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Citi Bike Breach Compromised User Credit Card Information
Here in New York City, people haven’t been shy about voicing their frustration with the new Citi Bike service. Celebrities like Alan Cumming have made fun of it via Twitter, and the bike docks were...
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Equifax Drags Feet on Consumer’s Disputes, Ordered to Pay $18.6 Million
At My Credit Specialist, we speak to people every day who have found mistakes on their credit report and either don’t know how to correct them or have attempted correcting them with disappointing...
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Clean Credit: Is Facebook Killing My Credit Score? Separating Media Hype from...
For the past week, every single major news outlet has run the exact same frightening story. “Facebook friends lower your credit score!” “How is Facebook lowering your credit?” “Wrong Facebook Friends...
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Interest Rates: Why Is My Credit Card APR So High?
Interest rates almost across the board are at rock-bottom rates. It is easier to get approved for auto loans, home equity loans, and most other lines of credit, even with some late payments or other...
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The Credit Access and Inclusion Act: A Common Sense Credit Solution
Congress has been famously ineffective in recent months with their approval ratings lower than ever. If there was ever a time to put aside partisan politics and work together, now is that time, and at...
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FICO Teams Up with Credit Card Issuer, Offers Free Credit Scores
For years, credit cards have offered a free credit score as a customer incentive. Usually these credit scores were Vantage Score or other non-FICO credit scores that are advertised as “educational”...
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Report: More Than 10,000 Credit Reporting Complaints Filed With CFPB
Back in October 2012, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) began accepting complaints against the credit bureaus Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion. In less than a year and a half, the CFPB...
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Ready to Improve Your Credit in 2014? Count to 5
Improving a credit score can feel like a daunting task, especially after years of late payments, charge-offs, and other financial problems. To quote the famous saying, however, the journey of a...
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How Can I Ever Rebuild After Bankruptcy?
Filing bankruptcy is a financially and emotionally draining experience. When it is over, there is a negative mark on the credit report that will take years to remove, and it is nearly impossible to get...
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Credit Tip: Coordinate Due Dates
Every day, families have a million and one deadlines, meetings, soccer practices, band concerts, and dinner plans to keep track of. For families on a tight budget, the due dates on credit card bills,...
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