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Absolutely; it may or may not have made it onto the other bureaus, but it would eventually; the info source may have already reported the incorrect data to the other two bureaus……whenever you address something on one, always address all three just to be safe.

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Many banks charge fees for using their debit cards, so use credit cards in their place. Certain credit cards do not charge fees if they are paid in full monthly, while debit cards can charge multiple fees. Many people use prepaid credit cards for direct deposit of their paychecks and bypass banks completely to save money.

Always read find print before doing any kind of balance transfer. Understand what the interest rate will revert to after the initial introductory rate. Oftentimes, such offers come in tandem with super-high interest rates that are retroactive if you haven’t paid off your balance. Don’t sign anything until you truly understand the consequences.

Try not to close your accounts. Although it could seem like a smart thing to do for improving your credit score, closing accounts could actually harm your score. When you close your accounts, you are taking away from your actual credit amount, which decreases the ratio of that and the amount you owe.

Analyze your bank and credit statement every month. Make sure that each new charge is accurate. If there are incorrect or unknown charges, call the credit card issuer immediately. When you are disputing a transaction, time is of the essence.

Understand the credit card agreement before you use that card. When you first use a card, you are basically accepting the terms the company offers. While there may be a lot of statements in small print in the credit agreement, these statements are very important.

Keep the amount of credit card applications to a minimum. This can have a negative impact on your overall credit score. Be cautious of pre-approved credit offers. You will often find higher rates with these companies.

Consider getting a co-signer if you wish to open a credit card without established credit. Anyone with established credit can be a co-signer. They need to be willing to pay for your balance if you cannot pay for it. This works great for getting a first credit card that you can use for building credit.

Stay away from cards that require annual fees. Annual fee cards are generally not offered to people with good credit scores. Annual fees can make any rewards you earn not worth it. Sit down and figure out the math for the long term. Credit card providers don’t usually advertise annual fees, instead they include them in the small print. Use a magnifying glass on all those terms if you need one. You’re going to want to check closely to look at if the fees are worth the benefits. Many times the fees do not outweigh the benefits, so consider carefully.

Be smart with credit card use. Keep spending under control and only make credit card purchases you can actually afford to pay for. When you use the card, you have to know when and how you are going to pay the debt down before you swipe, so that you do not carry a balance. A balance that is carried makes it easier to create a higher amount of debt and makes it more difficult to pay it off.

As you have seen, credit cards can be a great help in building or re-building a person’s credit, as well as a tool to help one learn to make wise choices with their money. Fully understanding the terms and conditions of various credit cards is the best way to make an educated choice when selecting a credit card provider. If you understand the basics of how credit cards work, you can make better decisions regarding credit.

CashNow.net has introduced a new way for customers to apply for payday loans. Prospective borrowers who do not have access to the Internet or who, for whatever reason, do not want to want to complete their loan application via the Internet, can now call a 24-hour phone number to apply for a loan. Customer service representatives are available at the number to help customers with the application process. The new phone number, located on the sites Contact Us page, allows customers to apply over the phone just as quickly and easily as they would be able to going online.

CashNow.net is proud to offer this new service to our customers, says CashNow.net spokesperson Ted Harris. The new phone number allows us to provide complete access to payday loans to a wider range of potential borrowers. Customers who might not have applied for a loan before because of their reluctance or inability to get online can now easily and quickly get the money they need to cover emergency expenses.

Individuals who need cash now to pay for rent, medical care, car repairs, home repairs and other necessary and unexpected expenses can get quick and convenient help from a payday loan. This type of loan is available in amounts between $ 100 and $ 1,500, with the specific loan amount that a customer can get based on the customers monthly salary and determined by the specific lender they use through CashNow.net. Borrowers can receive their payday loan, which is deposited directly into their checking account by their lender, within just minutes of it being approved. Borrowers generally repay their loans when they receive their next paycheck, and repayment is done via convenient electronic withdrawal from the customers bank account.

Loan applicants do not have to have good credit to qualify for a payday loan. They must, however, be at least 18 years of age, a citizen or permanent resident of the U.S., employed with at least 90 days on the job, and be earning a monthly income of no less than $ 1,000 after taxes. Individuals applying via the new application phone number must also supply their checking account information, home and work phone numbers, and a valid email address to the representative they speak with. Applicants can only use a checking account that is registered in their name.

CashNow.net hopes that its new 24-hour application phone number serves as a valuable resource for individuals around the country and bolsters its overall relationship with consumers.

