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Equifax Fined Up to $700 Million Due to Data Breach
Nearly two years after Equifax announced that a data breach had exposed the information of approximately 147 million customers, the credit bureau has reached a settlement deal. This morning the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that Equifax had agreed to pay at least $575 million and as much as $700 million to those impacted by the hack. According to the FTC's complaint, Equifax did not take reasonable steps to secure...
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WalletHub Study Ranks States with Most and Least Student Loan Debt
As the 2020 presidential election primary season heats up, one of the most talked-about campaign issues has been student debt. In fact several Democratic candidates have revealed plans to cancel the student debts of millions of Americans. Meanwhile a reported 10.9% of all student loan accounts were at least 90+ days delinquent as of earlier this year. With all that, the personal finance site WalletHub recently released a study ranking...
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Discover Bank Discontinues Fees For Deposit Accounts
To say that Americans don't tend to harbor great feelings toward large banks would be a bit of an understatement. Thus, while too-big-to-fail institutions continue to be known for increasing fees and decreasing services, online banks and FinTech startups have sought to offer an alternative. Now one major online-only bank is making another push to attract customers, doing away with several account fees. On Monday, Discover Bank announced it was...
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Amazon Teams with Synchrony Financial for New Secured Credit Card
Frequent online shoppers whose credit could use a boost may have a new credit card option. This week Amazon and Synchrony Financial announced the launch of the Amazon Credit Builder. Aimed at customers with low or no credit, the Amazon Prime Store Card Credit Builder is a secured credit card (meaning that consumers make a set security deposit up front) that includes some of the same perks as the non-secured...
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One-Third of Consumers Say Reward Credit Cards Aren't Worth the Hassle
When it comes to personal finance experts, the topic of credit cards has been controversial. In one corner you have those like Dave Ramsey who advises followers to stay as far away as possible, citing the high interest rates they carry and the temptation to spend. At the same time there are those who preach about the wonders of rewards and even so-called "travel hacking" used to earn free trips...
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Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez Suggest Interest Rate Cap on Credit Cards
A 2020 presidential hopeful and a popular Congressional freshman have announced that they're teaming up to take on the credit card industry. Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez announced last week that they'll be introducing legislation to cap credit card interest rates at 15%. Not surprisingly, as USA Today reports, the plan has been met with mixed reactions. Discussing the proposal on a Facebook live stream with Ocasio-Cortez, Sanders...
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