Loan vs. Credit Card: Which Should I Get?

Posted by Willow Tufts | Posted in Financial Advisement, Personal Finance | Posted on 21-06-2016

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Getting strapped for cash is the worst. But when you are in that situation, it is difficult to empty-wallet loanknow what is the right route for you and your wallet. When you need to borrow money to cover an expense, you might consider a credit card or a personal loan. Deciding which is better depends on your situation. Lets weigh your options.

Why Credit Card?

  • Because of their high interest rates, credit cards are best for short-term financial needs. Use a credit card only for purchases that you’ll be able to pay off by the due date, like daily expenses or monthly bills.
  • You could use cash or your debit card for these same purchases, but credit cards have benefits outside of free short-term financing. Many cards come with cash or travel rewards — typically ranging from 1% to 2% of what you spend — as well as certain perks you won’t get with cash or debit.

Why A Loan?

  • Personal loans are best used for longer-term financial needs. This could include things like expenses for adopting a child, starting a small business or consolidating credit card or other debt. Since personal loans typically have better interest rates than credit cards, they’re a better option if you aren’t able to pay off your balance in full monthly.
  • If you’re considering using a personal loan to consolidate credit card debt, first assess how long it will take you to pay off the debt. Consolidating credit card debt with a personal loan typically makes sense only if it will take you more than six months to pay off. Otherwise, the amount of interest you’ll save will be negligible at best for the amount of effort to obtain a loan.

The Bottom Line

Credit cards are ideal for short-term balances that you canstuffed-wallet1 pay off each month, while personal loans are for medium- or long-term debt. They are both outstanding options to help you out of a tight spot. So weigh your options and get yourself the financial help that you need!

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Why Businesses Need to Get Ahead With Credit Card Chip Technology

Posted by wpadmin | Posted in Business and Corporations, Financial Advisement, Government, Personal Finance, Taxes | Posted on 09-02-2016

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Forget the fact that the transition’s happening right now as we speak. Forget the fact that even consumers are a bit wary despite the fact that there are these reasons why people shouldn’t worry. The new credit card chip technology, EMV, is coming. It most definitely will stick. It will stay. And while it’s going to be a long transition (imagine how many stores in the entire nation will have to be fitted with these new credit card reading machines), and card companies will be slowly rolling out these new bad boys, the fact of the matter is this — businesses are straggling to catch up.

That May Not Necessarily Be a Bad Thing, However….

It just so happens, though, that the new cards (for those who don’t have them) will be functional bothcredit card chip technology-1 ways, just to ensure that there are no problems. That means your magnetic stripe credit card might already have a microchip installed already. However…. Businesses need to get ahead right now given the fact that Visa and MasterCard have officially renounced any accountability for credit card fraud.

What does that mean? That means you, the business, will be solely responsible for compensating a customer who’s suffered from ID theft. Not something you want to deal with.

The Fact Is Credit Card Chip Technology Is the Wave of the Future

Only a quarter of merchants in the country have the readers built-in and operational to run the new computer chip credit cards. The technology’s safer. It’s been proven in other countries; sadly, the U.S. is the last to convert.

As a support and due diligence to your customers, we make it a point to invest in the technology and get yourselves ready for the transition before you lose out on more of your resources due to credit card fraud and such. It’s still a big game-changer as far as white-collar crime is concerned. So don’t hesitate. This is the name of the game for business these days.

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How the New Credit Card Chip Technology Will Support ID Theft

Posted by wpadmin | Posted in Business and Corporations, Financial Advisement, Government, Identity Theft, Personal Finance, Taxes | Posted on 08-02-2016

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Businesses have to be keen on this new development in the financial stratosphere when you’re thinking about it, for plenty of reasons. Aside from the fact that the transition to credit card chip technology will incorporate a nationwide spread of new card-reading machines (more investment for businesses, unfortunately), there’s one other subject companies everywhere would love to learn more about: identity theft.

Will This New Credit Card Chip Technology Protect More?

