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Master your Card - The Best Credit Card Blog Online

The UK has a "Lending Code" that aims to protect consumers from unfair lending practices. America, meanwhile, has been trying to push through legis[...] read more »
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Get Low Rate Loans From Your Peers with Lending Club

My experience getting a loan from Lending Club read more »
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24 Ways to Help you Buy Cheap Used Books

An Exhaustive list for you frugalistas looking for the best deals on used books. read more »
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Downsides of Automated Finances

Automating your finances can ease your mind, but it could cost you. read more »
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How To Pay Off More Than One Debt: Poorer Than You

Three different debt snowball theories and a spreadsheet that will work for all three! read more »
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Track Your Favorite Credit Card Legislation

Keep tabs on the latest credit card laws-to-be. read more »
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How to Get Your Free Credit Report Online: A Step-by-Step Guide * Get Rich Slowly

Baker from Get Rich Slowly provides a step-by-step guide on how to get your free credit report from AnnualCreditReport.com. Includes detailed screen[...] read more »
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Sleeper Costs of Buying a Home

The mortgage, down payment, and Realtor fees are just the start of the money you are going to have to shell out when you buy your first home. read more »
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RevolutionCard: The Death of the Signature?

With banks and merchants moving to PIN-based cards and Europe already embracing chip and PIN cards, is the signature a thing of the past? read more »
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To Close or Not to Close

Rethinking the conventional wisdom that states that closing a credit card account is always a bad thing. read more »
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How Can a Free Laptop Actually Cost You $300

Don't bother - you can't beat the system. There is NO way to get a free laptop. Yes, you can get someone to mail you a laptop after signing up for [...] read more »
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Indochino: A Story of Entrepreneurial Refinement

What if Apple, Google and GQ got together and formed a company that made custom made, bespoke quality suits? You'd get Indochino - the first and han[...] read more »
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Bank of America: The Nice Guys?

Bank of America Visa Basic Card, new overdraft policies and now a letter to lawmakers pledging to play nice. Are Bank of America the nice guys? read more »
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Nickled and Dimed: The High Cost of Banking While Poor

Counting up the costs that low income workers pay to use cash, debit, prepaids and credit. read more »
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A Less Scary Way to Look at Self-Employment

The story of how I became self employed without really trying. read more »
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