Payday Loans Are More Expensive for the Poor, and Lenders Are Weaponizing the Courts to Make it Worse

Is the internet crushing your attention span more than you’d like to admit? It’s okay. We have that same problem. That’s why you have the option of listening to this article instead.  Depending on where you live, the following stat may not shock you: there are more payday loan companies and speedy cash lenders in the
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Get to Know Your Credit Experts: John Schwab

Here at the Credit Repairmen, we believe in telling the stories of our clients. But we also believe in the people that work for our company, so this will be a running feature introducing you to the employees we believe in as well.   John Schwab is currently our Marketing Director for the business team. The
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Understanding Collections and Charge-Offs

For a lot of Americans, debt collection is a world that they’ll either never understand, or avoid altogether. So what are collections? And what are charge-offs? What are the differences in this financial jungle? The first thing to note is that debt is different from a collection, just as a collection is different from a
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Build Your Credit & Build Your Business

By David Castillo Credit can seem like an abstract concept to people when it comes to business. It’s not a winning lottery ticket in your hand you can quickly flip for cars, vacations, and your favorite handbags. However, even the lottery undercuts what it means to “win” when you consider some of the horrors lottery
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