http://www.creditnet.com/articles Featured articles written by Creditnet staff to inform, educate, and empower consumers. en-us Sat, 15 Nov 2008 13:38:35 -0800 Sat, 15 Nov 2008 13:38:35 -0800 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Creditnet RSS 2.0 rss@creditnet.com (Creditnet RSS Editor) webmaster@creditnet.com (Creditnet Webmaster) http://www.creditnet.com/images_splash/creditnet_logo_small.jpg http://www.creditnet.com/articles 100 29 http://www.creditnet.com/articles/checking-your-credit-report-for-signs-of-identity-theft.php Citibank commercials that portray identity theft victims boasting about illegal purchases with dubbed voices that are clearly not their own. While entertaining and just plain funny, these ads have also helped raise consumer awareness of the real dangers associated with...]]> Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.creditnet.com/articles/dont-become-a-foreclosure-statistic.php RealtyTrac, a leading online real estate marketplace and publisher of the country's largest and most comprehensive foreclosure database. In fact, a total of 765,558 owners were notified of a...]]> Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.creditnet.com/articles/your-credit-gpa-3-must-know-credit-concepts-for-students.php Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.creditnet.com/articles/what-to-do-when-someone-steals-your-identity.php Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.creditnet.com/articles/beware-of-high-tech-identity-theft-tactics.php Federal Trade Commission's list of Top Consumer Fraud Complaints also reported that the most common form of identity theft was credit card fraud, which...]]> Sun, 21 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.creditnet.com/articles/how-to-cancel-credit-cards-the-right-way.php Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.creditnet.com/articles/payment-allocation-provision-a-credit-card-companys-best-friend.php Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.creditnet.com/articles/five-credit-card-tips-for-college-bound-millennials.php
Retail companies love them because they are prepping for the big move by spending, or convincing...]]> Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.creditnet.com/articles/how-to-choose-balance-transfer-card.php Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.creditnet.com/articles/credit-scores-hurt-by-reduced-card-limits.php credit utilization and explaining why it's important to understand the term. As banks and other card lenders are currently reducing credit limits for tens of thousands of consumers across the country, we are once...]]> Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.creditnet.com/articles/new-credit-scoring-model-authorized-user-accounts.php Fair Isaac Corporation announced a major change in 2007 to their credit scoring formula, which ignited quite a bit of controversy and anticipation throughout the industry over the past year.   The lending world does not see these types of changes often, so one can imagine the amount...]]> Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.creditnet.com/articles/beware-of-credit-card-currency-conversion-fees.php Mon, 02 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.creditnet.com/articles/top-10-things-you-can-do-today-to-improve-your-credit.php Mon, 26 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.creditnet.com/articles/the-fed-cracks-down-on-credit-card-companies.php US Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben Bernanke, stated the proposals are "intended to establish a new baseline for...]]> Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700