Showing posts with label bad credit secured credit cards. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bad credit secured credit cards. Show all posts

Sunday, April 29, 2012

GOP starts taking tactical cues from Romney


WASHINGTON (AP) – Now that Mitt Romney has emerged as the likely GOP presidential nominee, congressional Republicans increasingly are taking their cues from him even if it causes heartburn and grumbling among conservatives unhappy about having to beat a tactical retreat.

That dynamic was on full display last week as House Speaker John Boehner coped with the dust-up generated by President Obama over student loans and Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell sidestepped Democratic attempts to brand Republicans as soft on the issue of violence against women.

It's a defensive game for Republicans, determined to avoid their stumbles last year when they lost the political battle over renewing Obama's payroll tax cut.

"Some folks in an election year would say you need to take tough issues off the table," said Rep. Rob Woodall, R-Ga. "Other folks in an election year say you need to bring your best solutions to the toughest issues, and I'm in that latter camp."

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Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Want a job? Better get your credit score up

Having a good credit score can do more than help people get loans, it can also help them get a job. But a bad credit score can be a huge hurdle for people looking for work, according to Fox Business.

Checking credit scores of potential employees is pretty common in the U.S. Approximately 60 percent of employers look at the credit scores of at least some of their potential employees, according to the Society for Human Resource Management.

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Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Obama talks low loan rates in pitch to college students


CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – President Obama kicked off a two-day, three-stop tour of college campuses Tuesday with soaring speeches on student loan interest rates that quickly veered into an all-out appeal for students' support.

His likely Republican opponent in November, Mitt Romney, didn't wait for the president's visit here to make his own appeal to young people and to charge that Obama had failed them.

The give-and-take was typical of a fledgling general election campaign in which neither side allows an issue or a charge to go without an instant response. And it highlighted what will certainly be a crucial battleground in the fall for the hearts and minds of young people.

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Sunday, April 15, 2012

Despite challenge, US pick favoured to lead World Bank


WASHINGTON, USA: Despite an unprecedented challenge from two developing-world candidates, Washington's 66-year lock on the World Bank presidency will almost certainly remain intact when directors meet Monday to fill the post.

Even after one of the challengers dropped out Friday to push his support to the other -- Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala -- they won't be able to overcome US and European backing for the US nominee, health expert Jim Yong Kim, analysts say.

But the first-ever challenge to traditional American control of the job has signaled that, as with the International Monetary Fund, emerging economies are flexing their muscles for a bigger say in how the near seven-decade old institutions are run.

Bank directors say they aim for a consensus decision when they meet formally on Monday to replace current President Robert Zoellick, the former US diplomat incumbent who is leaving in June at the end of his five-year term.


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Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Downturn leads to rise in costly 401(k) loans by minorities

While millions of workers used money from their retirement savings to pay expenses during the Great Recession, African Americans and Hispanics dipped into their 401(k) plans at a much higher rate.

The rise in 401(k) withdrawals, loans and cash-outs among African Americans and Hispanics represents a major setback for their long-term retirement security, says Mellody Hobson, president of Ariel Investments, co-sponsor of a survey on the recession's impact on retirement plans.

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Sunday, April 1, 2012

Depths of foreclosure crisis difficult to measure

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) – When Frank Verna pulls up to a battered, four-unit apartment building at lunch hour, he's just over a mile as the seagull flies from the gated, oceanfront palaces of South Florida's wealthiest.



But this stretch of 21st Street, pocked by homes with boarded-up windows and dead-ending at railroad tracks, is unlikely to make it to a tourism poster. Verna turns the car around in case he needs to make a quick exit and tucks a Smith & Wesson pistol into his jeans.
"Just watch your step," the real estate agent says, parting bushes grown across the building's entry path. Beyond is the darkened doorway to Unit 1 — missing its door.


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Thursday, February 9, 2012

U.S. seals mortgage settlement with top banks

Federal and state officials announced Thursday morning a $25 billion settlement of a long-running probe into allegedly shoddy foreclosure practices at the nation's five largest banks, a deal that will include more than $1 billion in assistance to former and current Illinois homeowners.

The agreement between the federal government, state attorneys general and the five banks -- Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Citibank and Ally Financial  formerly known as GMAC -- will not help former homeowners get back properties they lost to foreclosure, even if there was wrongdoing by loan servicers in the foreclosure process. Nor will its limited scope assist all current homeowners who find themselves in financial straits or severely underwater. Most notably, the agreement does not cover mortgages held by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

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Wednesday, February 8, 2012

4 Factors to Consider Before Applying for a Secured Credit Card


Just before you start looking for the top secured credit card account, we recommend that you consider first the factors we've listed below. We believe that in so doing, you are able to enhance your chances of ending up having a credit line that may work for you and budget.

Four Factors to consider 
  • Your own finances. Credit applicants, for example yourself, are always reminded to consider time for you toreview their personal finances before they start shopping for a credit card. Why? Because making a budget will give you a chance to determine that you actually need and can afford a new secured credit card. Ask yourself, do I Need to have a new credit card, or will i just need a new credit card.
So, if you create your budget, you should list your complete bills. You may already know, secured credit cards are secured by a deposit you make for the credit card company. By making a budget it is possible to figure out how much money you must save each month til you have enough on your security deposit and charges. However, in case your budget reveals that you are basically living paycheck to paycheck and that your earnings barely covers your monthly expenses then, it might be wise to hold back until you feel more stable, financially before you think about getting a new credit card


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Thursday, December 8, 2011

E-Books, Credit Cards, Ahold, Cordray Nomination: Compliance

Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. is probing the possibility of anticompetitive practices in the e-book industry, Sharis Pozen, the acting chief of the U.S. Justice Department’s antitrust division told a House committee in Washington yesterday.

European antitrust regulators are probing whether Apple Inc.’s pricing deals with publishers restrict competition, according to a statement from the European Union on Dec. 6. They are investigating arrangements with five e-book publishers and publishers’ deals with retailers, the commission said.

The publishers are Lagardere SCA’s Hachette Livre, News Corp.’s HarperCollins, CBS Corp.’s Simon & Schuster, Pearson Plc’s Penguin and Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck GmbH’s Macmillan division.

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Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Understanding the Credit Card Approval Process

Are you planning to get a new credit card this year?  If yes, understanding the credit card approval process will help you in choosing the right card for you. On this post, let us discuss the step-by-step process of applying for a credit card.

Comparison.  There are many types of credit cards in the market and it’s important to choose a card that complements your personal needs and lifestyle.  There are credit cards that are especially created for students and some credit cards offer different reward programs.

Some credit cards strictly require good or excellent credit so if you have a poor score, you should look for credit cards for bad credit.  It’s important to understand that submitting an application for a credit card that strictly requires good credit will only lead to rejection.  Thus, before applying for your chosen credit card, you must first make sure that you meet all the issuer’s requirements.

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Monday, November 28, 2011

Report: Banks earned $13B from secret Fed loans amid crisis

Providing what it calls "a fresh narrative" of the financial crisis, Bloomberg Markets Magazine reports that banks earned $13 billion in secret cut-rate loans from the Federal Reserve and that one day in early December 2008 they needed $1.2 trillion to stay afloat.

As of March 2009, toting up loan guarantees and lending limits, the Fed had committed $7.77 trillion to rescuing the financial system. That was "more than half the value of everything produced in the U.S. that year," Bloomberg writes.

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