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		<title>Repair Your Bad Credit Score with Credit Card</title>
		<link>http://www.figence.com/2009/04/08/repair-your-bad-credit-score-with-credit-card/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 09:18:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Farid Fajjri</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Might be you don’t rely that your bad credit score made by starting your existing debt which not repaid on time or you repaid your bills used another credit cards to switch. You thought that you will afford to repay all your existing card debts someday, while unfortunately, you won’t break and stop running your [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Might be you don’t rely that your bad credit score made by starting your existing debt which not repaid on time or you repaid your bills used another credit cards to switch. You thought that you will afford to repay all your existing card debts someday, while unfortunately, you won’t break and stop running your consumptions. The problems won&#8217;t go away by switching your debt with another debt, they&#8217;ll just like spiral. If you don&#8217;t want a history of bad credits to ruin your credit score, you must tackle the situation head-on.</p>
<p>When you have a deadly cycle of borrowing more and more to repay credit card debts, you can begin to break this cycle by re-setting up your repayment plan and getting <a href="http://www.badcreditoffers.com/creditcards/">bad credit credit cards</a> to repair it and then begin to rebuild your credit rating.</p>
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<p>First, make your new repayment plan showing how much you need to live on and make sure there is amount left over to be used to start paying off your debts. Second, try to get <a href="http://www.badcreditoffers.com/creditcards/">credit cards for bad credit</a> which can help you rebuild your credit to get better credit card deals and rates.</p>
<p>If you’re struggling to find a bad credit credit card lender which can help to repair your credit, BadCreditOffers.com currently publishes comparison of the top 10 credit cards for bad credit rating which issued by major credit card such as First PREMIER® Bank Gold MasterCard® holding. Since it launched in 2005, this finance site has been popular and received million of visitors and hopefully be one of your web’s leading resources for bad credit problems.</p>
<p>You’ll get the best interest rates which offered by BadCreditOffers.com now is 7.9% for lower and 19.92% for higher. And you could apply your credit card of choice through this site as quick as you request your application and will response in less than 60 seconds. You just not find credit crunch repaired section on this site, you also find another <a href="http://www.badcreditoffers.com/">bad credit loans</a> categories such as help to repair your home loans, auto loans and personal loans problems and available services like credit repair and debt relief.  </p>
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		<title>Might be you&#8217;re the Trigger of This Recession!</title>
		<link>http://www.figence.com/2008/11/26/might-be-youre-the-trigger-of-this-recession/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 10:22:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Farid Fajjri</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who have responsible with the crisis for Americans which have been influenced around the world? Government of US, The Fed, Wall Street or may be many Americans who have crunch on their debt stand on behind this crisis. The truth, many Americans face on the biggest problems that is concerning how to get out of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Who have responsible with the crisis for Americans which have been influenced around the world?  Government of US, The Fed, Wall Street or may be many Americans who have crunch on their debt stand on behind this crisis.</p>
<p>The truth, many Americans face on the biggest problems that is concerning how to get out of their debt quickly today. Even of you must change the way how to manage things with regards to your financial issues greatly requires strong perseverance to get out your debt. When you have the right mindset and understand that it will take time to make sustainable changes to your lifestyle, your job becomes much easier.</p>
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While, if all of you having trouble in the way how to spend your money, it might be the recession is not coming from the outside but from inside of you. All of you might be causing on this crisis.</p>
<p>To cutting down your problem, you must change the way how to spend your money because the main reasons that you&#8217;re in debt and getting trouble to get out of your debt quickly is the way how you spend money, you are spending more than you are earning. And this requires you to find out the money which you spend on unnecessary items which may have been eliminated, like movies, dining out, expensive clothes and other forms of entertainment. You could probably cut down your spending in these areas a lot in order to get out of debt quickly.</p>
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Spending your money on unnecessary things is not a wise manner of spending money. Literally, you may have enough money to spend with your needs, but these extra expenses will only dig the deep pits of debts. It is a must that you know how to effectively manage your money if you want to get out of debt quickly.</p>
<p>Another contributing factor towards getting out of debt quickly is the prompt and constant efforts to repay your creditors. When you are late on payments to your credit cards, or you miss them entirely, you are costing yourself money. Those interest charges and late fees added into your expenses if mounted up will result to exceeding limit charges and worst, more debts. This type of activity has to stop immediately and in order to get out of debt quickly you must commit to paying more than the minimum balance on your credit cards.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>How to Avoid Your Credit Crunch</title>
		<link>http://www.figence.com/2008/11/07/how-to-avoid-your-credit-crunch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 22:12:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Farid Fajjri</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Credit Card]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The latest credit-land.com&#8217;s article reported that there are currently 50,000 American cardholders accounting for as much as $900 in credit card debt. Many of them owe uncollectible amounts which are subject to a write-off and bankruptcy regulations. But the recent news from the credit industry reports of a curious combination of banks and consumer advocates [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The latest credit-land.com&#8217;s article reported that there are currently 50,000 American cardholders accounting for as much as $900 in credit card debt. Many of them owe uncollectible amounts which are subject to a write-off and bankruptcy regulations. But the recent news from the credit industry reports of a curious combination of banks and consumer advocates who seek for the government&#8217;s approval of their idea to forgive people part of their debts.</p>
