FinCEN Reports Mortgage Fraud ‘Suspicious Activity Reports’ Increased in 2011 – LoanSafe

May 14, 2012

(Source: FinCEN) – VIENNA, VA – April 23, 2012 — The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network today released its full year 2011 update of mortgage loan fraud reported suspicious activity reports (MLF SARs) that shows financial institutions submitted 92,028 MLF SARs last year, a 31 percent increase over the 70,472 submitted in 2010. The increase can [...]

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Rangers: Charles Green has debt-free vision for club – BBC Sport

May 14, 2012

Charles Green insists a Rangers run under his consortium’s stewardship “will never have debts again”. Green’s group has agreed a deal to buy the club , whose administrator will start the process of offering creditors a Company Voluntary Arrangement. And Green says a newco will be launched if the CVA is rejected. “The ambition to [...]

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BBB offers tips to avoid debt settlement scams – KSDK

May 14, 2012

Facebook Google buzz Del.icio.us Digg Reddit Newsvine Buzz up! Fark it – A A A + ST. LOUIS (KSDK) - The Better Business Bureau and 5 on Your Side have teamed up to warn consumers about debt settlement scams.  It’s after we received complaints from consumers who used the Chicago-based company Legal Helpers Debt Resolution .  The BBB [...]

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1st Financial Center Launches New Financial Strength Building e-book – Virtual-Strategy Magazine

May 13, 2012

1st Financial Center, an industry innovator and well known debt relief agency specializing in debt resolution, launches their first downloadable e-book, Hands on Financial Strength Building. Taking a consultative approach, 1st Financial Center hopes to help consumers by exploring the best solutions for their debt problem while encouraging them to take control over their debt. [...]

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Advantage CCS is Now Approved and Licensed to Offer Credit Counseling and Debt … – PR Web (press release)

May 13, 2012

Pittsburgh, PA (PRWEB) May 10, 2012 Advantage CCS has recently been licensed and approved by the great states of Mississippi and Missouri to offer free expert credit counseling and debt management services to consumers located in these two states. Advantage CCS is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization who assists consumers through free and confidential credit counseling, [...]

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Tri-City credit counselors recommend talking finances with your teen – Mid Columbia Tri City Herald

May 13, 2012

Consumer Credit Counseling of the Tri-Cities suggests parents talk with their high school graduates about finances. Apprisen Financial Advocates, a nonprofit that includes Consumer Credit Counseling of the Tri-Cities, offers tips to start a discussion that will focus on how they will handle their money, their bank accounts and how they can start to build [...]

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Look for red flags before hiring a credit repair company – Kansas.com

May 13, 2012

Consumers who are weary of constantly getting “another day older and deeper in debt,” as Tennessee Ernie Ford once sang, can find themselves tempted to try desperate measures to get out of that cycle. Some of those measures can actually worsen a financial burden. An abundance of credit repair, debt settlement, debt consolidation and even [...]

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Why Peter Anderson Believes in Financial Literacy – Go Banking Rates

May 12, 2012

This article was contributed for our Financial Literacy movement by Peter Anderson of Bible Money Matters. I grew up in a wonderful and loving household, but we didn’t always have a lot of money. My father worked with a local community service agency through a local church for many years, and while he was doing [...]

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Tonight at 5pm: Debt free church – WXII The Triad

May 12, 2012

A Mooresville man who authorities said became disoriented and tried to open a cabin door on a US Airways Express commuter jet from Maine to Philadelphia has been released on $ 500 bail at his arraignment. Read More »

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Sinking in Debt? Skip Debt Consolidation Companies and Head to a Credit Union – Credit Unions Online

May 12, 2012

You’ve gotten to the breaking point where you can’t imagine trying to dodge one more call from a collection agency and need relief immediately. Unfortunately this sinking feeling is all too common across the heartland today. According to a recent survey by Bankrate.com, four out of 10 Americans are on the verge of financial collapse, [...]

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