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Credit Champion – Consumer Alert: Free Credit Report Offers - Are They Really Free?
Dallas, TX February 26, 2005 -- Champion (2/26/05) www.creditchampion.com Free report offers seem to flood the internet these days. Unfortunately, most companies claiming to give you a free report are really looking to sell you something in the long run, such as a monitoring service or identity-fraud protection. Once you purchase the service, you will be given a copy of your report, usually from just one of the major bureaus. Since there are three major reporting agencies (Experian, Transunion, and Equifax), you will not see the complete picture if you do not receive a report from each one. Other websites that sell reports are resellers for the real bureaus and exist to make a profit. Some of these websites are very useful if you intend to pay, and are very convenient as a centralized place to obtain a 3-in-1 report with a personalized account that you can return to at anytime to order more reports; however, you will not receive anything for free. So, how can consumers obtain a free report? Under the Fair Reporting Act of 1970 you are entitled to a free report if your application for credit, insurance or employment is denied because of information provided by a reporting agency (CRA). The company that you applied to must provide you with a denial notice which will contain the name, address, and phone number of the CRA that was used. You must request your report within 60 days of receiving the notice of the action. In addition, you are entitled to one free report a year (1) you are unemployed and plan to look for a job within 60 days, (2) you are on welfare, or (3) your report is inaccurate because of fraud. Residents of Colorado, Georgia, Maine, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Jersey and Vermont already have a right to one free report per bureau each year because of laws enacted by those states. However, a new Federal provision enacted in 2003, grants access to free reports to all consumers in every state.According to the Fair and Accurate Transactions Act of 2003, every consumer is entitled to one free report each year. The final rule on this Act issued by the Federal Trade Commission in June 2004, provides for a centralized source from which consumers can obtain their reports from each of the three bureaus.
Insurance companies making rapid strides - HBL: Money & Banking
A zone characterised by high rural density, relatively conservative investment orientation and lukewarm economic climate ? the eastern and north-eastern regions, however, continue to have substantial growth potential for both life and general
Micro finance - The Assam Tribune
Micro finance
Varsity to honour Nobel laureate Muhommad Yunus - IndiaInfo.com
The senate of Shivaji University, Kolhapur, today granted the proposal to honour Bangladeshi Nobel laureate Professor Muhommad Yunus with D Litt in a separate convocation ceremony.
Social performance in financial intermediation - Hindu: Breaking News
Social performance in financial intermediation
Employment generation scheme launched - The Assam Tribune
Employment generation scheme launched
SSI Day today - Hindu: Andhra Pradesh
Employment generation scheme launched
SSI Day today - Hindu: Andhra Pradesh
Employment generation scheme launched
Goan Bakers Need Government Support for Survival - The Navhind Times
Goan Bakers Need Government Support for Survival
Improve farmers? income, says Swaminathan - Hindu: Andhra Pradesh
He calls for upgrading agriculture technology to attract youth
Attack on finance agent: five arrested - Hindu: Andhra Pradesh
Rajahmundry: The city crime police have arrested five members of a gang on charge of attacking a micro-finance collection agent two days ago in Rajanagaram mandal. The miscreants allegedly relieved Prakash, a collection agent of Asmita ...
Woolworths files for Chapter 11 - Deccan Herald
Woolworths files for Chapter 11
New credit-linked subsidy scheme to generate jobs - Hindu: Tamil Nadu
Through establishment of micro enterprises in Kanyakumari
SBI launches micro insurance scheme for SHG members - HBL: Money & Banking
Coimbatore, Nov. 27 State Bank of India has launched ?Grameen Shakti? ? a micro insurance scheme for its Self Help Group (SHG)
Spandana gets $75 m credit line from ICICI - ET: Banking
Spandana, the country?s second largest micro-finance institution (MFI) by assets, has secured a Rs 300 crore ($75 million) line of credit (LoC) from ICICI Bank in what is being touted as the largest securitisation deal in the microfinance space.
Nagapattinam Collector awarded - Hindu: Tamil Nadu
NAGAPATTINAM: Devolution of powers to local bodies can succeed only if there is sufficient financial empowerment for them. An implementation of this concept won District Collector M. Jayaraman an award from Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi on ...
Microfinance is thriving, but... - Rediff: Business
A sea change sweeping the sector, signalling it has come of age. As much as this is a cause for celebration, it is also necessary to ask if all is well with the sector, which way it is going and, most importantly, which way it ought to go, says Subir Roy.
Banks to extend Rs 181-cr loan for khadi and village industries in AP - HBL: Industry & Economy
Hyderabad, Nov. 25 The Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC), Andhra Pradesh, has set a target of Rs 181 crore disbursals under the Prime Minister?s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) during the current financial
Mainstreaming micro finance - The Assam Tribune
Mainstreaming micro finance
SKS Microfin raises funds at low costs despite credit crunch - ET: Finance / Insurance
Even as many top-rated corporates are struggling to grow and have seen their borrowing costs go up by 300-400 basis points (bps) during the credit crunch, microfinance major SKS Microfinance has said that borrowing costs rose at a much slower rate - by 100-150 bps.
Microfinance institutions benefit from slowdown - HBL: Money & Banking
Hyderabad, Nov. 23 While most corporates are reeling under the adverse impact of the global economic slowdown and domestic liquidity crunch, microfinance institutions (MFIs) seem to have a different story to
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Autonomy for PLFs likely - Hindu: Tamil Nadu
NAGAPATTINAM: The government was ready to give autonomy to Panchayat Level Federations (PLF) with good performance records which could function like Micro-Finance Institutions (MFI) in rural areas, Collector M. Jayaraman said here on ...
CISCO partners SIDBI, REC, Tiruchi to promote entrepreneurship - HBL: Breaking News
CISCO partners SIDBI, REC, Tiruchi to promote entrepreneurship
A ray of hope for Sircilla weavers - Hindu: Andhra Pradesh
Government to implement Total Financial Inclusion scheme
Hyderabad MFI Spandana eyes Rs 100-cr PE infusion - ET: Finance / Insurance
Private equity investors are betting big on microfinance institutions (MFI) in these turbulent times, as valuations are becoming more attractive for them now.
The centralized source is becoming available in cumulative stages, over a period of nine months, rolling-out from west. The rollout began in December 2004 and will be complete by September 1, 2005. Western states (Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming) became eligible on December 1, 2004; Midwestern states (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin) will become eligible on March 1, 2005; Southern states (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas ) will become eligible on June 1, 2005; Eastern states (Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia), Puerto Rico, and all U.S. territories will become eligible on September 1, 2005. So, stop surfing around online for a free report, most of the offers you will find are not really free. If you do not qualify for a free report, you are still better going straight to the actual bureaus and just paying the $8 that a report costs. Knowing what your file says about you is priceless.Centralized report access:www.annualfreecreditreport.com 877-322-8228P.O. Box 105281, Atlanta, GA 30348-5281.Contacting the individual bureaus:Experian: www.experian.com1-888-EXPERIANTransUnion: www.TransUnion.com1-800-916-8800Equifax: www.Equifax.com1-800-685-1111Contact: Champion: www.creditchampion.comReferences:Debt Reduction Alternatives http://www.nldc.us/debtoptions.htmlConsumer Articleshttp://www.1st-personal-loans.comFree Report Information - FTChttp://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/credit/freereports.htm.
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