DISCLAIMER: As the COVID-19 public health situation evolves, new regulations are being continually issued. This page/story/information may not include the most recent information. By Alina Machado • Published November 10, 2020 • Updated on November 10, 2020 at 7:04 pm Elvira Maldonado may be employed, but she says the pandemic did not spare her finances. “The major impact has been monetarily,” she said. The …
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Ask an Expert: Should I Open A New Line Of Credit Or Just Continue To Pay My Debt To Rebuild My Credit?
DISCLAIMER: As the COVID-19 public health situation evolves, new regulations are being continually issued. This page/story/information may not include the most recent information. This week’s question: I took on too much debt and went without a job for 23 months. I am now employed and currently paying off my last, charged-off credit card. Should I open …
Over 50% of Americans Don’t Know How Much They’re Spending on Recurring Payments
DISCLAIMER: As the COVID-19 public health situation evolves, new regulations are being continually issued. This page/story/information may not include the most recent information. By Dawn Allcot April 16, 2021 Chase Bank recently studied the current state of recurring payments and discovered that 78% of survey respondents have at least one recurring subscription, while 50% have at least …
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How Consumers Are Using Latest Relief Checks
DISCLAIMER: As the COVID-19 public health situation evolves, new regulations are being continually issued. This page/story/information may not include the most recent information.Nancy Marshall-Genzer Apr 17, 2021 The Federal Reserve Bank of New York released a study Wednesday on how people are spending — or not spending — their relief checks. The report found that the consumers …
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IRS plans to extend April 15 tax deadline by a month, report says
DISCLAIMER: As the COVID-19 public health situation evolves, new regulations are being continually issued. This page/story/information may not include the most recent information.Tanza Loudenback 41 minutes ago The federal tax deadline will move to mid-May, according to a Bloomberg report. The IRS has yet to confirm the deadline extension. An extension would give taxpayers and preparers more …
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Nearly Half of All Americans Missed Rent or Mortgage Payments as the Nation Hits One Official Year of COVID-19
DISCLAIMER: As the COVID-19 public health situation evolves, new regulations are being continually issued. This page/story/information may not include the most recent information. New GOBankingRates’ surveys showcase staggering statistics on how the pandemic has drastically affected Americans across the country during the past year. NEWS PROVIDED BY GOBankingRates Mar 11, 2021, 07:15 ET LOS ANGELES, March 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ …
Americans are struggling, but you’d never know it from their credit scores
DISCLAIMER: As the COVID-19 public health situation evolves, new regulations are being continually issued. This page/story/information may not include the most recent information. Jessica Dickler@JDICKLER – PUBLISHED THU, FEB 25 20218:00 AM ESTUPDATED THU, FEB 25 20218:00 AM ESTKEY POINTS Federal relief measures, including stimulus checks and a pause in loan repayments, have given some …
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Credit report errors are surging due to COVID — was your credit score hit?
DISCLAIMER: As the COVID-19 public health situation evolves, new regulations are being continually issued. This page/story/information may not include the most recent information. Sigrid Forberg –Tue, February 23, 2021, 5:59 PM COVID-19 may have infected your credit score. Record numbers of complaints about credit report errors are pouring in against the credit monitoring bureaus, according to …
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More Americans Are Paying Their Bank-Issued Credit Cards On Time: What Does This Mean For You?
DISCLAIMER: As the COVID-19 public health situation evolves, new regulations are being continually issued. This page/story/information may not include the most recent information.CONTRIBUTOR-Ben Gran Forbes AdvisorPUBLISHED-FEB 18, 2021 7:00AM EST Arecent report from the American Bankers Association found that credit card delinquencies are at an all-time low. As of the third quarter of 2020, only 1.53% …
Credit score requirements for rentals are rising: What you need to know
DISCLAIMER: As the COVID-19 public health situation evolves, new regulations are being continually issued. This page/story/information may not include the most recent information. By Maurie BackmanMotley Fool Over past 3 years, average credit score increased by 1 point per year. You may need even stronger credit to rent a home these days. You may have heard the higher your credit …
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