Credit Card Hardship Plans: What to Ask For (With Call Script + Template)
A credit card hardship program is a temporary relief option offered by some card issuers for people dealing with a real financial setback. The goal isn’t to erase your debt. It’s to make your payments and interest more manageable so you can avoid falling behind and triggering bigger consequences. Hardship programs aren’t always advertised, and the terms vary by issuer and by customer. The only reliable way to find out what you qualify for is to call your card issuer and ask w
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How to Erase Late Payments from Your Credit Report
Learn how to remove late payments from your credit report, protect your score, and dispute errors the right way. This guide explains how late payments affect your credit, when they fall off, and how to use free dispute letter templates from certified credit counselors to take control of your financial future.
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How to File a Complaint with the CFPB: A Comprehensive Guide
Learn how to file a complaint with the CFPB if credit bureaus or financial institutions fail to fix errors on your report. Step-by-step filing process, tips, and what happens after submission.
Sep 14, 20256 min read
Beyond the Bureaus: Consumer Reports Clean-Up
Dozens of consumer reporting agencies track your data, each with the power to influence whether you’re approved for a loan, a bank account, a rental home, or even insurance.
Sep 12, 20257 min read
Every Credit Score Explained
Comprehensive guide to credit score types: FICO, VantageScore, bureau-specific models, insurance scores, ChexSystems, and alternative data scores. Learn how each impacts lending, banking, and everyday finances.
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How to Quickly Remove Hard Inquiries From Your Credit Report
Problems arise when there are multiple hard inquiries within a short timeframe, which can make you appear financially unstable to lenders. If you have suspicious or unauthorized inquiries on your credit, it's important to your financial health to have them investigated and removed as soon as possible.
Apr 28, 20255 min read
How to Immediately Stop Debt Collectors From Contacting You
Don't accept incessant letters and robocalls from debt collectors. Most don't know that you have legal rights to manage these interact
Dec 10, 20245 min read
How to Request Your Free Credit Report
Each year every American citizen is entitled to one free credit report from the three major reporting bureaus.
Nov 7, 20244 min read
Innovis Clean-Up: How to Dispute Items on Innovis Report
How to Dispute Items on Innovis Credit Report
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The Four Proven Debt Repayment Strategies
While the way any one person pays off debt can vary in endless ways there has come to be known four classic or standard methods of approachi
Sep 6, 20244 min read
Data Suppression: How Missing Information Could Be Harming Your Credit Score.
Addressing Actual Payment Data Suppression Today, the way we understand and manage our credit is evolving, yet one persisting issue...
Jul 5, 20244 min read
Experian Showing Negative Account After "On Record Until" Date.
When engaging in credit repair and debt relief, many people choose to not take action on an account if the report is scheduled to fall...
Jul 4, 20243 min read
How to Handle Cancelled Subscriptions That Keep Charging You
Stop Unwanted Charges from Cancelled Services Everyone is familiar with the many frustrating issues concerning subscription services and...
Jun 21, 20245 min read
The Personal Finance Primer
A Crash Course in Money Management Personal finance is the management of one's financial affairs to achieve financial stability and...
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