- Jump$tart Coalition
Seeks to improve the personal financial literacy of young adults by developing, disseminating, and encouraging the use of standards for grades K-12 in the teaching of personal finance.
www.jumpstartcoalition.org
- Federal Trade Commission: Free Credit Reports
Free credit report facts and links from the FTC. Includes press releases and a form for filing complaints about sites that try to charge for a free credit report.
www.ftc.gov/freereports
- How Private is my Credit Report?
Fact sheet about credit reports and privacy, including how credit reports work, tips for dispute errors in your report, and preventing your credit history from being used by marketers. From the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse.
www.privacyrights.org/fs/fs6-crdt.htm
- Legal Information Institute: Consumer Credit
Overview of the subject, with links to federal, state, and other materials on U.S. consumer credit law. From Cornell University.
www.law.cornell.edu/topics/consumer_credit.html
- Credit Scoring Site
Reveals the secret nature of credit scoring. These scores are used by credit bureaus to distill a person's credit report into one simple number that consumers have no access to.
www.creditscoring.com
- Truth About Credit Cards, The
Offers tips and advice to improve your credit score and better manage credit.
www.thetruthaboutcreditcards.com
- Yahoo! Finance Loan Center
Includes rates for mortgage and auto loans as well as credit reports.
finance.yahoo.com/loan
- Yahoo! Finance Credit Center
Information, featured articles, and resources covering credit reports, scores, ratings, and related issues. Includes sections on privacy and fraud, credit and debit cards, mortgages, home equity, and debt management.
finance.yahoo.com/creditreports
- Victims of Credit Reporting
Information on fair credit reporting and abuses in the credit report industry from consumer rights and advocacy group Victims of Credit Reporting.
www.vcr.org
- Foundation for Credit Education, The
Provides financial literacy and community education with articles, tools, and tips on many credit-related and financial topics.
www.foundationforcrediteducation.org
- CreditLoan.com: Credit Repair
Features strategies and tips on how to repair your bad credit and improve credit scores.
www.creditloan.com/credit-repair
- Credit Debt Foundation
Provides articles and information on credit repair and debt management.
www.creditdebtfoundation.org
- ChristiaNet: Bad Credit Loans Articles
Read articles about loan options for people with bad credit such as payday advances, high risk lenders, car financing, and bad credit unsecured personal loans.
www.christianet.com/badcreditloans
- CreditLoan.com: Credit Report Score
Features financial articles and strategies regarding credit score repair, programs, loans, and solutions for consumers with bad credit reports.
www.creditloan.com/credit-report-score
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