Your credit cards matter, but do you know what they’re actually offering you? Sometimes when we get that new credit card in the mail, it’s hard to keep from spending long enough to actually read what’s being presented to you. There’s nothing wrong with wanting to make sure that you have everything together, but you [...]
This is probably going to be filed away in the “obvious” section of your brain, but here us out: if it didn’t happen, we wouldn’t have to say anything about it. We could just keep going on, telling you the things that you need to know about your credit and then some. However, there are [...]
With all of the talk surrounding the banks desire to raise ATM fees, you might think that pre-paid debit cards aren’t going to be popular for much longer. However, this is short term thinking that could derail your financial goals before they’ve gotten any progress added to them. You will need to step back and [...]
No one really likes the idea of being on someone’s junk mail list, but if you’ve woken up and gone out to your mailbox, chances are good that you have a mailbox full of junk letters and credit card offers. It’s not your fault, really — you’re just too tempting. The credit card company really [...]
Unfortunately, getting credit for the first time is often difficult, especially for young adults. After all, most lenders and credit card companies run a background check on the applicant in search of a credit score, employment history, and more. What happens when you don’t have any credit to your name at all? Well, in most [...]
More convenient than travelers’ checks and safer than carrying large wads of cash around, credit cards are the preferred method of payment by travellers in many parts of the world. Used to purchase rail tickets, fill up gas tanks and stock up on groceries, credit cards are an essential item for any one going abroad. [...]
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If there’s one question that people have when it comes to retirement, it’s how to actually balance their retirement needs with the other goals that they have with their financial life. For example, if you have heavy credit card debt but a nice nest egg, should you rob Peter Nest Egg to pay Paul Credit [...]
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Credit card balances can really ruin the firm financial foundation that you’ve been dreaming about building, but that doesn’t mean that you have to actually let that happen. In fact, it’s in your best interest to make sure that you really don’t put yourself in that position at all. If you’re thinking about moving some [...]
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As the recession rumbles on, local governments throughout the UK are looking closely for ways to make savings and ways to work even more efficiently. But cutbacks can hurt both council service users and council employees. But there is at least one way to save cash and make life easier for both council staff and [...]
One New Year’s resolution that is starting to gain traction revolves around completely stopping the use of credit cards. Now, while it’s true that there are some financial experts that seriously believe this is a good idea, but this isn’t as great of an idea as you might imagine. For starters, your credit score doesn’t [...]
Asking how many credit cards someone should have is one of those questions that you are bound to get multiple answers. Indeed, everyone seems to want to know how many cards they should actually keep in their wallet, but the truth is that this is such a personal decision that it can be hard to [...]
Do you have goals for your credit cards? If you don’t, maybe it’s time that you actually built yourself a few goals to go with your credit cards. There’s no need to feel like you’re going to just have credit cards for the sake of having credit cards — having a goal makes it so [...]