Good question. This doesn’t just revolve around the consumer, but the business. Ever lend your business credit card to the intern? Not a smart move…. You can imagine just how important it is to ensure that credit card fraud never steps foot into your business, and the concept of someone stealing somebody’s information — either customer, client, or business — is earth-shattering at best.

However, the computer chip raises a beautiful question. Hackers don’t care. A chip can be hacked into. credit card chip technology-1But everyone’s saying that this new credit card chip technology’s going to change the landscape as far as credit card fraud and ID theft is concerned (it’s already happening a ton overseas where EMV’s been changing the way people spend money).

Here’s why credit card chip technology will make things better — the main problem with the magnetic strip credit card is the fact that the strip holds all the data and it never changes. That means if anyone ever gets a hold of your one little strip (they don’t even need to steal the card) and copies it (that’s really all they need to do), you can go about your life still having your card (no one stole it!) while some ID thief runs around with a copycat card, spending all your money.

That magnetic strip is a prime target for ID theft.

What the computer chip-enabled card does, however, is allow the user to swipe it, have the machine read it; and the chip itself develops a unique ‘transaction code’ that can never be used again. It, therefore, means, you can buy 15 separate candy bars, the card will read it 15 separate times, and each time will be virtually unique from every other time.

Not one thief would be able to steal your information. Each transaction is encoded through the chip and never gets stored anywhere. It’s processed and then dies a lovely death in cyberspace, basically. Therefore, your information can’t ever be pulled from the card.

Of Course, These ID Thieves Are Resourceful!

The hope is the new credit card chip technology will change the way credit card fraud happens. As in never. But the problem with ID theft is there’s always a way. It’s like that bad penny always turning up. The good news is that this new development will certainly make it easier for Ultimate Identity Protection and other partners to do what they do best. Protect your identity.

Visit our Google+ page. Sign up today! And be on the lookout for your new computer chip-enabled credit card.

 

 

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Check Out the UIP Google+ and LinkedIn Pages!

Posted by wpadmin | Posted in Identity Theft | Posted on 22-01-2016

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Scroll down below, and you’ll see the offer to follow beckoning your call. Learn more about what we bring to the table on social media as we grow our outreach and make it clear that ID theft has no place in the lives of U.S. citizens. UIP makes it happen.

And UIP Makes It Happen on Google+ and LinkedInUIP-1

Here’s the thing about identity theft. It’s a growing epidemic. And the worst of it is this: social media happens to be a serious target as well! So why not fight the battle there as well?

  • Our Google+ Page — Here you’ll find links of all our affiliates, everything from legal to finance, and even real estate. You want the best possible access, seamless and simple? You can get it right here on Google+.
  • Our LinkedIn Page — We showcase for the demographic here, targeting the niche and making sure those in need of identity theft protection receive it from UIP. But here’s something more important regarding LinkedIn. Identity theft can even happen to businesses…. We leave no stone unturned when it comes to ID theft.

UIP-2Whether You’re a Business or Individual….

It’s pretty clear: you’ll need identity theft protection. Especially if you’re on social media. If by chance you have a Google+ account, or a LinkedIn account, or even a Facebook account (which, who knows, we may end up having a page there, although there already is one dedicated to identity theft protection), don’t hesitate to contact us at UIP.

Our job is to help make sure your identity’s safe. Secure. Safeguarded. Because without that identity, you’re lost. And so is your future. Join us now on Google+ and LinkedIn and see what we can provide for you as far as industry trends, news, updates and developments in the space that is ID theft protection. It’s time we build this community the way it needs to be.

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Why a CEO Should NEVER Let the Intern Use the Credit Card

Posted by wpadmin | Posted in Business and Corporations, Identity Theft | Posted on 01-07-2015

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Sometimes trust can get you in trouble in huge ways: welcome to the world of identity theft. That’s why when it comes to finances, business bookkeeping, and business, as a CEO you honestly have to be careful, even with someone you know you can trust.

