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The Moneyshot: Day 22
Today is the end of my first month of rigorous budgeting, and I can tell you this: I suck at budgeting. The upside of all this drama is that in…
Up To $100 Cash Back Card Offers
This Weeks Credit Card Deals: $75 to $100 Cash Back! I run a credit card website and thought I would give you the down-lo on the hottest deals out there…
Mint.com: Fresh Personal Finance
Have any of you ever used Mint? It turns out that in all the time that this blog has been around, not a single person has ever covered the site,…
Are You Unintentionally Hurting Your Credit Score?
A Money 411 clip on the Today Show last week had some really surprising comments about things that could be hurting your credit score. Visit for Breaking News, World News,…
Credit cards are for transactions; not to borrow money
In a recent post about credit card interest rates, Philip Brewer at Wise Bread explained: I use credit cards for transactions, not to borrow money. One of the smartest things…
Surviving the Recession: How to Weather the Economic Storm
I participated on a panel this week at the Campus Progress National Conference in Washington, DC, and the topic was "Surviving the Recession: How to Weather the Economic Storm." The…
End Run Around “Do Not Call” and “CAN-Spam” Acts…
...or at least that's what I thought when I opened my credit card statement from Chase and out fell (along with all the annoying advertising flyers) another "Change in Terms"…
Advanta Closes a Million Small Business Credit Card Accounts
As of May 30, 2009, Advanta is closing all its small business credit card accounts. I first learned of this on Tuesday of this week when I got an…
Will You Pay To Keep Up Your FICO Score?
Well, President Obama signed into law the CARD Act, reforming the Credit Card Industries practices. What he signed is amazing, but it still didn't go far enough to corral some…