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5 Money Mistakes That Could Be Ruining Your Credit

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Here are five common money mistakes that could be unintentionally sabotaging your credit score. Mistake #1: Closing credit card accounts. Of course, you should reduce your debt load, beginning with your credit card debt. But once you pay off a card, don’t close the account. Mistake #4: Paying late.

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30 New Year’s Resolution Ideas to Make 2024 Healthier, Happier & More Secure

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Online personal development courses can help you build inner peace and soft skills. Empower yourself to live debt-free by paying down high-interest debts such as credit cards. Improve your credit score. Regularly review and update insurance policies to ensure adequate coverage at the best price. Learn a new skill.

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How My Experience as a Black Entrepreneur Shaped My Views on Building Financial Freedom

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What if he wrote down my name from my credit card and used it to find out who I was? Having allies at work isn’t just about having a confidant or an enforcer of policies. And rather than wait, employing an individual solution to find your own financial freedom is the best course of action.

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Stacey Abrams’ New Co-Authored Book Details the Struggles Black Entrepreneurs Still Face and Why Business Partnership Differences Can Be Your Superpower

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For the two of us, the experience was a crash course in what intrigued our heads and our hearts. For this reason, many Black business owners cannot access loans from traditional lending institutions and often turn to credit cards, their own savings or nonprofit community lenders. Stacey was stunned for a moment.

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Eco-Friendly Payroll Options for Your Business

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Turning the average business into an eco-friendly enterprise that strives to do less harm through policies and practices is no easy undertaking. Of course, going paperless does require some time and money on the part of a business. If your company prints and issues its own checks, this is easy enough to accomplish.

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Customers Have to Pay at Claire's

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It doesn’t sound like this is a location edict, but more of a companywide policy. Claire’s prefers customers who pay with credit cards Or perhaps Claire’s only wants you to spend LESS than $40 It is better to receive two bad $40 checks than one $75 bad check Gosh. Sounds like a personal problem.

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Budget cuts for the IRS result in unreliable customer service

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Those budget adjustments have resulted in less personnel, less training, and as a consequence of course, less service. How credit card companies offer different levels of customer service Credit cards are an important way of life for most.