Consumer Alerts - Scams and Identity Theft Warnings

• How Loan Scams Work
• Scam Stories from Our Visitors
• Foreclosure Fraud / Refinancing Scams
• Loan Modification Scam
• Identity Theft Prevention - protect your credit
• Recovering from ID theft
• Phishing Scam Alert

Historical Perspectives

• History of Credit Cards
• History of Credit Unions
• History of Short-term Lending
• History of Credit Reporting and Scoring
• History of formal lending in the United States
• History of Credit: Earliest Forms of Credit
• Women and Credit - Brief History

Mortgages

• Mortgages for people with poor credit?
• Negotiating your closing costs
• Finding the right home loan
• Foreclosure Prevention Plan
• Federal Reserve Board Mulls Lending Changes

More Mortgage Info

• First mortgage and purchase loans
• Interest-only mortgages. Are they right for you?
• Mortgage refinance loans
• How can I stop foreclosure?
• Mobile home loans

Education / College

• Student Loans
• Federal Stafford Loans
• PLUS Loan for Parents
• Student Loans Repayment
• Managing Money in College

Home Equity and Home Improvement

• Home equity loans
• Home improvement loans
• Vacation and rental property financing
• Make money from home equity loans

Credit Basics

• Credit Monitoring
• Optimize Your Credit
• Fix Bad Credit
• All about Credit Reporting
• Myths about Credit Reporting
• Bankruptcy - Know the Rules
• Vantage Score - A new scoring system
• Consumer Statistics: 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010

General Credit - Financial Health

• Using prepaid credit cards in college
• Establishing credit early
• Using credit cards properly
• Those "minor" credit infractions
• Living Within Your Means - Not the Jones'
• Disaster Planning

Business Lending

• Borrowing money from your business
• Business Loans
• Using bank loans to start a business - New

Marriage and Credit Issues

• Credit and Divorce
• Is your fiancé a risk to your credit?

Credit Cards

• Prepaid credit cards for college
• Credit Cards - Advantages & Disadvantages
• Understanding Credit Cards - Basics
• Unsatisfied with Credit Card Purchase
• Credit Cards - Minimum Payments
• Lost or stolen cards
• Making money with your rewards card
• Recognizing credit card abuse

Debt Reduction

• Credit Card Debt Myth
• Debtors Anonymous
• Debt Consolidation Loans
• Eliminate credit card debt (part 1)
• Pay off credit cards...debt killing factors (part 2)
• Debt Reduction (part 3)

General Loan Information

• Payday Lending - Uses, Risks, and Costs - New
• Auto loans
• Bad credit loans do exist
• Computer loans and financing
• Cosigning on a Loan
• Loans in the United Kingdom
• Tougher loan documentation requirements
• Peer to Peer Lending

Tax Issues

• Mortgage interest and tax considerations
• Paying income taxes with credit or equity
• Useful ways to spend your tax refund - New

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