From setting allowances to extending shared credit, parents must contend with constant challenges related to how money affects their children. But challenges are also opportunities, and most money matters involving children have the potential to provide useful learning experiences. Take, for example, the basic issues surrounding credit and debt. Since even young children can use … Continued
For entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley, particularly first-time founders who bootstrapped their start-up, mediocre credit scores can be a painful fact of life. Perhaps company expenses were paid with personal credit, or, in the early days, a paycheck was passed on while bills piled up at home. Educational debt can also have served to lower credit … Continued
When you think of the word ‘frozen’, several images probably come to mind fairly quickly: characters from the Disney movie, frozen yogurt, the east coast during winter… but it’s very unlikely that you thought of frozen credit. That’s right, freezing your credit accounts with Equifax, Experian and TransUnion can be done and keeping them frozen … Continued