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Bankruptcy and Your Spouse's Finances: What You Need to Know

Will bankruptcy affect your spouse? That depends on how much debt you share as a couple. Your relationship has been a model of marital harmony, with one important exception: finances. The econ
Student Loans & Bankruptcy: What You Need to Know

Bankruptcy usually doesnt affect your student loans, but that does not hold true in all cases. Your love of Romance languages -- Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian and Romanian -- knows no b
Bankruptcy and Loans: Can You Get Credit After Filing?

If youve filed for bankruptcy and need a loan, be sure to pay bills on time and try to curb your debts. Life doesnt stop after bankruptcy. Youll still have expenses, youll still need to buy th
Asset Discovery in Bankruptcy: Understanding Your Obligations

You could face criminal charges if you file for bankruptcy and purposefully conceal information about an asset. When you file for bankruptcy, you are required to provide detailed and complete
Understanding Credit Cards: A Comprehensive Guide

Credit cards are staple of American life. Have you ever stood behind someone in line at the store and watched them shuffle through a stack of credit cards? Consumers with this many cards are in t
Understanding Interest-Only Mortgages: A Comprehensive Guide

For sale signs in Antioch, Calif., a community hit hard by foreclosures when the housing bubble burst. Home prices here dropped 15 percent between May and October 2007. See more pictures of real
Understanding Foreclosures: What to Know in the US

Foreclosures numbers are climbing in the United States. See these real estate pictures to learn more.You made smart decisions on the path to realizing your dream of homeownership. You prioritized
Understanding Debt: Types, Impacts, and Solutions

Tourists look inside the window of a pawnshop in Atlantic City, New Jersey, May 2007. See more debt pictures. The world is drowning in debt: personal debt, national debt, credit card debt, mor
Understanding Credit Reporting Agencies: How They Function

See more credit and debt pictures. Lending money is risky business. Remember that time your friend Bob borrowed $50 and said hed pay you back the next day? You havent seen Bob or your $50 in t
Understanding Revolving Credit: How Credit Cards Work

Think before you spend -- if you dont pay off your monthly bill, the amount can snowball into a pretty big figure as it revolves and gains interest.A letter arrives in the mail. "Congratulations!
Boost Your Credit Score: Tips & Understanding

Paying bills on time and paying down debt will keep your credit score high. See more debt pictures.One number could stand between you and your dream house. It may seem unfair for one number to define
Debt Consolidation: Understanding the Pros, Cons, and How It Works

If you struggle to pay bills, you might consider debt consolidation. See more debt pictures.You see advertisements for it all the time -- "Get debt-free and lower your monthly payments! Call now!
Understanding Credit Scores: History, Average & Importance

As of Jan. 1, 2007, Germans could use their credit cards for cigarettes from vending machines. See more debt pictures. Your credit score has a humble history. In the 1950s, engineer Bill Fair
Major Credit Score Mistakes: What to Avoid

Credit adviser Nicole Atchison of Consumer Credit Counseling Service counsels Worldy Armand in Boston, August 2004. See more debt pictures. Credit scores are something of an obsession in devel
Understanding Bankruptcy Chapters: A Comprehensive Guide (Chapter 7, 11, 12, 13)

In Title 11 of the United States Code (the Federal Bankruptcy Code), there are four bankruptcy filings:Chapter 7 - LiquidationChapter 11 - ReorganizationChapter 12 - Adjustment of Debts of a Family Fa
Understanding Credit Card Magnetic Stripes: How They Work

The front of your credit has a lot of numbers. Here is an example of what they might mean. The stripe on the back of a credit card is a magnetic stripe, often called a magstripe. The magstripe is ma
Understanding Debt: Historical Context and Modern Challenges

Blown away by your monthly debt payments? Debt can be frustrating and scary, but there are ways to deal with it. And it helps to remember that youre not the first person in over his head...The Wood St
Consumer Credit Counseling: A Guide to Debt Relief & Financial Recovery

Personal debt is reaching record highs, and personal savings is reaching all-time lows. Yet consumer spending accounts for two-thirds of the $11 trillion U.S. economy. Consumer credit counseling
Debit Cards Explained: How They Work & Key Differences

A debit card linked to an account containing federal emergency funds was one of the ways the U.S. government administered financial relief to victims of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. See more bankin
Understanding the Uniform Debt Management Services Act

A sales associate works on a customers transaction with a credit card at Cut Rate Toys Dec. 6, 2004 in Chicago. Buying on credit seems awfully nice -- especially when you can take as long as y

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Personal finance

Personal finance