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Debit cards replacing credit cards on college campuses

Soon after they arrived on campus, more than a million college students across the country received a welcome letter and a plastic card bearing a MasterCard logo from a little-known company called Higher One:

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Argentine Credit Rating Raised One Level by S&P

Argentina’s credit rating was raised by Standard & Poor’s, which said the country’s “strong” economic expansion is helping it make debt payments.

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As credit scores fall, more consumers vulnerable to credit-repair scams

Recession-hammered homeowners’ credit scores are on the decline across the country, say scoring industry experts, and that makes more consumers vulnerable to scams that purport to erase delinquencies, judgments, foreclosures and other problems from files at the three national credit bureaus — Eq…

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Credit union members assured their money is protected

Members of AEA Federal Credit Union, as well as others around the country, can rest assured their money is safe, said a National Credit Union Administration spokeswoman.

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Credit card ring busted

KUALA LUMPUR – MALAYSIAN police have busted one of the country’s largest fake credit card syndicates with the arrest of two men and a woman recently. A total of 2,287 fake cards with a credit limit of about RM23mil were seized from the suspects, aged between 31 and 40.

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Credit Fraud Case Sees Federal Indictments for Credit Tampering

Credit fraud is a growing criminal trend across the country, prosecutors said. In this case, it was unearthed “operating in the shadows” of a more traditional mortgage fraud scheme. Federal prosecutors in Kansas City on Wednesday claimed a first-in-the-nation indictment against people who supply information used to build fake credit histories. In the federal grand jury indictment returned …

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Ukraine’s Credit Ratings Raised at S&P After IMF Approval of New Bailout

Ukraines credit ratings were raised by Standard & Poors after the International Monetary Fund approved a new $15.2 billion loan program for the country.

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Credit Scores Hitting the Floor? You Aren’t Alone

Credit scores are hitting the floor across the country. Recent reports indicate Americans credit scores are hitting all time lows. FICO Inc. provides a recent analysis of credit scores based on consumer credit reports as of April.

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Low credit scores common in U.S.

FICO credit scores, which most lenders use to determine interest rates, have been dropping around the country, according to FICO Inc.

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Magnolia Federal Credit Union Now Offers Kasasa Tunes

Magnolia Federal Credit Union, one of the first financial institutions in the country to launch Kasasa, the first and only collection of checking and savings accounts that actually takes an interest in account holders, today introduces the most innovative account on the market, Kasasa Tunes.

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