5 Signs that You Need Credit Counseling or Debt Settlement Help

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Some people can climb out of debt through simple budgeting. They determine how much they spend each month, and then look for ways to cut down on that spending. Savings they find go right toward their debt, and over time, that debt starts to fall. Other people may find that budgeting simply doesn’t provide enough [...]

Active Debt Company Review

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People with more debt than ability to pay often turn to debt settlement companies for help. These companies offer to work directly with your creditors, and they claim they can reduce the overall amount you owe and make it easier for you to take charge of your debt and make progress on paying that debt [...]

Should I Choose Debt Settlement Over Bankruptcy?

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The recent economic depression has pushed millions of people into a deep and dark financial hole. In their quest to get out of debt, people often resort to debt relief programs. Debt settlement and bankruptcy are two of the more popular programs, but people often get confused when it comes to choosing between the two. [...]

American Express Sample Debt Settlement Agreement Letter

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American Express has long been known as the premier business credit card.  And for a while now, they have become a significant player in the personal credit card market, and as with any big credit card company, they have customers for whatever reason, cannot pay their credit card bills.  American Express will generally be willing [...]

Bank of America Sample Debt Settlement Letter

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Bank of America is a huge financial conglomerate who often is willing to negotiate settlements with credit card holders who can’t make payments on their past due credit card debt.   Like other major credit card companies, Bank of America realized that settling a debt with a customer is way more cost-efficient for them than [...]

Barclays Bank Sample Debt Settlement Letter

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Barclays Bank is another major credit card issuer who does a lot of business co-branding credit cards with department stores and major retailers.  BJ’s Wholesale Club and Airtran Airways are just two of the major companies that Barclays Bank of Delaware provides credit services to. Below is a sample debt settlement offer letter that Barclay’s [...]

GE Money Bank Sample Debt Settlement Offer Letter

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Ge Money Bank is the credit card behind a lot of the store credit cards. Amazon.com uses GE Money bank, and many furniture stores, department stores and other retail outlets use GE Money bank for their credit card services.  So like many other huge credit card companies, they have been shown to be willing to [...]

Capital One Sample Debt Settlement Letter

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Capital One is probably best known these days for their goofy TV commercials, but they have also been known to give their cardholders a break in the form a settlement on their overdue credit card bills.  Granted, you need to be able to demonstrate a legitimate financial hardship in order to negotiate a settlement with [...]

CitiBank Citi Cards Sample Debt Settlement Letter

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Citibank is undoubtedly one of the biggest credit card companies around.  They have a worldwide presence and their credit card division, Citi Cards, issues millions of dollars worth of credit each year to individuals and corporations. They also have been known to settle credit card accounts for as little as 15% of what was owed. [...]

Discover Card Sample Debt Settlement Letter

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Discover Card Services is a huge financial conglomerate, Discover Financial Services that pretty much dominates the credit card industry along with Visa and MasterCard. However, if a card holder demonstrates an inability to pay a balance because of a financial hardship, they are willing to settle the account for less that what is owed. Below [...]