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Johnsonville caregiver charged for using elderly person's credit card
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Alexis P. Jones, The Credit DIVA
FLORENCE, SC (WBTW) - Florence County Sheriff's Office says they arrested a man Wednesday for using a credit card that belonged to the elderly person he was taking care of. #Creditcare
(DNC) What Clinton and Trump Can Tell You About Your Credit Score
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Alexis P. Jones, The Credit DIVA
“The higher a consumer's credit score, typically the higher their income level. High credit scores also skew to an older demographic, since length of open credit lines plays a major role in the overall score,” says Jill Gonzalez, an analyst at WalletHub. #credithistory
The high cost of not having a bank
6:10 PM
Alexis P. Jones, The Credit DIVA
The FDIC estimated an additional 24.8 million households had a bank account but used “non-bank alternative financial services” such as money orders, check cashing services, payday loans, remittances, refund anticipation loans, auto title loans, rent-to ... #credithistorycheck
Women accused of using dead woman's credit card
3:15 PM
Alexis P. Jones, The Credit DIVA
CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WKBW) - A former hospital worker is accused of stealing a credit card after a patient died. Kenisha Jones of Buffalo, 26, was working as a nurse's aide at St. Joseph Hospital in Cheektowaga and stole the credit card of an 88 year-old ... #womenandcredit
7 Tips For Budgeting As A Couple
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Alexis P. Jones, The Credit DIVA
Spreadsheets like this can also be flexible, so you can adjust what portion of your incomes should be spent on what as you learn more about spending habits and necessary expenses. One of the main reasons couples fight, according to a ... The US News ... #menandwomenfinancehabits
Credit Card Basics for High School Students
4:20 PM
Alexis P. Jones, The Credit DIVA
Most high school students are more focused on the next assignment or the next college prep activity than on setting themselves up for financial success in adulthood. Right now, your ability to get your own credit card is very limited. The ideal time to ... #studentfinanceandsingleparents
Minorities, women often hit hard during layoffs: study
1:30 PM
Alexis P. Jones, The Credit DIVA
It found that when firms downsize based on position, rather than the performance of individual workers, there is an immediate nine to 22 per cent drop among the ranks of white and Hispanic women, as well as Hispanic, black and Asian men on their ... #financeforwomen
Will Brain Images Tell You If Your Aging Parent Can't Handle Money Any More?
8:40 PM
Alexis P. Jones, The Credit DIVA
The National Institute on Aging reports that scientists are using magnetic resonance imaging of the brain to explore the parts associated with money managing abilities. Aging makes us more vulnerable in our financial decisions and those with Alzheimer ... #agingandmoney
Financial stress takes a toll on appearance
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Alexis P. Jones, The Credit DIVA
This is consistent with other research showing that money worries rate as the most significant source of stress in people's lives. #agingandmoney
What To Invest In For The Rest Of 2016
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Alexis P. Jones, The Credit DIVA
And many of the companies or the countries that are issuing debt, sovereign debt, are investment-grade credit. It's not the emerging markets from 20 years ago. #agingandcredit
Spoiling Your Kids Is Costing You a Fortune
9:40 PM
Alexis P. Jones, The Credit DIVA
And 55 percent of parents said their kids have convinced them to buy something they originally said “no” to, according to the T. Rowe Price 2015 Parents, Kids and Money Survey. If you buy your child whatever they want, then your essential expenses ... #kidswhoknowmoney
My Life Is a Money-Sucking Vortex
7:30 PM
Alexis P. Jones, The Credit DIVA
How Do I Get Out?
My older kids are working in low-wage jobs, $10 to $12 an hour, but as of now are not contributing to household expenses because I want them to build a life outside of the money-sucking hole of my reality. So, yeah, it's dire. What kind of ... #kidswhoknowmoney
6 Tips to Dig Your Way Out of Credit Card Debt | Fox Business
4:26 PM
Alexis P. Jones, The Credit DIVA
Want to eliminate your credit card balances? Pick the debt reduction strategy that's right for you. #creditsuccess
Does Opening Multiple Credit Cards Help Me Build My Credit Faster?
