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• Fake Credit Cards
• Must-Have Money-Saving Apps
• Pick Your Plastic: How to Choose the Right Credit Card
• Surprising Places That Check Your Credit Rating

Fake Credit CardsRead moreMust-Have Money-Saving AppsA smart phone may have a hefty price tag, but there are tons of money-saving apps for your mobile phone. These apps can help you find deals exclusive to app users, access coupons, or find businesses around you offering deals better than the competition. Make sure you have these must-have money-saving apps on your phone to help find the best deals around -- and maybe even pay for phone with the money you'll save.
Read morePick Your Plastic: How to Choose the Right Credit CardThere are lots of good uses for the seemingly dozens of credit card offers most people get in the mail every week. You can construct a small shrine to spending with them, arranging the envelopes artfully amidst candles and incense. That’s probably a fire hazard, though. You can also scrawl grocery lists on the back. Or you can do my personal favorite, taping the offers to a brick, writing “return to sender” on the envelope, and sticking them in the mailbox.
Rather than signing up for any old card that comes in the mail, take the chance to evaluate how you’re going to use the card, which rewards will be best for you, and any hidden fees or gotchas that may be nestled amongst the fine print. Here are a few great cards for different types of spenders.Read moreSurprising Places That Check Your Credit RatingHere’s a sobering fact: most Americans don’t know much about the things that affect their credit rating. A new survey from VantageScore and the Consumer Federation of America shows that some 67% of Americans failed a test of knowledge about how credit scores are calculated and who might be checking up on their credit report.
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