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San Diego, California (PRWEB) April 24, 2012

The San Diego bankruptcy lawyers at the law firm of the Golden State Law Group, which is a team of professionals dedicated to providing help for consumers and businesses who are experiencing financial difficulty, hereby announce that the firm is offering free initial consultations to consumers who may have recently over-extended themselves with debt on the heels of new efforts by lenders to extend credit to consumers with damaged credit ratings.

Specifically, the credit reporting agency Equifax recently published statistics that revealed that in December of 2011 alone, lenders opened credit card accounts to more than 1.1 million American consumers who had damaged credit. This 1.1 million new credit card accounts statistic represents an increase of 12.3 percent when compared to December of the previous year.

In addition, the credit reporting agency known as Experian reported that during the fourth quarter of 2011, approximately 23 percent of all new automobile loans that were opened and executed in the United States were provided for borrowers who had damaged credit. This percentage represents an increase of 17 percent when compared to the fourth quarter of 2009.

The San Diego bankruptcy attorneys at the Golden State Law Group advise consumers to use extreme caution when opening new credit accounts if their credit rating is damaged. Credit scores can change rapidly and people who have problems with meeting their obligations could soon face the stress that comes with collection efforts.

Consumers who are already experiencing these types of problems because of new credit accounts that they have opened are further advised that the San Diego bankruptcy attorneys at the Golden State Law Group will provide them with a free initial consultation. The purpose of this free initial consultation is to conduct a thorough review of the consumer’s overall financial picture so that appropriate recommendations can be made towards bringing about an end to that person’s financial difficulties.

About the Golden State Law Group

The Golden State Law Group is a law firm in San Diego, California that’s comprised of a team of attorneys who provide legal help to consumers. Specifically, the attorneys at the firm provide help to consumers in the legal areas of consumer bankruptcy, tax debt issues and personal injury cases.

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Albany, New York (PRWEB) April 28, 2012

The Desmond Hotel & Conference Center (The Desmond) recently discovered a serious data security breach of its computer system, and specifically its property management system, that occurred between May 21, 2011 and March 10, 2012. Anyone who was a guest of The Desmond during that period may have had credit and/or debit card information compromised.

The security breach involved international hackers gaining access to The Desmond’s computer system. According to the cyber security firm recommended by the U.S. Secret Service and hired by The Desmond to investigate the breach, the credit and debit card security breach was limited to The Desmond’s property management system; that is, the computer system used for reservations or payment of a guest room. If a credit or debit card was used anywhere else in the hotel, such as any of the restaurants, or for any reason other than reserving and paying for a guest room, a credit or debit card’s information was not compromised.

If any credit and/or debit card information was accessed by the hackers, it would have included the cardholder’s full name, credit and/or debit card number, credit and/or debit card expiration date, other discretionary data that the credit and/or debit card company may have placed in the magnetic stripe on the back of the card, and the credit and/or debit card’s service code. The cyber security firm has advised that there is no evidence of debit card Personal Identification Numbers (PINs) having been accessed.

The Desmond is continuing to work with the cyber security firm and the U.S. Secret Service on this matter. In particular, the program created to gain access to The Desmond’s network and to obtain cardholder information has been removed. Additional steps have been taken to prevent this sort of compromise from happening again.

The Desmond has also advised the three (3) major U.S. credit reporting agencies – Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion – and has given those agencies a general report, alerting them to the fact that this incident occurred. Even though those steps have been taken, anyone who was a guest between May 21, 2011 and March 10, 2012 should take action as well.

This is a serious incident. As such, The Desmond strongly encourages its guests to immediately take preventative measures – including contacting credit card company(ies), banks/financial institutions, and the three (3) U.S. credit reporting agencies referenced above. Guests should do so to help prevent and detect any misuse of card information, if, in fact, that information was compromised.

To contact the three (3) major credit reporting agencies and request copies of credit reports, the telephone numbers (and websites) for ordering credit reports and placing fraud alerts on the credit reports are: 1-800-685-1111 or 1-800-525-6285 (Equifax – http://www.equifax.com); 1-888-397-3742 or 1-888-397-3742 (Experian – http://www.experian.com); and 1-800-888-4213 or 1-800-680-7289 (Trans Union – http://www.transunion.com). Even after obtaining imputed reports, cardholders should periodically review updated credit reports to do surely they are accurate and include only those activities that have been authorized, and to make sure that information linked to fraudulent activities can be deleted from the credit reports.

Everyone has the correct to obtain their own credit report free of charge once a year through http://www.annualcreditreport.com. Anyone who has conclude to believe that their file may contain inaccurate information due to fraud may also obtain their imputing report anytime from the three (3) credit reporting agencies.