5:30 PM
Alexis P. Jones, The Credit DIVA
You may have heard that getting a credit card is one of the easiest ways to build good credit. It's true: There are credit cards for people with bad credit or no credit, and if you can get one, you can use it to build up the most important parts of ... #credithistory
What your paycheck means for your credit score
2:10 PM
Alexis P. Jones, The Credit DIVA
Some people might assume that the more money someone makes, the higher the credit score can be. But a new study suggests that thinking may be flawed. #credithistory
3 Signs You've Taken on Too Much House
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Alexis P. Jones, The Credit DIVA
If high housing costs are causing you to rack up a sizable credit-card balance, it's time to take a long, hard look at your financially unstable reality. #creditcardshighinterest
Bank sold $650 debt after woman failed to pay fees for account she didn't want
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Alexis P. Jones, The Credit DIVA
Bank of America rejected you for a credit card? Here's maybe why
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Alexis P. Jones, The Credit DIVA
While some of its competitors plunge deeper into subprime credit card lending, Charlotte-based Bank of America says it's not going there. #bankingandcredit
Questions of Cash: Hackers stole my holiday, how can I get my money back?
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Alexis P. Jones, The Credit DIVA
On 9 June, out of courtesy, I sent the hotel an email to tell them how excited I was and to finalise arrangements/transfers etc for the ten-night holiday that I thought I'd booked with them commencing 19 June. #emailhackandfraud
'Weekend Update' parodies Pokémon GO, pokes fun at RNC
6:20 PM
Alexis P. Jones, The Credit DIVA
Not live from New York... here's a special "Weekend Update" to take on the Republican National Convention. Funny men Colin Jost and Michael Che returned to the anchor desk Wednesday night in a ... #weekendfun
8 Common Weekend Money Traps – and How to Avoid Them
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Alexis P. Jones, The Credit DIVA
If you don't have money or credit, this is not a problem - you can get store credit on the spot. If the furniture won't fit in your vehicle, you ... It costs about $5 per hour to cruise down the highway in a car, just for gas. The cost of gas and wear ... #gascostsandcredit
86-year-old man wonders why his credit score dropped from 805 to 725: Money Matters
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Alexis P. Jones, The Credit DIVA
Subprime lenders see silver lining after Brexit
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Alexis P. Jones, The Credit DIVA
"90 percent of our clients also have mainstream credit, but a financial shock such as job loss has pushed them to use high cost credit to manage their debts," said Peter Tutton, head of policy at StepChange, a charity that helps people manage debts ... #safetyonweekendswithdebitcarduse
11 ways to protect yourself from credit, debit card skimmers
1:30 PM
Alexis P. Jones, The Credit DIVA
Criminals can easily capture your credit and debit card information without even being present using a small device called a skimmer. #safetyonweekendswithdebitcarduse
How Unpaid Parking Tickets Can Hurt your Credit Score
9:30 PM
Alexis P. Jones, The Credit DIVA
“There are so many areas of non-traditional credit that is extended to Americans every single day,” said The Money Coach, Lynnette Khalfani-Cox. #creditreport
The fate of interest free loans?
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Alexis P. Jones, The Credit DIVA
The draft Taxation Law Amendment Bill became available to the public for comment on 8 July 2016. The Amendment Bill contains the proposed incorporation of a new s7C, headed: “Loan or Credit Advance to a Trust by a Connected Person”. On promulgation ... #creditanddebitbalances
5 Money Myths Keeping Millennials Poor
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Alexis P. Jones, The Credit DIVA
Get beyond standard savings rate recommendations, credit scores, or what level of income the government defines as poverty. #creditlessons
Why Military Spouses Still Can't Have It All
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Alexis P. Jones, The Credit DIVA
"She is in debt--a staggering amount of debt--to lawyers and to credit cards she used to stay afloat and take care of the couple's two children during her divorce. #careersandcredit
Color of Money: Summer jobs offer financial lessons
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Alexis P. Jones, The Credit DIVA
I got my first job when I was 14. As soon as I began to earn some money, my grandmother, Big Mama, stopped buying me a lot of necessities she ordinarily would have purchased, such as clothing and school supplies. #moneyandjobs
Have Money And Career Troubles? Look At Your Spiritual Side.
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Alexis P. Jones, The Credit DIVA
He continues to be unflinchingly honest about how he replaced his bulimia addiction with Ecstasy and alcohol, how he got suspended from Columbia for stealing pot paraphernalia from another student, how he first excelled at and then torched a job he ... #moneyandjobs
Children becoming victims to identity theft, what you can do to protect your child
3:20 PM
Alexis P. Jones, The Credit DIVA
In North Carolina alone, the State Attorney General’s office reports since 2005, more than 6.5 million people have been affected by hackers. That’s 70-percent of residents in North Carolina.
