Thursday, September 5, 2013
Payday Loans - Be Aware
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Sunday, February 19, 2012
How to go about credit & debt recovery in slowdown phase
New Delhi, Feb 18 (UNI) A new book warns that in the wake of the recent global financial crisis and slowdown, the risks of businesses resulting from bad debt and ineffective credit controls are greater than ever before.
Entitled 'Essential Guide to Credit Management and Debt Recovery in Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and India', the book has been writen by two experts--Roberto (Bobby) Rozario and Puru Grover. The book brings out how credit management is an important business discipline, as it impacts working capital and cash flow of an organisation.
Head of Business & Economy
United News of India (UNI)
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Labels: 'Essential Guide to Credit Management and Debt Recovery in India, Bobby Rozario, Credit Management Book, Puru Grover
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Beware of Free Credit Report Offer from FreeCreditReport.com. Get it from AnnualCreditReport.com
You may have seen their somewhat funny TV jingle in which a man sings about his poor credit and about the ‘free’ credit report from FreeCreditReport.com
Experian now also faces a class-action law suit that claims that their advertising is misleading and fraud.
In the past, Experian has settled with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) by paying more than a million dollars in fines when they had a similar deceptive-advertising problem on one of their other website ConsumerInfo.com. Apparently the Better Business Bureau has thousands of complaints from consumers about FreeCreditReport.com.
Consumers are legally entitled to receive one free report annually from each of the consumer credit reporting agency. Commonly these credit agencies are known as credit-bureaus and they are Equifax, TransUnion and Experian.
The FTC (Federal Trade Commission) runs a website AnnualCreditReport.com. This is the only affirmed site from where you can get a free credit report. So once in every 12 months visit AnnualCreditReport.com and get your free credit report.
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Saturday, August 22, 2009
Ontario Small Claims Court Raises Monetary Jurisdiction To $25,000
Currently in Ontario Small Claims Court you can only sue for money or the return of personal property valued at $10,000.00 (Canadian) or less, not including interest and costs. If the amount of your claim is more than the current limit, you may still choose to use Small Claims Court because it is simpler and less expensive. However, you will have to give up any future attempt to recover the excess amount over the Small Claims Court limit, even in another court.
As per the Annual Report published by by the Court Services Division Small Claims Court remains a popular choice for Ontarians for civil litigation as 43 per cent of all civil cases commenced in 2007/2008 were Small Claims Court claims.
Small Claims Court Training Seminar by CreditGuru.com
by Credit Mantra at 7:27 PM 1 comments
Sunday, February 15, 2009
FTC Red Flag Regulation for Creditors and Financial Institutions
As part of the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions (FACT) Act of 2003 the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) and the federal bank regulatory agencies together have initiated the ‘Red Flags Rules’ (regulations) that now requires financial institutions and creditors to implement written identity theft prevention programs.
This program is to help prevent identity fraud by detecting and mitigating any instances of it. These instances, responses, patterns or specific activities that could lead to identity theft are termed ‘Red Flags”. It is an attempt on part of the regulators to make organizations handling vulnerable consumer accounts, keep an eye out for red flags that signal identity theft.
From a creditor’s standpoint it is interesting to note that by merely accepting credit cards as a form of payment does not in and of itself make an entity a creditor. For the purpose of this regulation a creditor is any entity that regularly:
• extends, renews, or continues credit;
• arranges for the extension, renewal, or continuation of credit;
The creditor can also be any assignee of an original creditor who is involved in the decision to extend, renew, or continue credit.
May 01, 2009 onwards the FTC will start enforcing these regulations. Every creditor and financial institution with ‘covered accounts’ must have in place a written policy to detect, prevent and mitigate the possibility of identity theft in connection with opening, maintaining and operating a covered account.
As an example the written program may include things like, unusual account activity, fraud alerts on a consumer report or attempted use of suspicious account application documents. In writing such a program it should simultaneously describe appropriate measures the organization would take to prevent and mitigate anticipated or occurred crime and have provisions to update the program.
This highlights the importance of the credit function in assessing the risk associated with covered accounts and gettting actively involved in developing and implementation of a written identity theft prevention program under the new "Red Flags Rules."
Article contributed by:
Puru Grover MD CreditGuru.com
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Labels: FTC, Red Flag Program, Red Flag Regulation
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Canadian Business Bankruptcies drop by 2% in 2008
This 6.8% decrease in business insolvencies in 2007 came in a more favourable economic climate wherein the gross domestic product growth (GDP) was 2.71%. This number has dropped to 0.95% in 2008!
by Credit Mantra at 12:49 AM 0 comments
Monday, February 9, 2009
Consumer Bankruptcies Rise in 2008 in Canada
Feb 09, 2009
Consumer Bankruptcies:
Comparing 2008 numbers to 2007
These following numbers were released on Monday by the Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy Canada.
Consumer bankruptcies in 2008 jumped up by 13.5% over 2007. In all of last year 90,620 Canadians filed for bankruptcy as opposed to 79,847 that filed in the year 2007.
In 2007, the number of consumer insolvency cases per thousand residents 18 years of age and older increased by 0.1 cases over 2006. Whereas the same metrics increase now in 2008 over 2007 would be close to 0.3 cases.
Considering the job losses announced and poor housing starts for January, consumer bankruptcies are predicted to go higher in the coming months.
by Credit Mantra at 11:52 PM 1 comments
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