Archives for March 2016

How Credit Card Utilization Rate Drives Your Credit Score

There was a time when paying your monthly debt payments by their respective due dates (on time) was enough to constitute good credit because your payment history was a great indicator of your willingness to repay your debts and to pay them on time. Your payment history used to account for nearly 100% of your overall Read More >

“Why” You Want to Get Out of Debt May Influence “How”

For the most part, Americans live in a fast food, shake and bake, society, which is to say that we have come to expect and demand instant gratification for anything we want in life. That’s typically how people accumulate credit card debt; instant gratification coupled with not having an emergency reserve. Instant Read More >