Cardholders also can request that the major credit reporting agencies place a fraud alert on their credit file, which will put creditors on notice that their accounts may be subject to fraud. By doing so, cardholders will require creditors to reaching them before opening any new accounts or making changes to their existing accounted.

Guests of The Desmond during the period mentioned above should remain vigilant over the next year or so and promptly report any incidents of suspected identity theft to The Desmond, as well as the credit reporting agencies, their credit card companies, and their banks (if their debit card information was stolen). Guests should also review their account statements and immediately report any suspicious activity. If suspicious activity on credit reports is discovered, or if there is a reason to believe information is being misused, cardholders should file a police report and retain a copy of it to provide to The Desmond or other creditors when gainsaid any suspicious activity.

In addition to the steps described above, cardholders should file a report of any suspicious activity with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) using the website or call number listed below. For more information on how to protect against identity theft, the FTC provides online guidance, as well as a toll-free telephone number. The FTC’s toll-free number is 1-877-IDTHEFT and its website address is http://www.consumer.gov/idtheft.

The Desmond thanks its guests for their careful attention to this matter. If anyone who thinks they may have been affected has any questions, you may contact Lisa Armbruster at The Desmond at 1-800-448-3500 or you may email her at Larmbruster(at)desmondhotels(dot)com. On behalf of the staff and management at The Desmond, we solicited our sincerest apology for the concern and inconvenience this has caused.

About The Desmond

The Desmond is one of the premier hotels in Albany, New York; this luxurious hotel offers colonial charm and contemporary comfort combined with a business friendly environment featuring state of the art conferencing facilities. For hotel information or to make a reservation, call 1-800-448-3500 or visit http://www.desmondhotelsalbany.com/.

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Santa Clara, CA (PRWEB) April 18, 2012

Cinsay, Inc., a Texas-based next-generation social video commerce provider, is launching its Smart Container™ technology at [DEMO Spring 2012 today before the technology industry’s most prominent media, analysts, investors and entrepreneurs. The Smart Container is an easy-to-use eCommerce storefront aimed at helping individuals, first-time entrepreneurs, small and medium-sized businesses and enterprises make money online without a website. Customers will be able to use video, photos and other images to sell their goods and services, take an order and complete the transaction from within the Smart Container’s video player.

“We are delighted to host Cinsay and have them showcase their new technology this year,” said Matt Marshall, executive producer of DEMO. DEMO Spring 2012 is being held April 17-19, 2012 at the Hyatt Regency Santa Clara. Cinsay’s six-minute DEMO stage time is scheduled for 4:40pm today, April 18th, and its DEMO kiosk is #D14.

“Everyone here is excited to have been chosen as one of the DEMO Conference’s presenting innovators,” stated Cinsay, Inc. founder and CEO Christian Briggs. “We feel honored that they invited us to participate.” Named one of “America’s Most Promising Companies” by FORBES, Cinsay will also announce the public beta launch of its Smart Container.

eCommerce For Everyone

Briggs asks the question, “What if selling on the Internet was as easy as uploading video to YouTube or sharing a post on Facebook or making money on Craigslist?” He believes the Smart Container’s ease-of-use will make eCommerce a simple action, interaction and transaction for businesses and consumers.

Smart Container’s eCommerce, social media, analytics/reporting, CMS and security functionality make it the perfect driving, even for individuals wanting to sell just about anything.

“We started Cinsay to bring eCommerce to everybody,” said Briggs. “With just a few clicks and our iPhone app you can create a viral video online store. It’s a bit like ‘YouTube Meets eBay.’

“It includes a free merchant account so anyone can sell online on their Facebook, website or blog,” he said. “Anyone tin shoot a video or snap a picture with their iPhone, put them in our viral video shopping cart and begun selling on Facebook,” Briggs stated. “Using our Smart Container store anyone can be in business, because customers can run credit card transactions from inside the player on Facebook, their blogs, websites, or wherever their customers are,” he noted.

“They can also collect leads, or donations, or link out to any page on the web,” said Briggs. As a host/SaaS (software-as-a-service), the Smart Container employs the first comprehensive eCommerce merchant system and content management system disguised as a video player. “Our Cinsay Smart Container ‘takes the store with it’ wherever it is embedded, whether on social websites such as Facebook, blogs, other websites or mobile devices,” Briggs emphasized.

