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1999 CA Celebrates 28 Years Issue
Table of Contents Federal bill would ban unsolicited loan checks CA asks to unseal records… -
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2000 Online Banking Survey
Table of Contents Virtual banks can save you money, give you better rates Are online banks secure? -
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Credit Cards - What You Need To Know - Training Guide
This 36-page training guide contains step-by-step guidance to conducting a two hour training, classroom activities and take-home worksheets. Each order for the Training Manual (see above) will be accompanied with a copy of the Training… -
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Credit Cards - What You Need To Know - Powerpoint Presentation
This 64-slide presentation will help trainers with access to PowerPoint projectors when they hold a training on the credit card project. You can download the Power Point slides from the Download field below. -
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Thinking of debt settlement? New FTC rule can help
Like commercials for weight-loss pills and devices that are supposed to stop your dog from barking, ads for debt-relief companies are a mainstay of late-night TV. Many of these companies claim they can reduce your… -
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Shorter-term mortgages gain favor for refinancing
More homeowners are refinancing into shorter-term loans, saving a bundle by taking advantage of the lowest mortgage rates in decades. Nearly a third of borrowers refinancing fixed 30-year loans in April through June picked loans… -
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Falling rates aid debtors, but hamper savers
Households and corporations alike are refinancing their loans in droves to take advantage of interest rates that seem impossibly cheap. But those same low rates come with a flip side, driving down the income of… -
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Credit Cards - What You Need To Know
Most people use credit cards—but do they know the terms of the agreement they have with their card issuer? This brochure is designed to help readers understand the different types of cards available; sort through… -
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Tarjetas De Crédito: Lo Que Usted Debe Saber
La mayoría de las personas usan tarjetas de crédito, ¿pero saben ellos los términos del acuerdo que tienen con el emisor de su tarjeta? Este folleto está diseñado para ayudar a los lectores a comprender… -
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Credit Cards - What You Need To Know (Chinese)
很多人使用信用卡 ﹣但是他們明白信用卡公司合約書上面那些專業用詞嗎？本手冊的編排內容專為協助讀者了解各類信用卡，讓你分類挑選最適合自己的，並可看懂信用卡合約書專業用詞以及條件，避免付費及罰金。 -
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Panel seeks Social Security cuts and tax hikes
The chairmen of President Obama’s bipartisan commission on reducing the national debt outlined a politically provocative and economically ambitious package of spending cuts and tax increases on Wednesday, igniting a debate that is likely to… -
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Credit Cards - What You Need To Know (Korean)
모든 사람들이 크레딧 카드를 사용하지만 카드회사와의 카드 계약 조건에 대해 알고 있는 사람은 몇이나 될까요? 이 소책자는 여러가지 다른 종류의 카드에 대한 이해, 자신에게 가장 적합한 카드 선택 요령, 크레딧 카드 계약 조건의 이해, 불필요한… -
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Credit Cards - What You Need To Know (Vietnamese)
Hầu hết mọi người đều dùng thẻ tín dụng - nhưng họ có biết giới hạn và các điều kiện tín dụng với công ty cấp tín dụng. Cẩm nang này giúp người đọc hiểu… -
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Start the year right by tackling credit-card debt
Aaarrrrgggghhh, credit-card debt be a pernicious foe. Yes, that’s my best pirate voice. It just feels like an appropriate voice to use when gearing up for a fight. In her new book “The Real Cost… -
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Fighting for Fannie, Freddie
To many Republicans and the Obama administration, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the government’s mortgage giants, are ill. But rather than healing them, both sides agree that the companies should be left to die and… -
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Credit Cards - What You Need To Know - Training Manual
This training manual, written in question-and-answer format, will help give trainers the background they need to help participants understand how credit cards work and that the way they use credit cards can have an important… -
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Credit card rules one year later
Credit card customers are facing fewer interest rate hikes and forking over sharply less in late fees. A year after new regulations curbed some questionable billing practices, federal officials say over-the-limit penalty charges have also… -
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Some Bank of America cards get rate cuts
More than a million Bank of America credit card customers are being notified that they’ve received a reduction in their interest rates, thanks to a provision in the new credit card law. Initially, the Credit… -
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Without loan giants, 30-year mortgage may fade away
How might home buying change if the federal government shuts down the housing finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac? The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage loan, the steady favorite of American borrowers since the 1950s, could… -
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The credit card of the future: It ‘talks’ to you
There have been repeated attempts to make old-fashioned plastic credit cards “smart” by putting computer chips on them. Smart to whom? Even chip-enabled cards can’t tell consumers what the interest rate is on purchases, or… -
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Wells Fargo, NAACP open financial literacy center
The NAACP and Wells Fargo opened a financial literacy center in the District on Monday, a project that stemmed from the settlement of a lawsuit that accused the lending giant of steering black borrowers into… -
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New consumer bureau proposes simple mortgage forms
The blizzard of complex disclosure forms required in getting a mortgage soon could ease a bit as a new federal agency tries to streamline and simplify an important part of the process. In its first… -
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Should you sign up for a ‘professional’ card?
Credit-card issuers are marketing so-called professional cards—formerly reserved for small-business owners or executives—to individuals, a new report says. Lenders sent out 2.6 billion offers for these cards to ordinary American households between January 2006 and… -
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Credit unions increasingly offer payday loans
To millions of member-customers, credit unions are the financial equivalent of a trusted uncle, dispensing prudent loans for cars, homes, and education without the profit motive of traditional banks. But encouraged by federal regulators, an… -
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Bottom may be near for slide in housing
How low can the market go? For real estate, some economists say, an end to the seemingly endless decline in housing values might be in sight. Not immediately. At the moment, prices are still dropping.…
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