Credit Checks Information
Identity Theft Can Drain Your Home Equity Credit Line So Check Accounts Regularly, Says ITAC (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) WASHINGTON----ITAC, the Identity Theft Assistance Center, warns consumers to regularly check their Home Equity Lines of Credit accounts, following release of a Federal Bureau of Investigation report indicating an increase in the use of identity theft to drain these accounts.
Police Seek Help to Catch Credit Card Fraud Suspects (WSAZ NewsChannel 3 West Virginia) State Police say two people accused of stealing credit cards and checks from a car have spent thousands of dollars at local stores.
Court clerk?s office taking part in pilot program using credit cards (Muskogee Phoenix) The cashier in the Muskogee County District Court Clerk?s office will begin asking patrons next week whether they want paper or plastic. They won?t be bagging up anything, but patrons will have the option of paying by credit card rather than cash or check, said Paula Sexton, court clerk.
Jennifer Openshaw: The 15-Minute Tip: Six tips for keeping your credit limits intact (Market Watch) Your house is no longer an ATM, but you?ve got plenty of available credit on those credit cards, right? Not so fast.
Top 10 Congressional Campaign Credit Card Chargers (CQPolitics.com via Yahoo! News) Catering for Rep. Eric Cantor of Virginia: $14,063. A fundraising event for House Minority Leader John A. Boehner of Ohio during an Arizona PGA tournament: $5,500. Beverages from Georgetown Wine & Spirits for contributors to Rep. Jesse L. Jackson Jr. of Illinois: $1,186. Being able to charge expenses for your congressional campaign on a credit card: Priceless.
Lawsuit yields free credit monitoring (Bankrate.com via Yahoo! Finance) The settlement of a class-action lawsuit against TransUnion allows consumers to get free credit monitoring, and millions are eligible.
Identity Theft Can Drain Your Home Equity Credit Line So Check Accounts Regularly, Says ITAC (Centre Daily Times) ITAC, the Identity Theft Assistance Center, warns consumers to regularly check their Home Equity Lines of Credit (HELOC) accounts, following release of a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) report indicating an increase in the use of identity theft to drain these accounts.
Personal Credit Checks Don't Hurt Your Credit Score (Carteret County News-Times) (ARA) - There are a lot of numbers that are important in life, but none quite as influential as your credit score. Having a high credit rating can give you better interest rates on credit cards, car loans and even your mortgage.
Three indicted in credit scheme (Penn State Collegian) In 2006, two customers at a State College bar used their credit cards -- only later learning they had become the victims of an identity theft scheme.
Elizabeth Warren On The Rising Cost Of Credit Debt (NPR) Harvard Law professor returns to Fresh Air to talk about how credit-card debt is becoming more costly due to increased fees and interest rates. Warren is a bankruptcy expert and an outspoken critic of abusive lending practices.
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