Social Commerce Made Real

The Cinsay Smart Container is a social sales engine that can be deployed anywhere the customer may be,” said Cinsay senior vice president of marketing and media services Kyle Nelson. “Our clients can take our Internet storefront viral by sharing it with their friends, just like they do with photos and videos today,” said Briggs. Smart Container is also a lead-generating machine that allows prospects to contact clients from within their videos. This extends the engagement and tells vendors whether leads are qualified, and interested. Once deployed, users can manage Smart Container storefronts from one simple interface, update videos, change products and pricing, launch special promotions and more. Their stores are updated everywhere – mobile, social, web — instantly.

“To Market, To Market….”

Cinsay will help its clients 1) attract, 2) interact and 3) transact on social platforms to drive a meaningful ROI through ReferredMEDIA.com, its Affiliate Network that attracts an audience of 7 million buyers daily. According to Nelson, trends show the bulk of time people spend online is on Facebook, blogs and other social media sites rather than focus on pay-per-click campaigns, in order to drive prospects to their websites.* “We place our storefronts in looked of people where they actually are,” he declared.

This referral network allows merchants to promote peculiar offers to their affiliates’ loyal audiences and drive promotional transactions such as sale items, coupons, discounts, rewards programs, giveaways and sweepstakes from within affiliate blog sitting and Facebook pages.
(*See “Facts on Video boosting brand engagement and E-commerce” – SOURCE – eMarketer:

How It Works

The Smart Container, and the Cinsay Social Commerce Platform overall, help businesses attract new audiences online to their brands and products, make it easy to make a transaction, and then enable interaction between current customers and their trusted networks, on social platforms such as Facebook. Cinsay’s social commerce platform lets anyone create an online store. Its patent-pending technology makes Cinsay the only company that can deliver a credit card transaction inside a viral video player wherever it may be, so that:

Sales leads can be collected, and linked out to any page on the web.

Users can build a store using the Cinsay iPhone application.

Business (and commerce) can be shared on the web, and they can watch it go viral.

Storefront owners can run transactions through a free merchant account.

They can also change products, prices and videos in their network of stores, any time.

Cinsay’s social commerce platform has the only in-player transaction processing solution protected by several pending patents. As with Amazon’s “one-click,” Cinsay sees its Smart Container transforming eCommerce in the social and mobile marketplace with storefronts that can be shared anywhere and go viral. Cinsay’s technology leverages best-technologies and open environments to create a scalable, secure, cloud-based environment that can be expanded, as needed by the user. This eCommerce platform provides a rich API, an established developer community and a stable foundation. It is built on a secure transaction processing platform and a content management system that expedite rapid expansion utilizing resources from Akamai, Amazon and RackSpace®.

About Demo
Produced by the IDG Enterprise events group, the worldwide DEMO conferences focus on emerging technologies and new products innovations, which are hand selected from across the spectrum of the technology marketplace. The DEMO conferences have earn their reputation for consistently distinguishing cutting-edge technologies and helping entrepreneurs secure venture funding and establish critical business. For more information on DEMO conferences, visit http://www.demo.com.

About Cinsay
Cinsay has created a next generation eCommerce, viewer interactive, video-based platform that anyone and any-sized business can use easily. Cinsay’s SaaS based technology enables anyone to sell products, display printable coupons, capture donations and generate leads all inside the patent-pending Smart Container. Cinsay also manages end-to-end social media and blogger campaigns through its 10 million plus blogger network. Customers are offered a complete turnkey business via merchant account services as well as an exclusive on-demand solution featuring dozens of personal, brandable products like T-shirts, caps, mugs and iPhone covers. Self-managed and managed customers benefit from Cinsay’s in-depth reporting tools and real-time statistical data. Cinsay’s embeddable platform is compatible with web and mobile HTML-5 devices and is highly scalable via its enterprise-level hosting and distribution network.
For more information on Cinsay, visit http://www.cinsay.com or use these links:

Cinsay Information Links

Corporate ‘About’: http://www.Cinsay.com/about-us/

Corporate Fact Sheet: http://www.Cinsay.com/corporate-fact-sheet/

Smart Container Features – eCommerce, social media, analytic and reporting, CMS, security http://www.Cinsay.com/features/

Competition and Comparison http://www.Cinsay.com/compare/

Self-Managed Support Pages (how it works, getting started, FAQs, glossary, etc.) https://Cinsay.zendesk.com/home

Managed services case studies (Swisa, Living Direct, Montel Williams) http://www.Cinsay.com/customer-stories/

TO SCHEDULE AN INTERVIEW WHILE AT DEMO SPRING 2012 THIS WEEK CONTACT:
David Burrows – CINSAY, INC. – Kiosk #D14; 214-674-3283; dburrows (at) cinsay (dot) com

FOR ADVANCE INTERVIEWS AS WELL AS REAL-TIME DEADLINE SUPPORT 24/7, CONTACT:

