Posts Tagged ‘Credit counseling’


Minimum repayment encouraging credit card debt

Sunday, December 27th, 2009

Many consumers are being lulled into a false sense of financial security by credit card lenders that are quite happy to accept very low repayments on the credit card balance, but failing to make clear to the consumer that this will lead to a lifetime of debt for many. (more…)

Tags: Credit card, loan, credit card debt, credit, debt, minimum repayments, Debt-snowball method, Credit counseling

Loan and credit card customers being penalised unfairly

Friday, November 20th, 2009

It has been reported that many customers in the UK that are looking for loans and credit cards may be getting unfairly penalized as a result of the searches that are carried out when they make an application for a credit card or a loan. (more…)

Tags: credit score, Consumer credit risk, Treasury Select Committee, Credit card, Risk-based pricing, Credit counseling, credit history

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