Archive for December, 2011
Tips to Avoid Paying Late Fees
Late fees are unnecessary expenses that rob you of your hard earned money and leave long term damage to your credit score. For many people, the late fees they pay to their credit cards cost more than the minimum payment itself! Learn the following tips to avoid paying late fees – and also a strategy [...]
The CARD Act and Credit Cardholder Rights
Credit card companies have long been the source of consumer complaints regarding excessive and unreasonable fees and penalties. In addition, for many years, credit card users found themselves dealing with unreasonable, and often times, downright rude customer service. The downturn in the economy triggered even more aggressive behavior and antics from the credit card companies. [...]
How to Choose a Credit Card
Competition between different credit card companies is fierce, and they will compete with one another to attract new cardholders through introductory offers, rewards programs, and cardholder perks. The offers from credit cards are tempting, but none of these often temporary programs should be the reason you choose a credit card over the others. Here are [...]
Saving Money Despite Durbin Amendment Bank Changes
Consumers need to pay a lot more attention to every detail of their finances these days if they wish to save as much as they intend. With the recent addition of the Durbin Amendment to the rules of banking, consumers are even more hard-pressed to get very involved in their money matters, especially where their [...]
4 Money Mistakes Common in Marriage
When you get married, there are a lot of changes that take place. A big change but one not talked about enough is the combining of two different financial lives. While many arguments between married couples are linked to money, combining financials is not always the issue at hand. But different money management styles can [...]
Avoid Credit Card Skimming Scams
The holiday season is a time of increased credit card and debit card skimming scams. The number of people shopping and spending money is increased, and the majority of people rely on their debit or credit cards during the holiday season – making it a prime time of year for credit and debit card skimming [...]
Do I Have a Debt Problem? 5 Tips for Evaluating Your Situation
It can be so easy to recognize problems of others but when it comes to analyzing your own personal situation, it may not be as simple. This is especially true if the problems you are experiencing surround money issues. There are millions of Americans that have struggled with financial hardships at one time or another. [...]
5 Pieces of Information You’ll Want from Your Lender
Whether you are committing to a large home loan or a smaller personal loan, there are things you should do in both scenarios. Any loan comes with terms and conditions and you should have a clear understanding of the details in the fine print well before you sign your name on the dotted line. If [...]
Why Health Is an Important Factor in Your Finances
Money matters have a huge impact on human beings and when you are wrapped up in the middle of financial matters that are difficult, it can be easy to forget about the other important aspects of your life. Your health is obviously important but what you may not realize is just how much damage your [...]
How to Deal With Poor Customer Service
As consumers we expect things to go right the first time but we also anticipate things not being as they seem. When we purchase a product or a service and things do not turn out as we hoped, we have to face the customer service department. In some cases, this experience isn’t so bad but [...]
Need A Restaurant Cash Advance?
The cost of doing business has risen for nearly every company across the nation. Restaurants have been especially hard hit as transportation and food prices have increased dramatically. This has left many restaurants in the position of needing a restaurant cash advance to continue doing business and serving customers. Funding of this nature has become [...]
This was a great article. I was just trying to figure out how my family could set up a budget ...
I find that I can nickle and dime myself to death! 
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