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Category: Credit

Why You Should Avoid Payday Loans At All Costs

Here’s the thing about payday loans: they are actually really expensive. They’re short-term, high-interest loans that are meant to help cover a small financial shortfall until your next paycheck. But...

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Establishing Credit: Tips to Help You Manage Your First Credit Card

In the last post, we discussed strategies to establishing credit when you’re starting to adult. For this post, we’ll focus on how to begin establishing credit by managing that first...

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Establishing Credit: 3 Ways to Help You Build Credit History

Like it or not, if you want do this adulting thing right then you’ll need two things: a professional wardrobe and credit. But when you get to the magical world...

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