Tag: credit
Free Credit Report # 4 (But Not Credit Score)
April 29, 2014
Free stuff is great, and now you can get your credit report for free from the 3 major bureaus, Equifax, Experian and Transunion, through a government sponsored program at annualcreditreport.com.
Remember that this is not your credit score Continue Reading
Free Credit Report # 3 – Credit Sesame
March 27, 2014
Creditkarma and Discover card can both give you your credit score based on tracking your TransUnion credit report. However, you can also sign up to another free service, Credit Sesame, which will instead monitor your Experian credit report daily, and send you an email alert if changes occur with this. (This site also seems like a good place to get offers for credit cards, home mortgages, etc, etc). Continue Reading
Free Credit Report #2 – Discover Card
March 4, 2014
I recently acquired a Discover credit card for a number of beneficial reasons, but just wanted to briefly highlight that it also gives you credit score for free every month.
Perhaps an advantage over CreditKarma is that it is actually a FICO score, which in this case is based on data from TransUnion. It’s still not perfect Continue Reading
Minted
February 8, 2014
I have been using mint.com for just over a year and have found it a very useful way to track my finances.It allows you to easily keep track of any accounts such as credit cards, bank balances and loans. This is in addition to including investments and property. Tracking your spending habits from short to long term can be completed with just a click of a mouse Continue Reading
Credit Monitoring for Free! – Credit Karma
January 14, 2014
I have started using Credit Karma, and there are a couple of features that I have found to be really useful, and would like to highlight to you. Perhaps my favorite is the credit report monitoring, notifying me of any changes and for free! Continue Reading