<p>To help avoid bankruptcy which puts a stain on their credit and to collect at least some of the amounts due of consumers, banks choose to make it easier to repay large debts.</p>
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For consumers who want the forgiveness of up to 40% of credit card debt or ask lowering the credit card costs, some experts advise two main strategies for their good things. One is to ask the bank for a lower interest rate or make a balance transfer application if rejected. The other is to make more than the minimum monthly payments to reduce the principle.</p>
<p>Having credit cards are great, but can lead to a fall if you do not choose carefully. Many of banks in the United States offer 0% interest for six months as an introductory offer to gain new consumers, but if violated, your interest rate changes immediately to the highest possible APR.</p>
<blockquote><p>Credit card debt help is a necessary step towards easing the strain on relations between borrowers and issuers. The Federal Reserve&#8217;s stricter rules defending cardholders&#8217; rights have made credit equally expensive for bad and good risk customers. Even such lending giants as American Express and Advanta Bank increase interest rates for their valuable customers.</p>
<p>It is great if you cope with monthly payments and keep balances low, but the credit crunch might still show up in your card statement. The bank is obliged to notify you of any changes concerning rates and limits a few weeks before the changes occur. But there is no law prohibiting the issuer from lowering your credit limit and boosting interest rates to offset the risk associated with unsecured credit.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>Save the World by Credit Card, Good Idea or Sketchy?</title>
		<link>http://www.figence.com/2008/10/31/save-the-world-by-credit-card-good-idea-or-sketchy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:42:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Farid Fajjri</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Credit Card]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, there are any Banks of America who launched a new Brighter Planet credit card. A card which have allow the owners to empathy for the world by using their credit card while every dollar they spend will earn points which are then converted to purchase carbon offsets. Actually, this is our opportunity to care [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Recently, there are any Banks of America who launched a new Brighter Planet credit card. A card which have allow the owners to empathy for the world by using their credit card while every dollar they spend will earn points which are then converted to purchase carbon offsets.</p>
<p>Actually, this is our opportunity to care the world more seriously. Bank of America is not the first credit card company who entrap this idea and convince their member could save the world by shopping. Have you done that?     </p>
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While there&#8217;s nothing bad with these cards, the idea that we can change the world by using a credit card is good, but do not stop thinking that spending a lot will help the world. It can be dangerous to your wallet if you allow this idea. If you think this &#8216;charity through shopping&#8217; is a good idea and you can afford your debt then go on.</p>
<p>Before you go on, think about the quote below</p>
<blockquote><p>Think about one of these cards this way: If you spend $10,000 on a charitable card that pledges one percent of your purchases to a given charity, you would be &#8220;donating&#8221; $100 to that charity, assuming that all of that money indeed reaches the charity, which is not a sure thing. That&#8217;s not a lot of money, relative to the amount you spent. If you carry a balance on the card, you&#8217;ll quickly find that you owe much more than you are contributing. A $10,000 balance carried on a card at ten percent interest for a year means that you will owe an additional $1,000, give or take depending on how your card calculates balances. Net loss to you: $900. (Incidentally, affinity cards such as these typically charge some of the highest interest rates in the business because they want to take advantage of your loyalty to the card and they have to cover their program costs.) If you spend thinking that you&#8217;re helping some cause, you may find yourself overspending in order to up your &#8220;contributions.&#8221; You can find yourself on a slippery slope to big-time debt because all along you thought you were helping the charity, but you were really helping the credit card issuer.</p>
<p>In addition to being dangerous for your wallet, these cards might not be helping as much as you think they are. By the time you work your way through all the fine print on many of these cards you find that the points expire, or they don&#8217;t accrue the way you thought they did, or there are caps on the amount of points you can earn and contribute, or if you make a late payment just once all your points are forfeited, or certain purchases don&#8217;t count, or the money doesn&#8217;t go directly to the cause you thought you were supporting or that, once administrative costs are taken out, your points don&#8217;t go as far as you thought. There are all kinds of loopholes that make these cards work in favor of the issuer, not the charity or cause. Credit card companies are wired to help themselves, not charities.
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<p>If you really want to save the world by your money, you can give to the charity directly. In fact, they allow you to take a tax deduction on money you donate directly, while points earned on a credit card can&#8217;t take the tax deduction, money given directly is likely to be put to more immediate use than points on a card.</p>
<p>Direct contributions give you a more personal connection to the charity you want to help. If you want to use a card for charity, I would recommend using it as only a small part of your donation budget. You can use the card to supplement your gifts, but give the majority of your time and money directly. May the world will save better and thank for your care. </p>
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