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Are you looking for a new MasterCard? Do you want generous rewards, a low introductory APR and, of course, no annual fee? CreditShout.com has recommendations for the best MasterCard credit cards available now.

Chase Freedom

One of the best MasterCards available today — and possibly the best MasterCard available for people with excellent credit — is the Chase Freedom(SM) card.

Rewards: Chase is offering 5% cash back in rotating categories where most people spend money. You

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Managing multiple debts can be confusing. The more payments that are coming out of your bank account each month, the more difficult it can be to manage your finances.

That’s where a debt consolidation loan could help. Debt consolidation combines multiple debts into one easy-to-manage monthly payment, making it easier to stay on top of your finances.

Debt consolidation loan

A debt consolidation loan is a new loan big enough to repay multiple existing debts. By paying off several debts with your loan, you are effectively ‘consolidating’ various debts into one.

Many people who take out a debt consolidation choose to repay the loan more slowly (than they would have repaid the debts they are consolidating), meaning their monthly payments will be lower. Full article…

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If you’re on the market for a 2nd chance credit card and you’re not having a lot of luck applying for the mainstream ones out there, then you seriously need to consider rebuilding your credit score.  You can do this by getting a bad credit card.  This card will help you rebuild what credit score you had left and enable you to get back on the financial ladder in no time…

Now this wouldn’t be called Credit card comparision if we didn’t compare credit cards, so today we’ve got a couple of 2nd chance credit cards for you to take a look at.

Barclaycard Initial

  • 29.9% APR.  Might sound like a lot but this is pretty average for a rebuilding card.  They want to make you pay off your balance at the end of every month so they scare you with this.
  • Free purchase delivery insurance and identity theft protection.
  • Access to the Barclaycard Freedom reward scheme.  This is one of the best reward systems today and basically means that you accumulate cash on your card to redeem at stores when you want.

Capital One Classic

  • 34.9% APR.  Much higher than Barclaycard.  We understand that you should be put off spending too much money, but we didn’t mean you should be scared to death of the interest rate!
  • Instant decision online when you apply.  Not really in great competition with the Freedom reward scheme from Barclaycard.

There really isn’t much more to Capital One than helping you rebuild your credit rating.  Barclaycard clearly win hands down in this comparison.

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APR is an abbreviation for Annual Percentage Rate, which is basically another phrase used to describe a credit card‘s interest rate. Every purchase made with a credit card gathers interest that must be repaid eventually. For example, a purchase made with a card that has an APR of 5% would cause 5% of that purchase to accumulate in interest.

Thus, a $100 purchase with such a card would cause a debt of $105. Some credit cards offer grace periods that give the cardholder a specific period of time before any interest is charged on a purchase. B

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post — Rachel Scott @ 11:57 am — post Comments (0)

Are you about to give up budgeting because you can’t get your budget to work? Check out these 12 reasons your budget isn’t working before you throw in the towel. Usually when budgets go wrong, it’s because of the method, not the budget itself.

Budgets are an essential tool to getting out of debt and staying there. So don’t give up on your budget just yet. Try to figure out what’s not working, fix that problem, and give your budget another try.

Recommended Reading:

  • Why a Budget is a Good Debt Management Tool
  • How to Make a Budget
  • FREE Budget Worksheet