Kenni Driver – 972-978-6455; kenni.driver (at) driverpr (dot) com

John KatsantoniS – 847-526-3622; jpkattt (at) att (dot) net The Katsantonis Group – Associate, Pinnacle Worldwide

Addison, TX (PRWEB) April 25, 2012

Owning a small business is great and very rewarding, but often the stress comes with the territory. Small business owners are constantly on the move going from point A to point B and point C until they have completed the alphabet of points. Encore Payment Systems believes your credit card processor should be your partner and not another “to-do” on your busy schedule; which is why Encore has designed a website with small business owners in mind featuring everything in one place so you will only have to make one trip: to the computer.

MyMerchantZone.com is an one-stop shop for Encore‘s merchants to view their monthly statements and new product information, stay informed on recent industry updates or chat online with one of Encore’s superior customer service experts among other things. The website is incredibly straightforward and user-friendly for any merchant with a valid username and password. Once on the website, merchants are able to read and download guides for their terminals, get the latest information on tax reports and even gain access through its unique cross authentication to Encore’s popular and exclusive rewards club, Merchant Benefits Alliance. Merchants have the ability to check their monthly e-statements using MyMerchantZone.com and for a small fee they can even view transactions in real time.

MyMerchantZone.com was designed with the merchant in mind by adding a little simplicity into the already hectic days of a small business owner. With a clear-cut layout this trouble-free website allows merchants to be able to cross one more thing off their list – without the added stress – for a complete merchant solution.

For further information on Encore Payment Systems visit
http://www.encoreps.com
Or contact Justin Motz, marketing(at)encoreps(dot)com, (214) 442-1700 x1327

About Encore Payment Systems
Encore Payment Systems was constituted for the purpose of providing electronic payment processing solutions and other value-added services to small and medium-sized merchants throughout the United States. Encore is a leader in the electronic payment processing field providing credit card, debit card, ATM card, gift card, prepaid card, EBT and check processing services. Encore maintains a sincere dedication to superior customer service and a honorable and ethical approach to acquired new customers. This vision has enabled Encore to become one of the fastest growing companies in the industry excelling in all aspects of merchant services. Encore Payment Systems is locate at 3801 Arapaho Road, Addison, Texas 75001. Please follow us on Twitter @EncorePS, like us on Facebook or visit Encore Payment Systems online at http://www.EncorePS.com.

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Santa Ana, CA (PRWEB) April 18, 2012

Yahoo Inc. announced that, in the first quarter of 2012, its profit rose 28% to $ 286 million, or 23 cents a share, compared with $ 223 million, or 17 cents, at the same time last year, the Los Angeles Times and Washington Post reported. These earning exceeded the projections made last year. While not all small businesses can report these kinds of profits, this news opens the door for a conversation about profit in general and when small businesses can expect to start making profits. In the recent blog post “When Will Your Business Start to Make a Profit?,” The Business Finance Store discusses a way small business owners can calculate when they start making a profit.

The inexperienced business owner is sometimes under the mistaken idea that if they generate $ 5,000 in sales in a month, they will automatically cover their $ 5,000 in overhead expenses. That is not so. They fail to consider the cost of selling, which could be half of that revenue, so they are still $ 2,500 away from their breakeven point. Read more about how to calculate when a business will make a profit at The Business Finance Store Blog.

The Business Finance Store is a business financing and consulting firm that offers customized Business Financial Solutions. Seasoned professionals offer assistance in a variety of financial solutions to help small businesses succeed such as:Business Financial Solutions, Legal Solutions, and Accounting Solutions.

The staff at The Business Finance Store understands that starting and growing a business is an exciting time. They keep it exciting by taking care of some of the most difficult aspects, by providing legal advice, helping with vital responsibilities like accounting & bookkeeping, and by obtaining business finance. They can quickly and easily guide entrepreneurs through many different complicated processes and put them on the path to success.

For 10 years The Business Finance Store has been helping startups and other small businesses legally structure their companies, find the right franchises, get the funding they need, and achieve the American Dream of owning their own successful business. Since expanding nationwide in 2007, they have helped thousands of companies and have funded over $ 60 Million in business credit lines, not including SBA loans. The Business Finance Store sees limitless potential in the current climate, and looks forward to many strong years of growth to come. Take some time to review their services, and give them a call.

For more information, or a free, no-obligation analysis of your business needs, visit The Business Finance Store website: http://www.businessfinancestore.com. A member of their professional staff will contact you to discuss your business’ short and long-term goals. Whatever you need, The Business Finance Store is there.

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