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If you have ever been asked by your wife, husband, child or friend to have someone else as an authorised signatory to you, i.e. a supplemental signatory, on your credit card account you no doubt gave this some serious thought. If you agreed to the request, the following are some reason why you...

• Date Added: 11/17/2005
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If there's one thing it's always worth doing, it's shopping around for best deal. This is generally true for all purchases you're going to make, but one place it's more important than most is with loans. Many people don't think about it too much, but loans are for many people, the single biggest...

• Date Added: 11/17/2005
• Views: 591

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Identity theft is fast becoming the major way in which criminals are stealing your money. They are not only stealing your money but they are stealing your identity, using your personal details to gain access to your credit and open up new accounts in your name redirecting the mail to a new...

• Date Added: 11/21/2005
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Most people have taken out plenty of loans and other forms of credit, from various sources over the years. These could include student loans, credit cards, store cards, a bank overdraft, car loan, goods bought on a buy now pay later basis. All of these sources of credit will have different terms...

• Date Added: 11/23/2005
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Switching credit cards is an everyday part of life now whether it is taking advantage of the introductory offers or simply deciding that your existing credit card account is old hand and you are looking for a newer better credit card deal than you have already. If you choose your new credit card...

• Date Added: 11/24/2005
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If you have bad credit, you may be finding it increasingly difficult to get vital loans. While this is generally a sign that you should try to avoid further borrowing, there are certain circumstances in which it is just vital that you get credit. This may include paying rent, especially if you...

• Date Added: 12/6/2005
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Is your credit report important? There are a lot of people who would not consider their credit rating as something too important to them in their life. There are others who, while recognising its importance, would not be overly concerned about the issue or understand the reasons for its...

• Date Added: 12/19/2005
• Views: 564

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There are risks involved in all investing. The skill of investing is knowing which risks are worth taking, and which should be avoided. Finding and knowing which risks to take is the essence of good investing and the whole reason that investments can pay such a high reward. It cannot be done...

• Date Added: 12/19/2005
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The statistics show that more and more students are graduating from university with significant debt. The debt levels are growing year on year and many students will be paying them off for years after they graduate. It seems that the consumer addiction to credit and spending has effected the...

• Date Added: 12/19/2005
• Views: 463

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Christmas is one of the busiest times of year. There are so many things to think of. People have usually got family or friends visiting, the Christmas meal to cook, gifts to buy and wrap and decorations to put up. It can also be a very expensive time of year. Many people report huge regrets every...

• Date Added: 12/21/2005
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One of the hardest things that young couples report during their first year of marriage is getting to grips with joint finances. While most are willing to share what they have with their partner, they are not sure on the best way to bring this sharing into effect so that they can share with their...

• Date Added: 1/9/2006
• Views: 446

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These days, it's hard to listen to the financial or economic news for long without hearing something about pensions. These news stories usually give us some bad news about the pensions shortfalls in the gaping holes in pension funds. The chancellor Gordon Brown has recently gone on record...

• Date Added: 1/11/2006
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How many monthly bills do you get? You may have a mortgage bill, a car payment, heating, electricity, gas, telephone, television, and that doesn't even begin with your credit card and store card payments. The fact of the matter is that people today have more monthly commitments than ever before....

• Date Added: 1/11/2006
• Views: 438

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Are you aware of how many ways there are for thieves to take access of your credit card accounts and make unauthorised charges against your account? Simply by rummaging through old receipts that you have thrown out or left somewhere public, or by a shop assistant quickly scribbling down your card...

• Date Added: 1/12/2006
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There really are an amazing variety of credit cards available to today's consumers; the number of options is simply staggering. Virtually every company around these days has some form of affiliated credit card option available to its customers. While most of these cards are affiliated to one of...

• Date Added: 1/24/2006
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With debt at an all time high, many of us will be looking to either transfer our current credit card debt or apply for a new credit card with more benefits or lower interest rate. However, with a plethora of card offers out there, deciding which card, if any, is best for you can seem a little...

• Date Added: 1/24/2006
• Views: 424

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There was a time when being self-employed meant that you would have a very hard time ever getting any credit from a bank. This was pretty much accepted as one of the downsides to self-employment that would go hand in hand with all the benefits such as freedom to control your own working life and...

• Date Added: 1/25/2006
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When you take out a loan, you will many decisions to make, but one of the most fundamental, will be whether or not to opt for a secured or an unsecured loan.

A secured loan will have a number of advantages. First of all they are easier to get an approval for. This is because lenders will...

• Date Added: 1/26/2006
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Not many people spend too much time thinking about it, but every one of us, has a computer file somewhere that contains all the information that makes up our credit history. This information will include our current and previous addresses, our income level, our outstanding debt and how much extra...

• Date Added: 1/13/2006
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While bankruptcy is something that should be avoided at all costs, sometimes people get themselves in situations which are next to impossible to get out of. Filing for bankruptcy can make it hard to get a good job, car, or even a house. Despite this, most people don't know where to turn when...

• Date Added: 4/8/2006
• Views: 465