Getting a MasterCard or Visa Credit Card after Bankruptcy

Friday, October 1st, 2010

LoveToKnow (LTK): Can you tell our readers a little bit about your background and experience? Lita Epstein (LE): I'm a personal finance writer with over 25 books on the market. I earned my MBA from Emory's Goizuetta Business School and have since helped many people recover from serious ...

3 Student Debt Reduction Strategies

Thursday, September 30th, 2010

Thanks to the credit crunch, the recent economic recession and the rising cost of education, student debt is more prevalent than ever. Between credit cards and student loans, many graduating seniors will have as much as $50,000 to $60,000 in debt that has to be repaid. Here are ...

CK Bootcamp: 31-Days To Healthier Credit … What Will It Take To Get You Onboard?

Thursday, September 30th, 2010

We all have different approaches to personal finance. Maybe you read the business section of the newspaper religiously, or catch up with personal finance blogs once in awhile, or use budgeting tools when you can. Great. But will you commit to being financially fit and credit healthy ...

Points, Miles, And Cash Back: The LV Guide To Credit Card Rewards

Monday, September 27th, 2010

**Today’s guest post is contributed by LearnVest**. At LearnVest, we believe that you should always make money on your money, from beginning to end: You should earn interest in a savings account before you spend and then credit card rewards once you do spend. In ...

Teenagers and Credit Cards

Saturday, September 25th, 2010

Teenagers claim that they have a lot of things they need that would sometimes require hundreds to thousands of dollars. Parents can buy those things for them or go to the mall with their teens and shop. But it won’t stay like this for the entire teenage years of ...

Credit cards contributing to rising debt

Friday, September 24th, 2010

Details released by the UK Insolvency Helpline have shown that credit cards are contributing to worrying levels of personal debt . The organisation is calling for more debt relief for those getting into financial problems. A representative for the UK Insolvency Helpline has said that many people in the UK ...