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At the beginning of this year, I had several thousand dollars in credit card debt and I was ready to pay it off. But I knew that I needed to cut down on my spending in order to have enough money left over to start paying down my credit card balance.
So I did some research and started finding ways to cut expenses. One of the things I realized is that your fixed expenses – the ones that seem to be locked in – like your auto insurance and rent, often have some flexibility after all.
Below are some tips I’ve found for reducing those fixed expenses:
Do you love saving money?
Do you ever use apps or online tools to help you cuts costs and stay on budget?
In our continuing quest to promote financial literacy and help consumers live credit smart, we asked some of our favorite personal finance writers to share a favorite app that helps them stay on budget and save money.
Check out these frugal-living apps:
Do you love saving money?
And are you looking for even more ways to keep more money in the bank?
Experian knows the importance of this in every person’s financial health.
So, as part of our overall commitment to financial literacy and in conjunction with our just released annual State of Credit report, we contacted some of our favorite personal finance writers and asked them to share one of their favorite ways to save money.
Check out these frugal-living tips:
Theyyyy’re baaack! They once graced American televisions singing witty lyrics about their personal credit woes while waiting tables in pirate costumes, living out of the in-laws’ basement and getting snubbed by women because of their lackluster car. Now, after a two-year hiatus, The Original Band is back by popular demand.
We recently announced the availability of PowerCurve, the new decision management software portfolio, which helps organisations manage and grow their portfolios by improving the way they use information to make customer decisions.
PowerCurve builds on more than 30 years of experience that Experian has providing organizations across the globe with expert decisioning tools. It is equipped with some of the most advanced decision analytics capabilities in the market today.
On the final day of Vision 2012, we talk with Michele Raneri, vice president, analytics, to analyze one of the industry’s most pressing issues: financial stress of the American consumer. We also get some key takeaways from Vision 2012 from Kerry Williams, Experian group president.
This Experian TV episode kicks off with a review of some of the key priorities of the CFPB and looks at some of the programs it is planning to develop. We also sit down with Keir Breitenfeld, senior director, fraud and identity solutions, to discuss fraud detection, and we go one-on-one with Amy Hysell from Arizona Federal Credit Union to look at how a troubled portfolio can be turned around using Experian tools.
We’ve all seen news clip of a tornado that twisted down a street, destroyed one house, missed the next two then demolished another block or two of people’s lives. Credit card fraud is equally indiscriminate.
As more Americans emerge from the economic depths of the recession, they’re reminded by one significant fact: not all consumers reduced their debt burdens during 2011. Super-prime VantageScore® consumers — those with scores of 901 to 990 — actually increased debt by $100 billion from Q4 of 2010, notably in new mortgage, bankcard and auto debt.
To gear up for the second full day of Vision 2012, we chat with Kerry Williams, Experian group president, to discuss how clients can achieve growth using three key strategies. Check out the video to see his recommendations.
The first day of Vision 2012 covered numerous topics and offered attendees many new industry insights. In this episode of Experian TV, we catch up with Steve Wagner, president, consumer information services, to discuss universe expansion and strategies to find new consumers, and Tony Hadley, senior vice president, government affairs, to review consumer financial literacy and the CFPB. We also sit down with Andy Sheehan, senior vice president of marketing, to discuss this year’s Vision theme: growth.
The lifespan of a fraudster is short, but prolific. It typically takes about seven days to wreak millions of dollars of damage across a wide network of unsuspecting customers. The fraudsters begin by sending tens of thousands of emails to unsuspecting folks—your customers. They politely ask them to log-in to their bank account to confirm their password.
Unemployment remains high nationally, though consumer spending is steadily increasing.
Housing remains a stumbling block for the economy, while loan delinquencies show signs of improvement for most lines of business. What does this all mean?
Mortgage industry trends have already been a huge topic of discussion at Vision 2012. Although we’re seeing signs of recovery in the auto and bankcard lending sectors, when it comes to mortgage we’re clearly not out of the woods yet.
Our Vision 2012 conference white papers are now available for free download. Here is our complete list of 8 studies you can download now.
Hundreds of business leaders, risk officers and credit managers are gathering this week in Scottsdale, Arizona for Experian’s annual must-attend industry event Vision 2012. Over the course of three days, this group will hear from dozens of experts on new ways to improve business performance and make the most informed decisions. This blog will publish regular updates from the conference.
