers may be paradoxically helping to boost the economy. |
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Can You Really Just Walk Away? Giving up on your mortgage and letting the bank foreclose on your property might seem easy, but how smart is it? |
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May 27, 2009
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Yet More Ways Banks Hate You Fees are jumping as banks work around new laws. |
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March 2009
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First Cash Not Subprime The pawnshop operator and payday lender notches records despite vaunted subprime market woes. Investors, take note. |
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