A listing of news items, events, books, and publications on credit.
2012 Fall Issue: Credit Card Comparison Site Survey Consumer Action looked at 54 sites to determine which ones offer the most useful and complete information to credit card shoppers. To narrow the list, we evaluated them using a checklist of key elements—and 13 met all or most of our criteria. Three sites met all nine criteria. (Wednesday, October 31, 2012)
The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (Chinese). This concise guide to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) makes consumers aware of what collectors must do under the law, what they are allowed to do, and what they are prohibited from doing. It also provides information about getting a collector to stop contacting you, what your options are if a collector violates the FDCPA and where to get more information or personal assistance.
The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (Korean) How it restricts collectors and protects consumers. 공정 채권 추심법(the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, FDCPA)에 대한 이 안내서는 법으로 규정된 채권 추심자들의 의무, 허거된 추심 행위 그리고 불법 추심 행위 등을 소비자들에게 알립니다. 이 안내서는 또한 채권 추심자들로부터의 접촉 차단, 채권 추심자들의 법률 위반시 대처하는 방법, 추가 정보 또는 지원 받는 요령 등에 대한 정보도 제공합니다.
This concise guide to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) makes consumers aware of what collectors must do under the law, what they are allowed to do, and what they are prohibited from doing. It also provides information about getting a collector to stop contacting you, what your options are if a collector violates the FDCPA and where to get more information or personal assistance.
Money Management 1-2-3: TWO: Achieving Financial Goals (Chinese). The “Money Management 1-2-3: Be Smart About Money All Your Life” series focuses on basic money management skills at the beginner, intermediate and advanced level. Part two, Achieving Financial Goals, addresses updating your budget, accumulating a nest egg and protecting your assets. Topics include budgeting and debt management, saving and investing, homeownership and insurance.
Money Management 1-2-3: ONE: Getting a Strong Start (Vietnamese).
Phần 1: Loạt bài “Quản Lý Tài Chánh 1-2-3: Nên Khôn Ngoan Về Tài Chánh Cho Cả Đời Của Quý vị” tập trung vào các kỹ năng căn bản về quản lý tiền bạc ở mức ban đầu, trung bình và cấp cao. Phần một, Khởi Sự Vững Vàng, trình bày cách quản lý tiền thâu nhập, sử dụng tín dụng cho khôn ngoan và sống trong khả năng tài chánh của quý vị. Các đề tài bao gồm hiểu biết về ngân phiếu tiền lương, khai thuế, tạo một quỹ chi thu, mở các trương mục ngân hàng, tạo và gầy dựng tín dụng tốt và quản lý tiền mượn đi học.
The “Money Management 1-2-3: Be Smart About Money All Your Life” series focuses on basic money management skills at the beginner, intermediate and advanced level. Part one, Getting a Strong Start, addresses how to manage your income, use credit wisely and live within your means. Topics include understanding your pay stub, filing your tax returns, creating a budget, setting up bank accounts, establishing and building good credit and managing student loans.
Money Management 1-2-3: ONE: Getting a Strong Start (Chinese). The “Money Management 1-2-3: Be Smart About Money All Your Life” series focuses on basic money management skills at the beginner, intermediate and advanced level. Part one, Getting a Strong Start, addresses how to manage your income, use credit wisely and live within your means. Topics include understanding your pay stub, filing your tax returns, creating a budget, setting up bank accounts, establishing and building good credit and managing student loans.
How YOU Can Profit from Credit Cards
Curtis Arnold, founder of Cardratings.com, passes along techniques he has used to escape credit card debt, "creatively finance" his wedding, car, and home purchases, and earn thousands in credit card "perks" every year. Along the way, he offers advice targeted to…
Liz Pulliam Weston is a personal finance columnist whose twice-weekly columns for MSN Money reach more than six million people each month. In her new book she provides a complete action plan for improving your credit score. Credit scores—numbers that sum up your credit…
Credit Scores & Credit Reports
The U.S. credit reporting system keeps detailed financial histories on more than 200 million Americans. Evan Hendricks' Credit Scores & Credit Reports is a well-informed, informative, and well-written guide to a subject of great and growing importance to consumers. Hendricks, a foremost privacy expert,…