Money and marriage
6:00 PM
Alexis P. Jones, The Credit DIVA
It is not news that disagreements over finances is one of the main reasons couples end up separated or in divorce court. #financesanddivorceadvice
9 ways to spruce up your finances while markets up, interest rates down
2:40 PM
Alexis P. Jones, The Credit DIVA
New Year’s resolutions for your wallet are a distant memory.Even attempts at spring cleaning of your personal finances are in the rear-view mirror.
Divorce doesn’t preclude Social Security spousal benefits
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Alexis P. Jones, The Credit DIVA
Social Security retirement benefits are administered under a complicated set of rules that most participants don’t completely understand. Adding divorce into the equation can result in even more confusion.
Some Private Student Loans Eligible for Automatic Discharge in Bankruptcy
2:30 PM
Alexis P. Jones, The Credit DIVA
What’s in a name? Just because your private student loan uses the term “student loan” doesn’t mean it is one. At least for purposes of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, a student loan must be from an “eligible educational institution“ to be considered nondischargeable. If it’s not, getting rid of it in a bankruptcy can be easier than it looks. Jennifer Lynn Davidson knows this better than most.
Don't let risky behavior leave you open to credit card fraud
5:30 PM
Alexis P. Jones, The Credit DIVA
A rise in risky consumer behavior is fueling climbing credit card fraud rates in the U.S., despite increasing efforts among banks to switch to more secure chip-enabled credit cards.
52% Of Millennials Engage In Expensive Credit Card Behaviors
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Alexis P. Jones, The Credit DIVA
For millennials, these practices put a strain on their finances, making it more difficult to budget or establish a solid credit history. We took a ... Your FICO score will take a severe hit once the banks report your missed payment to the credit ... #creditscoreandmore
Handling 529 college savings plan in divorce
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Alexis P. Jones, The Credit DIVA
In the Matter of Brandt v Peirce, 132 A.D.3d 665 (2d Dept 2015), the father had established a 529 account from an inheritance and the agreement provided that he would get a credit “dollar-for-dollar” for each dollar spent on the child's college ... #divorceandchildcustodyandcredit
Can your smartwatch give away your ATM password?
3:10 PM
Alexis P. Jones, The Credit DIVA
Your Wearable Devices Reveal Your Personal Pin,” researchers from Binghamton University and the Stevens Institute of Technology describe how, with the help of a computer algorithm, they used data collected by these devices to crack passwords, which ... #ATMpinfraud
3 reasons for Millennials to use credit cards
6:30 PM
Alexis P. Jones, The Credit DIVA
Many surveys have found that millennials comprise the generation with the smallest percentage of credit card users. A recent Bankrate survey found that 67 percent of millennials ... a credit card that you use for small purchases that you can pay off in ... #payingforgaswithcreditcard
Why You Should Think About Refinancing Your Mortgage (Again)
9:10 PM
Alexis P. Jones, The Credit DIVA
Depending on how far along you are in your original mortgage, it may not be worth restarting the clock; your money might be better spent paying off more urgent financial obligations such as credit card debt and student loans. 4. Use a refinancing ... #whennottotakeoutaloan
How to Avoid Money Mistakes During Divorce
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Alexis P. Jones, The Credit DIVA
It might not be possible to have the lifestyle you became accustomed to while married once you're a single person. And trying to maintain it after the divorce can be a major financial mistake, particularly if you run up credit card debt or take out ... #whennottotakeoutaloan
Things to Know Before Applying Private Party Used Car Loans for Bad Credit Today
2:20 PM
Alexis P. Jones, The Credit DIVA
Car loan for used car private party could relieved one from paying out-of-pocket for a car which is not from a dealer but purchased from a private party that can be friend, relative or any other acquaintance.
The Cons of Paying with a Check
8:10 PM
Alexis P. Jones, The Credit DIVA
I was 14 when I got my first checkbook and had my first paycheck deposited into my account. This was long before debit cards were a thing, and I remember the guy at the bank sitting down and talking with me about how to balance my account in the little ledger they provided.
8 MONEY MOVES TO MAKE THE MOMENT YOU GET A PROMOTION
5:40 PM
Alexis P. Jones, The Credit DIVA
So your company finally recognized your hard work and gave you that promotion you've been wishing for. And it comes with a nice bump in pay!
'Launch' plan gets your grown kid off your couch in 3 steps
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Alexis P. Jones, The Credit DIVA
He can either start paying $700 more per month toward his student loans, or he can put $700 into a savings account separate from checking. #savingsaccountforkids
How much should kids know about money?
2:01 PM
Alexis P. Jones, The Credit DIVA
We all know that money is a big part of adult life but how do we prepare our kids to face a world of easy credit, consumerism and high cost housing?
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