Posts Tagged ‘credit reporting

Millions 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.

Just 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.

Just 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.

Have 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.