Losing a job is bad enough, so minimize the damage to your credit By Jodi Helmer Protect Your Credit During Unemployment While polishing your resume, searching job boards, and meeting recruiters, it’s easy to ignore your credit score. But taking steps to protect your credit during unemployment makes it easier to recover financially and may […]

One of the most important financial lessons that you can learn is that debt is prison. Indeed, when you are paying interest on your debt, that money is going straight into someone else’s bank account and you receive nothing in return. Plus, paying that interest makes it harder to pay down the principal and to […]

Tuesday, 20 September 2011 10:44 By Matt O’Donnell Chase Bank has reached a class action lawsuit settlement over allegations it induced individuals enrolled in debt management plans to pay fees to certain credit counseling agencies. Who Qualifies for the Settlement? If you enrolled in a debt management plan and paid fees to any of the […]