All posts by Steve Rhode
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The Debt Whatever Online Meeting – Free Help for Good People With Bad DebtThe online webinar where you can post your debt related questions and get free advice, opinions, and feedback about how to tackle debt issues. Register Below The online meeting is titled the Debt Whatever meeting for two...
- Posted February 15, 2019
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Consumers Can Now Apply for Credit Entirely via Text MessageIs this really a good thing for consumers? TransUnion thanks so. Press Release Consumers seeking even more convenient and relevant credit offers will benefit from TransUnion’s latest enhancements to its Mobile Offers NowSM solution. The solution removes...
- Posted February 14, 2019
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Walmart and Kroger are Testing New Store Shelf Electronic Price TagsHere is an interesting look at some tests at Walmart with new electronic labels for pricing information in their grocery section. Kroger has also been testing new label ideas to make shopping easier. rame> I would expect...
- Posted February 14, 2019
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Capital One® Launches Business CreditWise℠ to Help Business Owners Access, Understand and Manage Business CreditCapital One (NYSE: COF) is helping demystify business credit for today’s business owners with the launch of Business CreditWise, an easy-to-use tool providing unlimited, free access to a company’s credit profile. Business CreditWise is available to any...
- Posted February 14, 2019
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Podcast – Making Money by Having Fun, Cheap Tips, and Scammed on CraigslistDealing with financial problems is about more than just making a budget. This time Damon Day and I talk about how to make having fun affordable, traveling on the cheap with your own trailer, a few money-saving...
- Posted February 12, 2019
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Good and Bad News for Brandon Frere of American Financial Benefits CenterBrandon Frere who is the honcho behind American Financial Benefits Center and a subject of the action by the Federal Strade Commission against the student loan debt relief companies, has won a victory of sorts. Good News...
- Posted February 11, 2019
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Things You Should Know About an Individual Voluntary ArrangementIf you’ve taken the first steps to finally tackle your debts head on, it probably didn’t take all that long to come across a debt solution that seemed to be mentioned time and time again. We talk...
- Posted February 11, 2019
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FTC Adds U.S. Debt Relief and Others to Student Loan Debt Relief LawsuitThe Federal Trade Commission has apparently found a few more parties to add to their ongoing court action against a host of other companies and people who are thought to have sold services in violation of FTC...
- Posted February 7, 2019
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February 2019 Companies and People Banned from Debt ReliefThe Federal Trade Commission has made some updates to their published list of entities and people banned from selling or offering debt relief service, assistance, or programs. The list as of February 6, 2019, is below. Entity/Individual...
- Posted February 6, 2019
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DebtMD Launches New PlatformDebt MD, an online platform designed to connect consumers with the professional help they need to become debt-free, released its smart debt analyzer™ today. The fintech startup, founded by James Lambridis, aims to empower people to regain...
- Posted February 5, 2019
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Bankruptcy Discharge of Certain Sallie Mae and Navient Student Loans Takes Big Step ForwardJustice takes time. In 2016 I first wrote about Navient and Sallie Mae student loans that clearly appeared to be eligible for and dischargeable in bankruptcy if people had filed. See this post for more. At issue...
- Posted February 4, 2019
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Do I Still Have to Pay My Student Loans Even if I Was Not Tested?Question: Dear Steve, I have 28 yr old student loans the school I attended is now closed but they never tested me and I don’t have a get I never finished school due to a family situation....
- Posted January 31, 2019
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Navient Says My Unle Still Has to Make the Student Loan Payment on Social SecurityQuestion: Dear Steve, My uncle has a parent loan with Navient and is 76-years-old, is retired and only has Social Security income of about $1700 a month to live on. Navient is insisting that he still...
- Posted January 31, 2019
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I Previously Filed Bankruptcy and Still Owe a Lot on an Old Student LoanQuestion: Dear Steve, 1. It was recommended to file chapter 7 (approximately 15+ yrs ago) Not able to discharge student loans -still have to date. Any exception to the rules to request a review of student loan...
- Posted January 31, 2019
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The CFPB Wants to Hear Your Opinion About Debt Relief and Credit CardsThe Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has published this request for information regarding the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009 (CARD Act or Act). Additionally, they are looking for feedback regarding debt settlement programs...
- Posted January 31, 2019
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