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Know Your Rights: Debt Collectors Contacting You
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Know Your Rights: Debt Collectors Contacting You

Even if you owe a debt, you have rights about when and how a debt collector contacts you.
Credit Score Basics
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Financial

Credit Score Basics

A credit score is a numerical value or categorization a lender uses to predict the likelihood of certain…
Employment Background Checks: Why You Should Care
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Employment

Employment Background Checks: Why You Should Care

Even if you feel that you have nothing to hide or don’t particularly care whether an employer knows a lot…
Ban the Box Laws: The Breakdown
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Employment

Ban the Box Laws: The Breakdown

The federal law governing employment background checks (Fair Credit Reporting Act) doesn’t prohibit employers…
Credit Reporting Basics
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Credit Reporting Basics

Credit reports are compiled by a credit reporting agency and contain data from many different sources. They…
Credit Reports and Credit Scores: The Difference
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Credit Reports and Credit Scores: The Difference

We often hear people use the terms credit report and credit score interchangeably without realizing they are…
Caller ID Spoofing: The Breakdown
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Caller ID Spoofing: The Breakdown

When someone causes another number to come up on your caller ID to hide their identity, it's called…
Returns, Driver’s Licenses and The Retail Equation
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Financial

Returns, Driver’s Licenses and The Retail Equation

Stores will often ask you to show your driver’s license (or other government-issued ID) when you return…

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