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In: Finance
12 Apr 2010Millions of people have their financial situation negatively impacted by a company called Chexsystems. Chexsystems is a group of financial institutions who have come together to prevent people that have had troubles with financial accounts before from opening new accounts at any member organizations. Unfortunately, with the current increase in identity theft across the nation, many innocent folks have been hurt by this reporting system.
In: Finance
12 Jun 2009Just as the term brings to mind, student credit cards are credit cards meant particularly for students, many who are not earning a documented income with employment. Credit card issuers are alert to students and their credit challenges so they make accommodations for students when building student credit card offers specifically. Typically, the only restriction when applying for a student credit card is the age of the student, and as mandated by the law of the country, which is typically 18 years old and above at the time of application. In many ways, a student credit card is very similar to traditional, run-of-the-mill credit cards. But the major difference, is the standard APR, or interest rate, levied for card purchases, which is relatively higher than a traditional credit card APR.
In: Finance
31 May 2009Just as the term itself suggests, student credit cards are credit cards meant exclusively for students, many of whom are yet to earn a documented income with employment. Credit card issuers are mindful of students and their credit challenges so they make accommodations for students when building student credit card offers specifically. Typically, the only constraint when applying for a student credit card is the age of the student, and as mandated by the law of the country, which is typically 18 years old and above at the time of application. In many ways, a student credit card is very similar to traditional, run-of-the-mill credit cards. But the major difference, is the standard APR, or interest rate, levied for card purchases, which is relatively higher than a traditional credit card APR.
In: Personal Finance
16 Mar 2009Until someone has had to go through the absolute horror of being reported to ChexSystems, it’s hard to realize how much of a pain it is to deal with. Of course, you’re unable to open a checking account in most institutions, so you can’t pay your bills with a check. You can’t pay online either because online bill pay requires a valid checking account. And since having a debit card is not an option, that means that you walk around with lots of cash. Let’s not even mention the part where your credit report is ruined because of it.
In: Personal Finance
2 Mar 2009Have you ever wondered how the practice of using credit reports really began in Canada? What kind of situation could have necessitated their development? The history of credit reports didn’t start, of course, until long after the establishment of the credit system itself. Here, we’ll examine why and how credit reports were created.