Posts Tagged With: Reports
Teach teens all about credit reports
A report from Pacific Daily News: April is National Financial Literacy Month, and it’s a great time to start introducing new financial concepts to your teenage son or daughter. It’s ideal to teach your teenagers about good and bad credit behavior before they start using credit cards. A credit report can help you introduce the &hellip Continue reading
PrivateBancorp Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2011 Results – Sacramento Bee
A report from PrivateBancorp Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2011 Results – Sacramento Bee: CHICAGO, Jan. 24, 2012 – CHICAGO, Jan. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — PrivateBancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: PVTB) today reported net income available to common shareholders of $ 7.6 million, or $ 0.11 per diluted share, for the fourth quarter 2011, compared to $ &hellip Continue reading
FICO selling credit reports in Spanish for first time
NEW YORK — Credit reports are now on sale in Spanish. The company behind the most widely used credit scores, Fair Isaac Corp., plans to announce Tuesday that its consumer website and products are available in Spanish for the first time. FICO says the prices and products are the same as on the English version &hellip Continue reading
Free Credit Reports And Credit Scores That Aren?t Free
Many websites advertise that they allow you to check your credit report and/or credit score for free. But there’s a catch: many of these “free” reports and scores actually cost money. Let’s take a look at a few of these websites to see what they really charge. Credit Reports vs. Credit ScoresBefore you check anything, &hellip Continue reading
Bad Credit Reports Put Job Seekers in Catch-22
A report from Miller-McCune.com: More employers are subjecting job applicants to credit checks as a tool to determine honesty and responsibility, but is that accurate, or legal? “There was only one catch and that was Catch-22 … Orr was crazy and could be grounded. All he had to do was ask; and as soon as &hellip Continue reading
Bad Credit Reports Put Job Seekers in Catch-22
A report from Miller-McCune.com: More employers are subjecting job applicants to credit checks as a tool to determine honesty and responsibility, but is that accurate, or legal? “There was only one catch and that was Catch-22 … Orr was crazy and could be grounded. All he had to do was ask; and as soon as &hellip Continue reading
Discover Reports Better Credit Trends; Shares Up 4%
A report from Wall Street Journal: Shares of Discover Financial Services (DFS) rose 4% Monday to $ 25.23 after the company said its credit-card borrowers were more timely in their payments in April. The lender also said, in a monthly report, it charged off fewer loans than in the prior month. “Credit metrics continued to &hellip Continue reading
Video store settlement aims to correct bad credit reports
A report from Wisconsin State Journal: A national settlement this week in a Virginia bankruptcy court involving the defunct movie rental company Movie Gallery/Hollywood Video hopes to rescue the credit history of up to 46,700 Wisconsin consumers among many thousands of others caught in an intrusive, aggressive, and, it turns out, unfair debt collection policy. &hellip Continue reading
Errors in Credit Reports Rare, Study Funded By Industry Says
Less than one percent of consumer credit reports contain errors that lead to a significant change in the score, according to a study commissioned by the three largest credit-reporting companies. “We found that a vast majority of credit reports are accurate and that it is rare for a credit report error to materially impact a &hellip Continue reading