Confused about credit reports or credit scores? all you questions are answered right here in this category of questions from readers.
If your credit report contains the notation CBSD it is a common abbreviation for Citibank South Dakota (CBSD). This account may be a store card or an account in the name of Citibank. Regardless, if you want to get to the bottom of the CBSD account on your credit report, I would suggest that you …
“Dear Steve, I’d first like to thank everyone for taking the time for viewing and reading my question- So, I took a student loan out for about 45k back in 05 and I have been very good in paying my loan down, I have not been late at all yet. ( knocks on wood ) …
“Dear Steve, Until five years ago, I had been having horrible credit problems. I stopped paying everything from the past, and started living without credit, spending within my means. Almost everything has fallen off my credit report, since most are over 7 years old. I have one bad account that is only five years old. …
“Dear Steve, When my son was in school I added him as an authorized user on my Chase Credit card he is now 32 he bought a home and the credit report said he was a cosigner on my Credit card. I have tried to have this corrected for the last two years. Chase rep …
Identity theft is on the rise, according to the FTC, and it’s a crime that is getting more expensive than ever for American consumers. Last year it cost us $1.52 billion, up from $1.4 million in 2010. The median amount paid out per claim was $537. And that’s just the cost of reported crimes. While …
I have negatives on my credit report (CR) from two types of debt. Nine of the negatives are from student loans that I thought were in deferment but where not. Once I found out I made a payment to bring the loans current and now currently in deferment. The other negative is from cancellation of …
The CFPB has just announced they will be rolling out new proposed rules that will regulate consumer debt collection and consumer reporting markets. Proposed rules would mark the first time these important markets would be subject to federal supervision. “Our proposed rule would mean that those debt collectors and credit reporting agencies that qualify as …
I was just sitting here and noticed that someone searched for “credit scoring is a scam and a fraud.” Kind of an interesting search. Frankly I never thought of it like that. But that reality is that point of view isn’t all that far off. You see the impression people have about a credit score …
My husband and I have been married for 14 years. In March 2010, he suffered at traumatic brain injury and is now severely disabled living in a nursing home. I serve as his guardian. I am an authorized user on his credit cards. To date, I have been paying them down, but I am concerned …
In the past I was a total slave to our credit scores, checking daily and subscribing to different ‘watcher’ programs. 2 years of unemployment and filing for bankruptcy has cured that, but I am wondering what if anything you would suggest for keeping track of our credit during and after the bankruptcy process. If there …