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Capital One Spark Cash Select for Good Credit is a popular business cash back credit card with no annual fee and a simple rewards program that earns an unlimited 1.5% cash back on every purchase. Like many other business credit…
The American Express® Gold Card is an exclusive card with a $250 annual fee and no preset spending limit. It features a generous rewards program built around travel and everyday expenses. The catch, of course, is that this card is…
Medical expenses push many thousands of ailing or injured Americans and their families into serious debt each year. According to TransUnion, 68% of patients with medical bills totaling $500 or less failed to pay off the balance in full in…
You’ve settled on one of the many valid reasons to get a personal loan and determined that you meet basic personal loan eligibility criteria. Now it’s time for the next step: applying for your secured or unsecured personal loan. Applying…
The worst part about foreclosure is losing your house, but the indirect financial fallout is pretty bad too. A foreclosure can cause your credit score to drop by 100 to 200 points, with much of the damage coming in the…
Finding out how much your credit score really matters is a hard blow. For me, it was my first apartment. About a dozen apartment applications got denied because I had yet to pay attention to my credit score, which sat…
Unless you’re buying your next house in cash, you need to finance part of the purchase (probably most of it) with a mortgage loan. That loan can have both positive and negative impacts on your credit score. Those impacts appear…
When it’s in the wrong place, like a name in an important legal document, one letter can have a big impact. So it is in the world of interest rates, where the similar-sounding terms “APR” and “APY” mean very different…
The worst part about foreclosure is losing your house, but the indirect financial fallout is pretty bad too. A foreclosure can cause your credit score to drop by 100 to 200 points, with much of the damage coming in the…
Enticed by the prospect of a sign-up bonus worth nearly as much as you earn in a week, you apply online for the travel rewards credit card you’ve had your eye on for months. You have a steady job that…
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