Tips for Finding Your Best Secured Card

Posted On: February 12, 2009

An excerpt from How YOU Can Profit from Credit Cards: Using Credit to Improve Your Financial Life and Bottom Line.
Not all secured cards report to the three major credit reporting companies (Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion). To build or rebuild credit, it’s smart to get a card that does report to all three. Fortunately, many secured [...]

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Benefits of Secured Credit Cards

Posted On: February 11, 2009

An excerpt from How YOU Can Profit from Credit Cards: Using Credit to Improve Your Financial Life and Bottom Line.
A secured card is often the best answer if you can’t get a traditional card. Secured cards are accepted wherever credit cards can be used, and certainly come in handy for emergencies and for transactions [...]

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Being Denied for a Secured Credit Card

Posted On: April 6, 2006

Author: jon8
Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2005 12:13 am
Post subject: Denied for secured card, help!
Hi All! I applied for a Bank of America secured credit card but was denied. The reason was “Non-resident alien with no deposit relationship”. I am from another country and here on a work visa. If I can’t even get a [...]

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Orchard Secured Bank Credit Card

Posted On: March 31, 2006

Author: credithelp
Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2004 10:02 am
Post subject: Orchard secured card
I’m trying to help a friend get some kind of credit card. She filled out the form on the orchard site that tells you what card you are probably going to be approved for and it came up with the orchard secured card [...]

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Credit Union Credit Cards

Posted On: December 1, 2005

Author: Jaadain
Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 12:10 pm
Post subject: Credit Union Credit Cards
I just turned 25 years old and now just realizing the affect of bad credit. I bought a car back in April at 18% interest and a credit score I believe of 520. Yeah, horrible. There are a few things on [...]

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Credit Tips: 0% Interest Credit Cards Used to Make Investments

Posted On: November 1, 2004

Author: GuestPosted: Fri Jan 23, 2004 11:55 am Post subject: Is anyone else doing this?There are a lot of 0% for 12-months programs out there. I was thinking about applying for all of them, investing the money, and then paying back the debt before the offer expires. It’s like free money! What do you [...]

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Credit Tips: Apply Online for Credit Card with Instant Approval

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Author: GuestGuestPosted: Tue Dec 16, 2003 3:33 pm Post subject: On-Line Instant ApprovalsI currently have a Discover with a $20,000 limit. If I apply for a Discover Card is it possible that the system would instantly approve me for another one and say give me a card for $10K then I can call [...]

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Credit Tips: Fifth Third Bank Platinum Mastercard

Posted On: October 1, 2004

Author: NightStar, Credit Expert (100+ Posts)Joined: 07 Nov 2003Posts: 1699Location: IllinoisPosted: Sun Nov 16, 2003 6:18 pmPost subject: Fifth Third Bank:http://www.53.com/Platinum MasterCard
Annual Percentage Rate (APR) for purchases A fixed 0%
Introductory APR for purchases during the first four billing cycles.*; Then a variable APR of WSJ Prime Rate** + 3.99% (7.99%), Prime + 6.99% (10.99%), Prime [...]

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Credit Tips: Credit Card Debt PayOff

Posted On: September 1, 2004

Author: Verne- SENIOR MEMBER (Member for 2 yrs.+)
Joined: 14 May 2003 Posts: 462 Location: MidwestPosted: Tue Aug 05, 2003 5:21 am
I’ve heard that if you can’t pay off your debt in 3 months you’re in trouble. What about 3 lifetimes? Sure I’m in debt. but I triple-mortgaged my soul when I ran out of [...]

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Credit Tips: Finding Credit Card Issuer

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Author: tithitoyJoined: 09 Jul 2003Posts: 1Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2003 3:41 pm How to find issuer of a credit card. Help me.
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