Debt Consolidation
Debt Consolidation News and Debt Consolidation Information.

Area bank, credit unions are faring well - Courier-Express
Two area credit unions and one local community bank said they are faring well in the current economic climate, but are bracing for possible changes down the road. “There’s lot of signs of recession out there. The biggest one is the powdered metals

1. Americans are loaded with credit card debt. - CNN Money
The average American household with at least one credit card has nearly $9,200 in credit card debt, according to CardWeb.com, and the average interest rate runs in the mid- to high teens at any given time. 2. Some debt is good. Borrowing for a home

Interest rates for popular credit card types fall - WTOP Radio
NEW YORK (AP) - The average annual interest rates charged on popular types of credit cards fell again last week, according to Bankrate.com. For low-interest cards, which have rates below the national average but are often offered only to customers

Credit Card Interest Rates Continue to Fall - Street.Com
NEW YORK — The average annual interest rates charged on popular types of credit cards fell again last week, according to Bankrate.com. For low-interest cards, which have rates below the national average but are often offered only to customers with

Identity theft accelerated in 2008, and experts fear it will worsen in - Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
Identity theft became the fastest-growing crime in the United States in 2008, affecting more than 10 million Americans, according to the Federal Trade Commission, the agency that enforces ID theft laws. Hundreds of data breaches exposed sensitive

Govt debt up 15% in Jan-Nov - ABS-CBN
The government’s total borrowings rose by over 15 percent in the first 11 months of the year due to the issuance of more debt papers to finance the country’s widening budget deficit. The Bureau of Treasury reported Tuesday that the government’s total

Gazprom increases borrowing as outlook unclear - Financial Times
MOSCOW, Dec 30 - Russia s Gazprom said it had refinanced part of its foreign debt and increased its overall borrowing with a further loan, adding it could not gauge any further impact of the liquidity crisis on its operations. Gazprom, which on

Consider merging college loans - Baltimore Sun
N ext month, we’ll know the new variable interest rates for federal education loans, and those rates could be among the lowest we’ve seen in several years. That might lead you to think about consolidating your federal student or parent loans to lock

Banks Damned for What They Did and If They Don’t Keep Doing It - Seekingalpha.com
For the last 16 months or so, the financial services industry has been indicted, tried, found guilty, sentenced and duly executed for ignoring accepted enterprise risk management practices. Banks, albeit along with goofy risk ratings agencies, lax