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What we should expect from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

by Tess Vigeland
Sep 24, 2010
With the new appointment of Elizabeth Warren to the CFPB, changes in consumer protection are expected to be on their way. Tess speaks to two experts on what issues they think should be handled and how.
Professor Elizabeth Warren, chairman of the Congressional Oversight Panel set up to oversee the TARP program
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Improving your credit score: The facts

by Tess Vigeland
Sep 17, 2010
Tess Vigeland talks to credit score expert Liz Pulliam Weston on how to improve your credit score.
Visa credit cards.
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The quest for the perfect credit score

by Tess Vigeland
Sep 17, 2010
Some people want to climb to the top of Kilimanjaro; Chris Peplinski just wants a perfect credit score.
A man holds up some credit and debit cards
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Prepaid credit cards

by Chris Farrell
Sep 17, 2010
Question: I received a Visa Prepaid card as a gift. I assume my friend meant to give me a regular gift card, but it seems they grabbed the...
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NY Attorney General targeting credit card companies

by Amy Scott
Sep 3, 2010
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is launching a statewide investigation of deceptive marketing of credit cards to college students.
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MID-DAY UPDATE: Coffee cup problems

by Daryl Paranada
Aug 25, 2010
Have a cup of coffee this morning? Sustainability reporter Adriene Hill tells us why that cup is raising some environmental issues. The SEC wil...
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Credit balances lower in 2nd quarter

by Marketplace Staff
Aug 25, 2010
The latest data from consumer credit reporting agency TransUnion shows the amount of money people owe on credit cards in the second quarter dropped to the lowest level in 8 years. How? Temple University Professor William Dunkleberg talks the details with Steve Chiotakis.
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First credit card

by Chris Farrell
Aug 24, 2010
Question: My 26 year old son is unable to get a credit card and would like to begin to establish a credit rating. We have gone with him and...
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Pay with your phone, credit card rates going up

by Christina Huh
Aug 23, 2010
Critics say the rules to receive compensation through the $20 billion BP oil spill fund are unfair....
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BofA, Visa to try pay-with-cell program

by Janet Babin
Aug 23, 2010
Bank of America and Visa are getting ready to try a pilot program in New York that will let some customers pay for stuff with their phones. Janet Babin reports.
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