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Last night I was watching NOW, featuring Harvard law professor and TPM guest writer Elizabeth Warren, ... History of the Credit Card." And do check out the full Elizabeth Warren interview. It reminded ... that was 'insuring' my credit card, charging a moderate fraction of the balance so that in the event I lost [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 10:31:45

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How to Replace Bad Financial Habits With Good Ones

This is a guest post from Leo Babauta of Zen Habits. His first book, The Power of Less, was recently published by Hyperion ... full of things we don’t need, bills we can’t pay, and low balances in our checking and savings accounts ... situation? Some ideas: Impulse spending. Overuse of credit cards or other debt. Spending without tracking [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 13:00:09

Manage Your Checking Account and Stay On Top of Your Finances

This is a guest post from Debt Lead, who has a debt consolidation website by Kimberly Credit Counseling ... and debit card purchases. Most ATMs will give you a receipt with your withdrawal, but this balance ... Protection Banks offer overdraft protection to prevent bounced checks. Some banks will automatically [more...]

Date: 2008-07-22 15:30:03

IVR (Interactive Voice Response) - A Brief Explanation

IVR (interactive voice response) is a telephony technology that allows users to interact with a database through phone keypad or voice commands ... and inquiries available to the public 24 hours a day. Most of us use IVR systems daily to do things like check bank balances, manage credit cards, check for store hours or locations, or order [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 04:48:05

We just got really close to carrying a balance

I felt like we dodged a bullet tonight. I was checking balances on some of my accounts and I loaded up the balance on our primary checking account ... through.  It actually popped in my head that we could just not pay our full credit card bill next month ... . Getting into credit card debt, of course, is way easier than getting out of it.  (Just ask [more...]

Date: 2008-09-28 07:10:59

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