Credit Cards Blog

April 30, 2006

These Easy Steps Can Help Improve Your Credit (Harrisburg Daily Register)

Credit Card Freak wrote this mid-morning:

(ARA) - Credit cards are a great convenience. They eliminate the need to carry large amounts of money, you can track your spending through your monthly statements and they save the day when you’re faced with unexpected expenditures such as car repairs or medical bills.

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Start with some small steps to restore devastated credit (Arizona Daily Star)

Credit Card Freak wrote this mid-morning:

Q: I was in hell — credit-card debt. I have completed paying all of my credit cards off, but all of them are closed due to nonpayment. I went through a credit-counseling agency to pay them off. Right now I have no activity as far as credit. I need to start rebuilding my credit, but all my credit-card accounts are closed. What steps do you suggest I take to do this?

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Tools available for rebuilding credit (Quad-City Times)

Credit Card Freak wrote this mid-morning:

Q: I was in hell — credit-card debt. I have completed paying all of my credit cards off, but all of them are closed due to nonpayment. I went through a credit-counseling agency to pay them off. Right now I have no activity as far as credit.

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West Palm official sued for debt on credit card (The Palm Beach Post)

Credit Card Freak wrote this mid-morning:

A credit-card company is pursuing City Commissioner James L. Exline for $37,295 in unpaid bills, court records show.

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Thieves steal details of 2,000 credit card users (Scotland on Sunday)

Credit Card Freak wrote this mid-morning:

CREDIT card giant MasterCard is investigating the theft of some 2,000 sets of credit card details.

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Babies a credit card bill bonus (The Sunday Telegraph)

Credit Card Freak wrote this mid-morning:

ONE in three mothers spends their $3000 baby bonus on household expenses or paying off a credit card or mortgage. The first large-scale study on how the Federal Government’s payment is spent also found parents used the money on new baby products and put some aside for their child’s education.

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Kiwi credit card debt sets $3b record (Stuff)

Credit Card Freak wrote this mid-morning:

Interest-bearing debt on personal credit cards has topped $3 billion for the first time, says the Reserve Bank.

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Getting that credit score to soar takes work (Monroe Evening News)

Credit Card Freak wrote this mid-morning:

A seminar Saturday suggested ways consumers can improve credit scores to trim borrowing costs. Though his only credit card has a $10,000 credit limit on it, and he’s made his payments on time, John Zubkoff of Monroe found lenders didn’t consider him that good of a credit risk.

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Start with some small steps to restore devastated credit (Arizona Daily Star)

Credit Card Freak wrote this mid-morning:

Q: I was in hell — credit-card debt. I have completed paying all of my credit cards off, but all of them are closed due to nonpayment. I went through a credit-counseling agency to pay them off. Right now I have no activity as far as credit. I need to start rebuilding my credit, but all my credit-card accounts are closed. What steps do you suggest I take to do this?

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