Higher Minimum Credit Card Payments Offer Fast Track Out of Debt
Posted On: August 7, 2009
In a recent column for the NY Times, Freakonomics authors Stephen Dubner and Steven Levitt explained the genius behind the concept of low credit card minimum payments. When studied by academics, test subjects who selected their own minimum payments often paid far more than monthly bank statements required. For many years, credit card issuers have [...]
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StumbleUponHow a New Innovative Savings Program can Help You Pay Down Your Credit Card Debt
Posted On: June 1, 2009
By Mike Killian, CardRatings.com< Reporter
Editor’s Note: This article is part of a popular Q & A format series in which we interview experts and industry professionals that have made significant contributions to the credit card industry and/or to promoting financial literacy.
Have you ever wondered why it’s so hard to make extra payments (beyond the [...]
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Help With My Credit Rescues Debtors from Credit Card Debt
Posted On: March 18, 2009
By Michael Killian, CardRatings.com Reporter
Editor’s Note: This article is an interview with Joe Ganley, a spokesperson for Help With My Credit.Daily, the economy seems to become more and more difficult to deal with. Consumers across the land are screaming for aid in dealing with their credit load. Major banks have joined forces to offer consumer [...]
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Unique Service Helps Reduce Credit Card Debt
Posted On: January 23, 2009
By Michael Killian, CardRatings.com Reporter
Editor’s Note: This article is part of a popular Q & A format series in which we interview experts and industry professionals that have made significant contributions to the credit card industry.Scott Crawford is the CEO of DebtGoal.com. From the beginning of his career in economics, he watched Americans’ savings go [...]
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Consolidating Your Credit Card Debt Tips
Posted On: September 30, 2006
Author: cjones
Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2004 3:24 pm
Post subject: refinancing mortgage
Hi, My husband and I are due to close on a loan to consolidate our first and second mortgage with a lower interest rate on 6/24/04. We just had a brain storm to role our credit card debt of approx. $8,000 into the loan [...]
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Getting Out Of Debt the Right Way
Posted On: March 30, 2006
Author: DarlingDee
Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2004 2:18 am
Post subject: Please help with my Credit Card Debt unpaid
I live in Texas, and I had a Citibank CC, always paid it on time and had it since the early 90’s, got in a bind and did not pay something else so my 10% interest on 7000 went [...]
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Trying to Build Credit
Posted On: March 19, 2005
Author: archive
Joined: 23 Jul 2004
Posts: 5007
Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 12:26 am
Post subject: rating ‘rules’?
cardless
Date: 7/30/2000 12:24 am CDT
Here’s the deal: to get 6 months (interest free) credit on a store purchase, we had to get one of their credit cards. So, we now have a credit card with a balance, that [...]
