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Will an Employer Credit Check Hurt Your Score?

Is your credit score affected negatively when you apply for a job and the background check is done?

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Will an Employer Credit Check Hurt Your Score?
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Will an Employer Credit Check Hurt Your Score?

Is your credit score affected negatively when you apply for a job and the background check is done?

Deanna Templeton

Are Fees, Fraud Eating Away at Your Social Security?
Personal Finance

Are Fees, Fraud Eating Away at Your Social Security?

Recipients of Social Security and Supplemental Security Income were required to switch to direct deposit or prepaid debit cards, with some negative results.

Shelby Bremer

11 Really Dumb Things You Do With Your Email
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11 Really Dumb Things You Do With Your Email

Here are the top eleven things you can do right now to reduce your risk of getting your email either hacked or scammed.

Adam Levin

Will Cosigning Hurt My Credit?
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Will Cosigning Hurt My Credit?

The effect of cosigning a loan can vary with each situation. Here's what you need to know before you sign.

Credit.com

How Can I Help My Credit Score?
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How Can I Help My Credit Score?

We get the question "how can I help my credit score" all the time. Here's the step-by-step guide.

Credit.com

Credit Card, Auto Loan Rates Won't Rise Soon Despite Fed
Auto Loans

Credit Card, Auto Loan Rates Won't Rise Soon Despite Fed

While the Federal Reserve may be raising interest rates soon, don't expect the move to impact credit card and auto loan rates.

Credit.com

How Fast Can You Buy a Home?
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How Fast Can You Buy a Home?

In hot markets across the country, homes are selling fast. And that means if you hope to buy a home, you have to be prepared to move quickly.

Gerri Detweiler

What Happens to Student Loans When You Die?
student loans

What Happens to Student Loans When You Die?

If you borrowed student loans and you die, is your spouse liable for that debt?

Deanna Templeton

Love Letters to ... Debt Collectors?
Managing Debt

Love Letters to ... Debt Collectors?

Most people dread talking to debt collectors. But these consumers actually had good experiences with debt collectors. Here are their stories.

Gerri Detweiler

My Bipolar Disorder Wrecked My Finances
Personal Finance

My Bipolar Disorder Wrecked My Finances

My financial meltdown was very personal and localized. I call it my “manic money meltdown” and it was caused by my bipolar disorder.

Sarah Freeman

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