Card Debt Help

ReadyForZero Wants To Help You Get Control Of Credit Card Debt
Credit card debt is a serious issue for Americans, who have an average of four credit cards each. Defaulting on credit card bills can result in damage to your credit score and even bankruptcy. Y Combinator -backed ReadyForZero is launching today as easy to use web-based platform to help guide consumers out of credit card debt. The site asks you to import your credit card information, including ...

Credit Card Debt Relief and Consolidation Programs Helping Many Today
SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire - 09/01/10) - Credit card debt relief and consolidation programs are today helping many individuals and families to lower their credit card debt, consolidate into a single and much more affordable program payment, and establish a road map for getting out of debt. During this era of economic uncertainty, it's becoming increasingly more common for people to find ...

New rules restrict credit counselors
The North Platte Telegraph We've all seen the ads, we've received the phone calls. Buried in credit card debt? Want to settle what you owe for pennies on the dollar? Falling for the pitch of companies who promise to help you pay off your debt can cost hundreds of dollars and leave consumers facing the same amount of debt. It's called "front loading," and the Federal Trade Commission is going to ...

Settle Credit Card Debt: Is It Possible?
LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwire - 09/01/10) - For those Americans in massive amounts of credit card debt , they might wonder if the big banks are willing to work with them regarding their debts. The answer to this question varies from case to case. Consumers should know that thousands of consumers have been able to negotiate debts with creditors sometimes by themselves and other times with the help ...

Bank customers in 'dire poverty'
Banks are accused of leaving some customers in "dire poverty" after taking money out of their accounts without permission.

Cuomo Investigating Credit-Card Marketing Through Colleges
Cuomo Investigating Credit-Card Marketing Through Colleges

Some use recession worries to mistreat workers
SALT LAKE CITY — In Utah's recession-choked job market, Julio Martinez sought work for four months, searching want ads daily and filing piles of applications. Finally, Salt Lake Valley Protective Agency hired him in February as a $10.50-an-hour security guard.

Update: O.C. jobless weather tough year
Leslie Caldera After biking to work for 23 years, Leslie Caldera knows a routine. There's dressing for the ride. There's fighting the traffic. There's that best route he mapped out years ago. There's changing into his work clothes after arrival....

EverFi Raises $11 Million For Financial Literacy Education Application
Washington D.C.-based startup EverFi has just raised $11 million in Series A funding from New Enterprise Associates (NEA), with participation from TomorrowVentures and independent investors including Michael Chasen, the CEO of Blackboard. EverFi has created a SaaS application for schools to help educate young adults on financial literacy, student loan default prevention, filing taxes, credit ...

Recession offers a chance to teach financial lessons
As our nation and Michigan continue to recover from the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, it is more important than ever to support financial literacy efforts now under way in communities across our country.