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Below are some helpful articles, videos and resources for further knowledge about debt, the credit industry, and how they work. For more assistance, please feel free to contact our Senior Debt Specialists toll free at (877) 3FIX-DEBT or email info@tfcdebtsolutions.com.
| Debt collectors are ready to deal With more delinquent accounts and fewer people able to pay, collection agencies are more willing than ever to accept settlements. These tips will strengthen your hand. |
| Financial Resolutions For The New Year Getting Your Finances On Track In 2010. |
| Living on a Cash-Only Diet Credit card reform kicks in Feb. 22, but it won't matter to these 5 readers. They cut up their cards and are going debt free. They share how they did it. |
| FICO Reveals How Common Credit Mistakes Affect Scores Borrowers already knew that late payments hurt their credit scores, but for the first time, they now know the extent of that damage. |
| Debt Settlement Industry Proves Value to Creditors As credit card companies are experiencing their worst credit losses in decades, debt settlement companies continue to demonstrate that they provide a valuable service, not only to consumers but also to creditors, as the industry returned more than $2.2 billion in consumer debt last year, The Association of Settlement Companies (TASC) announced today. |
| BBB Statistics Contradict Own Ratings of Debt Settlement Industry Consumers struggling with debt have far fewer complaints with the debt settlement industry than critics have alleged. The Better Business Bureau (BBB) has released statistics that reveal critical flaws in its own grading system. |
| VIDEO: Maxed Out (Documentary) Maxed Out is a feature-length documentary directed by James Scurlock. It takes viewers on a journey deep inside the American style of debt, where things seem fine as long as the minimum monthly payment arrives on time. With coverage that spans from small American towns all the way to the White House, the film shows how the modern financial industry really works, explains the true definition of "preferred customer" and tells us why the poor are getting poorer while the rich keep getting richer. Hilarious, shocking and incisive, Maxed Out paints a picture of a national nightmare which is all too real for most of us." |
| Credit Bailout: Issuers Slashing Card Balances The banks were bailed out last fall, the automobile companies last winter. For Edward McClelland, a writer in Chicago, deliverance finally arrived a few days ago. |
| Hearing on Consumer Bankruptcy, Before The Committee On The Judiciary, United States Senate, February 8, 2001 Senate Testimony, 2001 Testimony of Robert D. Manning, Ph.D. Hearing on Consumer Bankruptcy, Before The Committee On The Judiciary, United States Senate, February 8, 2001 |
| VIDEO: Secret History of the Credit Card In "Secret History of the Credit Card," FRONTLINEŽ and The New York Times join forces to investigate an industry few Americans fully understand. In this one-hour report, correspondent Lowell Bergman uncovers the techniques used by the industry to earn record profits and get consumers to take on more debt. |
| The New Bankruptcy Law and You What you should know about the new law, which will make it tougher for consumers to clear their debts. |
| Debt Settlement Firm Gives "The Gift of Change" To 10 Worthy Families A nationwide debt settlement company, headed by a woman who once worried about paying her own bills, has given 10 families $1,000 each. The "Gift of Change" awards assisted worthy families struggling to meet their financial needs in a tough economy. |
| Top Arbitration Firms Exit Business Two of the leading arbitration companies have stopped taking consumer cases. The American Arbitration Association says it will stop mediating consumer debt cases and the National Arbitration Forum is getting out of all consumer matters. |
| 3 Debt Solutions That Are an Alternative to Bankruptcy Things may look bleak but you have options to help relieve your stress. |
| Dealing with overwhelming medical debt: Medical Bills Leading Cause of Bankruptcy, Harvard Study Finds Illness and medical bills caused half of the 1,458,000 personal bankruptcies in 2001, according to a study published by the journal Health Affairs. The study estimates that medical bankruptcies affect about 2 million Americans annually... |
| What is the difference between Debt Negotiation and Debt Settlement? Debt Negotiation and Debt Settlement are similar terms. This process involves using a third party to negotiate your debt on your behalf. |
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