Mitchell D. Weiss

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Mitchell D. Weiss is an experienced financial services industry executive and entrepreneur. He is an Executive in Residence at the University of Hartford and co-founder of the university’s Center for Personal Financial Responsibility. His books include Life Happens: A Practical Course on Personal Finance from College to Career and Business Happens: A Practical Guide to Entrepreneurial Finance for Small Businesses and Professional Practices—both of which are now undergraduate courses that Mitch teaches at the university and elsewhere.

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Credit Cards vs. Debit Cards: What’s Safer?
Credit Cards vs. Debit Cards: What’s Safer?
The epic personal data breach at Target stores across the country... read more

January 8, 2014

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A National Standard for Short-Term Loans?
A National Standard for Short-Term Loans?
Short-term loans are marketed under all kinds of labels: payday, ... read more

December 16, 2013

Managing Debt

The 25% Strategy to Budgeting
The 25% Strategy to Budgeting
For most people, balancing personal budgets is a tedious and time... read more

December 10, 2013

Budgeting and Saving Money

student loans
Student Loans… But Only for Some
I recently read a disturbing article in a financial-industry publ... read more

December 9, 2013

Student Loans

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The 4 Decisions Every Lender Makes
Many people believe that the decision-making process for creditor... read more

December 4, 2013

Credit Score

course on personal finance
A College-Level Course on Personal Finance
Credit.com Contributor Mitch Weiss recently released a book to he... read more

November 30, 2013

Personal Finance