Articles, tagged with "consumer reporting agencies", page 1
19th September 2011
To find out how to check your credit score use The Fair Credit Reporting Act. It is required of consumer reporting agencies, like credit bureaus, to provide their records of you at least once ever twelve months. How to check your credit score is so import...
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Author:
accurise
13th May 2011
If you're not familiar with the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) established in 1971, you need to understand it and know your rights as a consumer. One of your rights as a consumer is obtaining your report. This is one of my credit repair tips is to get y...
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Author:
Jeffrey S. Ragan
09th March 2011
Harassing phone calls from debt collectors often sends chills down your spine. Instead of refraining from taking the calls or banging down the phone, take the calls and engage in conversations with debt collectors. Allow them to call you repeatedly, shout...
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Author:
Victor
29th December 2010
If there are minor negative credit information that is causing your low credit scores, do something about it before it starts affecting your access to consumer credit information. You might take it lightly not but you surely will not find it anything by c...
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Author:
Herschel
24th December 2010
You do not want to get stuck with bad credit. Neither do you want to have bad credit for things that you were not really responsible for. Some people have had the unfortunate experience of finding out that they have inaccurate credit records just when t...
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Author:
Herschel
17th November 2010
The prospect of requesting and inspecting your credit report ranks right up there with going to the dentist. No one looks forward to it, but reviewing your credit report is as necessary to your financial health as regular cleanings are to your dental heal...
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Author:
Sergeilemberg
14th October 2010
As per the regulation of the destiny, the only constant thing in life is change! And the people who go places are the ones who keep moving. Keeping this simple attitude in mind, an individual or a family may face many such situations in life where they ha...
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Author:
J. Simpson
31st August 2010
New business credit cards are great tools in building corporate credit especially for start-up companies. But aside from that, using business credit cards can make administrative tasks a lot easier to handle. Business owners can also rely on accurate re...
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Author:
Pamela Williams
14th July 2010
Credit scores are the equivalent of a financial report card. There is no way to avoid having credit scores since the Big Three consumer reporting agencies - Equifax, Trans Union, and Experian - keep tabs on your credit situation daily. These agencies then...
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Author:
Milford Bender
06th July 2010
The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) was passed by the Congress and enforced by the Fair Trade Commission (FTC) to protect consumers against inaccuracies, unfair and misleading information in the consumer reporting agencies' (Equifax, Transunion and Exper...
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Author:
robertanderson1
05th July 2010
There are innumerable moving companies operating their business inside Canada. As you have plenty of alternatives to select from, it is quite natural to be carried away. Even though most of the moving companies vie with one another over price, the real ta...
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Author:
styanwilliams
03rd June 2010
What do the following have in common: "National Criminal Search", "Multijurisdictional Search", "Bigfoot", "National Crime Information Service"?
Did I hear you answer they are all myths? Correct!
None of the above searches exists, but many backgroun...
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Author:
Don Dymer
29th May 2010
What exactly are bad credit cards? What exactly makes one "bad" In the first place? A bad credit card is in fact a negative credit card rating. What is a credit rating may you ask? A credit rating is a form of "credit score", in which uses a form of mathe...
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Author:
Sturat Michael M
16th February 2010
Disclaimer: This article is provided purely for informational purposes and should not be considered professional advice. The author is not a lawyer. Please consult with your attorney before making any important legal decisions.
Anyone who pays attenti...
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Author:
ChuckLin1
15th January 2010
Every insurance company will have certain factors based on which they determine the policy rates. These factors include your driving record, credit ratings, driver's sex or gender, age of the driver, distance or kilometers driven on an average etc. Are yo...
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Author:
Arush Keerthi