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On March 15, the three major credit reporting companies (Experian, Transunion, and Equifax) got together and announced VantageScore, a new model for credit scoring. There are several questions raised by this new scoring method, the biggest being what advantage does this new scoring mechanism have for both businesses and consumers to make them use it over the well established FICO score? Also, what was wrong with FICO causing the the credit reporting companies to come up with their own scoring model?

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Credit omission can be seriously detrimental to your credit score, especially if you have low or borderline credit. The top way to improve your credit is to pay your bills on time, but this only holds true if your creditors report this to the credit reporting agencies, which they are not required by law to [...]

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Consider this scenario. It’s one we hope to never be in, but it’s really all too common. We’re sitting at home or at work, and suddenly it’s a debt collector. They let you know you owe some company (perhaps a telephone company you no longer even do business with because you [...]

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Due to technical difficulties, Money Stuffed will be updated tomorrow. We apologize for the delay.
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Have you ever taken a good look around the IRS website? There are a lot of neat little nuggets of goodness to be found for people like us.
Where’s My Refund?
This is my favorite this time of year. All you need is your social security number, filing status and anticipated refund amount to check on your [...]

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