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Is Ally Bank’s Rate Strategy Working?

Ally Bank continues to pay some of the highest certificate of deposit CD rates in the country. Is their strategy working? read more »
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How to Buy a Home That’s Owned by the Bank

Bank websites have their foreclosed home inventory available for you to search – if you want to find bank foreclosed homes for sale, two of the large[...] read more »
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Reclaiming Your Identity After Identity Theft

Although fraudulent activity might have already made its way onto your credit report, you can take immediate steps to reclaim your identity following[...] read more »
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Understanding Credit Reporting Terms in Plain English

For most people, credit reports are quite a mystery and are hard to understand. But regular checking of your credit report will help you to keep the [...] read more »
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Paranoid or Prepared? 36 Tips to Protect Your Identity

According to the Federal Trade Commission’s 2006 Identity Theft Survey Report, this “paranoia” is justified. read more »
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Financial Fraud – How To Smell A Rat

In his new book How to Smell a Rat, Ken Fisher arms you with five simple signs that can alert you to possible scams and help insulate you against fin[...] read more »
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2.50% Savings Account, $100 to Open – Daily Deal!

Get a 2.5% APY on the Advantage Savings Account from the Bank of Internet. This is a really great savings account rate, and only requires $100 to get[...] read more »
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$230 Checking Bonus at Comerica Bank – Daily Deal

Get $230 in bonuses from Comerica Bank when you get a new savings, checking, debit card, direct deposit, and online bill pay account. read more »
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Did Uncle Joe Just Steal My Credit Card Number?

Roughly 900,000 were victimized by relatives. This figure grows even more if friends, coworkers, and employees are thrown into the mix. read more »
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2.75% CD Rate on 17 Month Certificate of Deposit – Daily Deal!

Earn 2.75% CD Rate on 17 Month Certificate of Deposit at Fort Knox!Fort Knox Federal Credit Union has some interesting rate specials on CD Certificat[...] read more »
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2.00% 12 Month CD Certificate of Deposit Rate at Ally Bank – Daily Deal

Ally Bank’s strong 2.00% 1 year CD Rate continues to beat the national average.Ally is also offering a 1.85% APY on a 9-month CD, which is a highly c[...] read more »
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Identity Theft Costs Victims $1,882 on Average – FTC Report

The average amount stolen is somewhere in the neighborhood of $1,882 per victim, not including time and money spent trying to remedy the identity fra[...] read more »
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Bank Failures Continue – Is Your Bank Solvent?

U. S. Regulators shut two banks in California and two smaller banks in Georgia and South Dakota on Friday, boosting to 57 the number of federally FD[...] read more »
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Prime Borrowers Now Going Into Foreclosure

13.16% of all residential mortgages are in trouble.With about 51 million houses with mortgages in the country, that means 6.71 million bad mortgages [...] read more »
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Chase Bank $50 Cash For NY and NJ Commuters – Daily Deal!

Chase is offering all Chase credit and debit card holders up to $50 in cash rebates on eligible, typical New York City area expenditures like taxi c[...] read more »
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