Personal Finance Articles & Topics

The quarantine has cooped us up at home for months, making us feel like birds ready to take flight the first opportunity even after summer. But the travel industry is...

Wouldn’t it be great if money didn’t exist at all? I’ve heard this many times and, to be honest, thought it myself when I was younger. We say this as...

The COVID-19 pandemic has created a rough situation for everyone. As the disease sweeps across the globe, everyone’s top priority right now remains the same – staying healthy. However, staying...

COVID-19 has changed our money habits. For example, in April occurred the largest drop in consumer spending since the government began tracking the metric in 1959.That may come to you...

With two great financial crises hitting the American consumer in a dozen years, FICO’s new consumer resilience index offers prospective lenders a powerful new tool for their evaluation toolbox. Such...

If you have filled out a job application in the 21st century, the potential employer has likely requested your permission to look at your credit as part of their background...

The unexpected, devastating, and far-reaching economic effects of COVID will remain with our country and the world for years. Individuals may even feel the consequences for the rest of their...

What are the best ways to consolidate credit card debts and collections during and after the coronavirus pandemic?The best debt consolidation options during and after the coronavirus pandemic include do-it-yourself...

You probably do not realize it when meeting with a car or truck dealer finance department, but vehicle loans can play a particularly painful role in your financial life when...

The credit counseling industry used to have a tradition of cutting up their clients’ credit cards, mixing the pieces with cut-up cards from other clients, and displaying the plastic assortment...