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The most valuable thing we have is our good name. The most common reflection of our reputation as a trustworthy consumer is our credit report. Unfortunately, the information contained in our credit reports, which are bought and sold daily to nearly anyone who requests and pays for them, does not always tell a true story. |
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At the end of the year 2000, U.S. households were accruing interest on $574 billion of revolving credit card debt, or debt carried over to the next month rather than paid off entirely. The average household with a credit card balance carried revolving debt of nearly $10,000. |
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Thwarted by state legislatures and regulators, payday lenders are forming partnerships with a handful of federally insured depository institutions in an effort to evade state laws by taking advantage of banks’ rights to do so. |
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