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FTC Finally Defeats FreeCreditReport.com
Last March I wrote about the efforts the Federal Trade Commission was putting through trying to get FreeCreditReport.com to change its advertising so that they had to disclose the fact that their credit report wasn’t actually free, but instead a shill trying to get everyone to buy credit monitoring services instead. They even went so [...]
Credit Cards Offering Perks For Good Credit Customers
While most customers are receiving costly bad news about annual fees or rate hikes from their credit card issuers, select cardholders are unexpectedly receiving new credit card perks such as more generous rewards programs.
Citigroup Inc. upgraded select customers’ American Airline-stamped credit cards to earn 1.2 miles for every dollar spent, up from 1 mile per [...]
Wednesday Trends in Credit Cards & Debt
Consumer credit levels have up and down results at the start of 2010. On the one hand, overall consumer credit increased 2.4% in January (as compared to a 2.2% decline in December) and showed $2.45 trillion in consumer credit outstanding, reports Credit.com. But, the good news is that revolving consumer credit has consistently decreased every [...]
American Express Purchase Protection Perk
Did you know that if you buy something with an American Express card and it’s lost, damaged, or stolen within the first 90 days, American Express will replace the item or reimburse you up to the amount of the purchase price? My friend Michelle just came back from a skiing trip with her family in [...]
More On What Affects Your Credit Score
Dear Credit Karma,
How could moving affect my credit score?
Moving from one home to another will not directly affect your credit score, but beware of any fallout that may occur with misplaced bills that could end up hurting your credit score.
When you move, make sure you update your new address for all financially-sensitive mail like credit [...]
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