Financial Reflections

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Posts Tagged ‘credit’

How Prevalent is Identity Theft?

By admin • Feb 5th, 2009 • Category: Debt, Scams, credit, identity theft

Just how safe is your identity?  Identity theft is all over the news, but I wanted to learn a little more about how prevalent this crime actually was, so I did a little research and came up with some stats to make it seem a little more real, and it wasn’t exactly encouraging.

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What is Peer-to-Peer Lending?

By admin • Jan 27th, 2009 • Category: Debt, Giving, Investing, credit

The global credit crunch may mean an opportunity for new lending strategies, such as peer to peer lending.  Banks are facing huge losses and the lack of transparency has made it hard for banks to lend between each other, opening the door for a newer, more direct type of lending, known as peer to peer [...]



10 Ways Your Identity Can Be Stolen

By admin • Jan 14th, 2009 • Category: Cards, Report, Scams, credit, identity theft

Who’s in your wallet? It might be more than a some dead presidents and a few bank logos. Identity theives have gotten rather creative when it come to getting your information, so I thought I’d outline some of the ways they do their dirty deeds so we can defend against them.



How to Prevent Identity Theft

By admin • Jul 22nd, 2008 • Category: Debt

Identity theft is still around. Of course, it always has been, but sometimes it takes a story to bring things back into the spotlight.