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2011 Debit Fees Were Shut Down, But What Other Charges Are to Come in 2012? Tips to Prevent Your Bank from Taking Advantage of You
Remember the bad publicity that Bank of America and several other major banking institutions inflicted on themselves in late 2011 when they announced a new $5.00 monthly checking/debit card fee? Well, after several nationwide protests from angry customers, BOA caved and retracted their monthly debit fee agenda. The reason financial institutions are looking for new […]
Threatened by debt collectors? Four tips to fight back
Have you ever been contacted by debt collectors who said they were on their way to arrest you? This is one of the threatening messages that debt collectors use to intimidate people. If you have received these kinds of calls, you are not alone. Through Dec. 8 of this year, 164,361 consumers have reported debt-collection-related […]
Have You Been Scammed? 6 Essential Resources to Fight Back
As of July 2011, over 80,000 Americans have reported suspicious and fraudulent activity concerning mortgage scams. The FBI has estimated more than $3.2 billion has been lost to scam artists. If you actually sit back and look at the numbers, it’s astonishing how many Americans have been victimized by some sort of fraud, particularly over the […]