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CREDIT CARDS AND BANKRUPTCY: OPPORTUNITIES FOR REFORM

Credit card debt settlement is what you can get when you do not have the means to pay your debt in full, nor pay your debt in the increments that you were given to pay monthly. You are allowed, depending on the circumstances and the credit card companies, to pay only a certain percentage of your total credit card balance off, rather than the entire thing. Sound like a dream come true? This type of payment requires a little bit more desperation and is a little more difficult than it looks.

Credit card companies will not allow just anyone to get a credit card debt settlement, but if it is necessary, it is possible. Credit card companies will accept a payoff of a certain percentage of your credit card debt as a whole if the circumstances are right and the criteria is met. Here are a few conditions you have to go by before you can get a credit card debt settlement.

A credit card company will look at your credit report and how well you are doing with your credit. If you have bad credit and are not in a position to continue paying your bills, you have made several mistakes on your payments that have racked up your interest rates to a ridiculous percentage, and if you already have several previous late payments, they will probably allow you to pay a percentage of your overall debt to get it paid off. Because of this, you are less of a risk to them, and they will probably, in the long run, be getting the most money out of you that they can.

The reason they will allow or even offer you a chance to get your credit cards paid off with a debt settlement just by looking at how disastrous your credit history is, is because they don’t want you to go bankrupt. By getting you to pay a percentage of your debt off and forgiving the rest, they at least get some sort of payment from you. If you file for bankruptcy, you are left with no debt, and they are left with no money from you. So because you are at high risk of filing for bankruptcy, they determine that they are doing the best thing for their company by having you pay at least a percentage of what you owe altogether.

Going bankrupt is a bad thing for the creditors, unless of course, before you do so, they decide to take your case to court and sue you for not making your credit card payments. In this case, they may deny your request for a percentage payoff, depending on your income and assets. If they do not believe they are going to get much of value out of you by suing you, they won’t do it, and they will probably accept your appeal for a settlement. The credit card company will always go with the option that will get them the most amount of money possible.

It’s that time of the season again, the fall, when you pack up junior’s items and ship them off to college. You remember the days when you had to pack up your bags and attend college as well. As we all know, the older you get, the more you want to go back into your youth and change the things ways were. From saving your money to fixing those costly relationship mistakes, these were just a few things that many human beings would love to go back and change.

Believe it or not, a lot of people that are into their focused career wanted to go back into college and change the way they used their credit card. Credit card companies are set up all over campuses and are targeting kids without jobs and uninformed kids. In the long run, the companies are hoping that the child doesn’t read the terms or services and racks up a hefty balance, so that they are paying it off for life.

A credit card is only a danger if your child isn’t informed on the issues. Like drugs and alcohol, you must inform your child the importance of paying off your student credit card. If they’re not informed on the issue, you may find them racking more debt than you could ever imagine. This is why it’s important that you inform them.

A few key notes that you should supply to your child before they are head off to college are the importance of the APR rate, what bankruptcy can lead you to, and how important your credit score is. If you emphasize these three important factors to your child, he/she may be more informed than half of the college he/she is attending.

The biggest mistake most college students today make is that they have the mindset that they can pick up a credit card and spend, spend, spend, and not have to worry about paying off the bill for a while. They assume that they can pay it off a little at a time until they get a well paying job that will pay it off in full. What they don’t realize is that these credit card interest rates add up very quickly. Every dollar that isn’t paid off in full, the interest rate will be applied to that unpaid balance. So, if you have a $5,000 unpaid balance your interest rate of 20% or so will be applied to this total.

With most student credit cards, the interest rate will usually be a little higher than most credit cards. This is because it’s a child’s first credit card and he/she has to prove that they are responsible adults. If they’re not responsible with their money, they will find that their future will soon lead to bankruptcy.

In the long run, a parent must inform their student that a credit card isn’t necessarily a danger but they should inform them how important it is to pay off their credit card. They must enforce that they should only spend what they can afford and to treat the card as if it were cash. If these steps are applied, a parent and child can sleep well at night.

Free credit card debt consolidation can help you to pay off your debts. Debt consolidation helps you to reduce or save money, which you otherwise pay by way of interest rates and late fee. It gives you respite from harassing phone calls of creditors and works you out of a debt hole. Above all, you do not need to declare bankruptcy to embrace a debt consolidation program. All said and done, you save thousands of dollars every year by restructuring your debts and lowering your monthly payments on your current unsecured debts.

Handling Debt Consolidation

The biggest concern of the US today is its ever-increasing credit card debt, which now tops over $1trillion. According to ARA, the average American carries about $8500 in debt on credit cards. Numerous sites now provide free personal credit card debt consolidation services to enlighten the consumers about the looming danger of debt and help them to get out of their credit card debt. The goal of these sites, some of which are state sponsored, is to eliminate credit card debt and create a debt free nation.

All unsecured debt consolidation qualify, for consolidation of credit card debt services. Debts created on credit cards, store cards, lines of credit, medical bills, judgments, taxes, collection accounts, charge offs, personal loans and old due utilities are some unsecured debts. It is always easy to bring down your credit card debt by refinancing your house. However, this way you will put your house at risk. Look for the safest alternatives to free services credit card debt, bankruptcy and foreclosure.

The credit card industry has widely disparate interest rates, which means that consumers spend thousands of dollars annually just to pay interest on debts incurred on credit cards. Consumers who are carrying a huge amount of debt on their credit cards or even those with modest credit card debt at high rates are turning to companies like Finance Box. This company helps consumers to consolidate their debt into lower and fixed rate loans.

The Internet is providing fast, convenient and solutions that really work well. Numerous companies like Finance Box work with thousands of lenders on the net. Consumer information received by the company drives through company search engines, which evaluates consumer needs, and match them to a lender, who meets the specific requirements of the borrower. This gives these consumers an edge over the ones who deal with a handful of lenders on their own. Consumers save a lot of time and money spent on many phone calls or personal calls. This process fast tracks the process of free credit card debt consolidation, and the consumers normally receive a call from the matched lending company within 24 to 48 hours.