by Nanette Duffey | Jun 25, 2024 | Credit Reports and Scores, Financial Literacy, Fraud Protection, Insights
Living in today’s world with ever-changing digital scams and more frequent online personal information data breaches, how can we protect the credit histories of the next generation? Simply being deemed old enough to have a credit card does not mean one should own a...
by Nanette Duffey | Sep 12, 2023 | Credit Reports and Scores, Fraud Protection, Insights
Recently, we warned you about the massive data breach that affected millions of members of Medicare. If you or a loved one has been affected by this breach, we advise you to accept the offer of free credit monitoring for two years through Experian offered in the...
by Nanette Duffey | Jun 20, 2023 | Credit Reports and Scores, Insights
Flip on an episode of the Great British Baking Show, and you’ll see firsthand how judges impact the outcome. These experts see the exact same performance but rate the outcomes in different ways influenced by the weight they place on the components. The same variation...
by Nanette Duffey | Jun 12, 2023 | Credit Reports and Scores, Insights
If you have a credit card, a car loan, or a mortgage, you have a credit score. This score, either high or low or somewhere in between, informs lenders of how well you manage current and past credit opportunities. Do you pay card account balances off routinely? Are you...
by Nanette Duffey | Apr 3, 2023 | Credit Reports and Scores, Insights, Insurance, Investments, Spending
The greatest way to gain financial freedom is through increased financial literacy. What is financial freedom? An aspirational concept, defining financial freedom differs from person to person frequently depending on one’s perspective and lifestyle. Despite that, a...
by Nanette Duffey | Feb 1, 2022 | Bill Paying + Banking, Credit Reports and Scores, Giving, Insights, Insurance, Legal Documents, Loans
Have you ever kept paperwork simply because you didn’t know when it was safe to throw away? Do you have a file cabinet tucked away somewhere stuffed with decades worth of receipts, bills, or tax returns? Don’t worry, we’ll help you climb out from underneath that paper...
