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There Are Some Potty-Mouthed Credit Karma Users Out There
Every day, the Reviews section of Credit Karma is looking more and more like the lovechild of Yelp and the financial industry. It has all the makings of a true consumer forum to vent, rant, praise, and recommend financial products and companies. No surprise, the Credit Karma community speaks their mind (with a few expletives here and there). We set out to create a comprehensive database (we’re talking 1000+ and growing) of credit cards, mortgages, auto loans, auto insurance, banking, home equity, and credit unions so that when you shop around for your next financial product or company, you know what’s out there AND you know what consumers like you think about it. Here’s a few snapshots of what Credit Karma user wrote about their favorite and not-so-favorite products and companies.
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5 Financial Goals & New Year’s Resolutions You Can Actually Keep
**Today’s guest post is contributed by Money Crashers **. New Year’s resolutions are notorious for being declared at the beginning of the year and dropped or forgotten by February. Along with losing weight, one of the most common New Year’s resolutions is to turn around your finances and grow wealth. I’m not a big fan of the term “resolution” to begin with. I prefer to think of them as New Year’s “goals,” because they are what we work towards throughout the year. Therefore, even if I haven’t made big strides toward a goal early in the year, I can still catch up and accomplish it by December
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Friday Roundup: Credit Karma & Housing Market News
TGIF! And we know you must be jumping out of your office chair for joy. But since you ARE sitting in your office right now, that means getting through the last day of the work week can be painfully unproductive. So, before you sail into the weekend, make today count with tips on How to Improve Your Friday Habits, from SavvySugar . Here’s an excerpt: “ Stop the Friday Slackin’: An astounding 75 percent of SavvySugar readers admit to slacking on Fridays. If you want to change that stat, get to the office early, which is when most SavvySugar readers say they peak productivity wise
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Wednesday Roundup: Credit Cards & Debt
The new way to dispute a credit card fee or ask your issuer a question is via Twitter, the 140-character (or fewer) social message forum phenomenon. MSN Money reports on how most major banks, such as Wells Fargo and Bank of America, have launched customer support accounts on Twitter to field inquiries and complaints. And consumers are responding. “ If you’re unhappy and make that known on Twitter, it can hurt the company.
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Scammed By A Foreign Merchant
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How To Meet An End Of Year Spending Target
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Black Friday Scoop on Credit Karma & Housing Market News
Getting ready for a 4am wake-up call, extra-strong coffee, and the overwhelming madness that is Black Friday? Here’s the Black Friday Guide you shouldn’t miss. TechCrunch’s The Black Friday Survival Guide is an entertaining, as well as practical read. Here’s some highlights: Know Thy Enemy : The Double-Wide – This type of Black Friday shopper is becoming more and more common, almost as if there’s an epidemic sweeping the nation causing more of these types. These shoppers are nearly impossible to avoid, so use their sheer size for your own gain
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3 Big Trends In Consumer Credit Right Now
Every month, Credit Karma releases a Credit Climate report that is a snapshot of how healthy Americans are with their credit and debt. It’s an interesting look at what is really in consumers’ credit reports. Are we drowning in debt , are consumers still credit-crunching, and is your credit score on par with the national average? Our data gives us a glimpse. We sliced and diced the data into our most interesting, bite-sized chunks of what the credit climate was like in October. Here are the 3 trends in consumer credit right now that’s peaking our interest
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Building Credit with an Auto Loan or Car Payment