We Repeat: NEVER Let the Intern Use the Credit Card

Don’t let any employee, or even a partner without specific authorization, use the company credit card. Period. The reason being is twofold: you could be dealing with someone who just might run off and opennever let the intern use the credit card up new lines of credit, tarnishing the credit report, even contacting vendors and totally ruining the company from the ground up; or you could be handing over your credit card to someone who just might lose it, or have it in plain sight for a real identity thief to pull your information and wreak the same kind of havoc. The former situation is the worst-case scenario, obviously, as to why you should never let the intern use the credit card.

It’s basic corporate responsibility to never let the intern use the credit card, because it’s the business credit card. It’s your credit card. Don’t even lend the card to the intern or employee if you happen to be within a few feet of the individual! Always hold onto that piece of plastic and never let it go.

It’s That Kind of Identity Theft That Can Bring the Entire House Down

Ever heard of the “bigger they are, the harder they fall?” That’s the case here with identity theft. But if you never let the intern use the credit card, eliminating any risk of misplacement or crime, you ensure that your assets and funds, as much as they may be, will never be utilized to falsify anything.

Seriously, you can easily fall prey to something like student loans taken out in your name from 30 years ago, all because you happened to lend your credit card to someone for just a few minutes. And the result is your loans will garnish your entire 2-hour tax return, and the only way to get you out of that jam is to locate the written documents from all those years back, proving you’ve never took any loans out in the first place.

Talk about a massive domino effect.

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Life just happens, good or bad, for many families out there in the United States. There’s no denying it. Single mothers, even single fathers: low-income families have a burden on their shoulders where basic bookkeeping becomes a stress of mammoth proportions due to the fact that there’s never enough income generated to pay necessary bills just to make it day by day.

So what has to be in place? Simply put, government aid. It’s almost a necessity. But whether you think it’s a crutch or not, and whether many simply seem to take advantage of the benefits offered by the government, one thing is clear — even the families that do work hard seem to only make it by the skin of their teeth, having to pull from their next paychecks to pay back someone who lent money, or robbing “Peter” to pay numerous “Pauls,” because the fact is this — government aid can only do so much in comparison to personal finances (and, yet, there’s so much going into those funds that it may shock you).

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What Do These Facts Mean to You? That They Prove Benefits Don’t Benefit?

On the contrary…. They certainly make their mark. If it wasn’t for these programs, you’d have single parents on minimum wage or low-income families stuck in homeless shelters without any way to make the rent payment. That’s just a matter of fact….

But when you’ve got a certain fast-food chain making anywhere around $4.8BB in annual profits, it begs the question about employment — why not pay your workers what they earn with all the hours they put in, or want to put in, so they can get off of government aid and not have to pick and choose on their expenses?

Your average low-income worker will have just over $6K in annual income and about $11K in benefits for food, rent and child care. How’s that for a perspective?

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Life just happens, good or bad, for many families out there in the United States. There’s no denying it. Single mothers, even single fathers: low-income families have a burden on their shoulders where basic bookkeeping becomes a stress of mammoth proportions due to the fact that there’s never enough income generated to pay necessary bills just to make it day by day.

So what has to be in place? Simply put, government aid. It’s almost a necessity. But whether you think it’s a crutch or not, and whether many simply seem to take advantage of the benefits offered by the government, one thing is clear — even the families that do work hard seem to only make it by the skin of their teeth, having to pull from their next paychecks to pay back someone who lent money, or robbing “Peter” to pay numerous “Pauls,” because the fact is this — government aid can only do so much in comparison to personal finances (and, yet, there’s so much going into those funds that it may shock you).

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What Do These Facts Mean to You? That They Prove Benefits Don’t Benefit?

On the contrary…. They certainly make their mark. If it wasn’t for these programs, you’d have single parents on minimum wage or low-income families stuck in homeless shelters without any way to make the rent payment. That’s just a matter of fact….

But when you’ve got a certain fast-food chain making anywhere around $4.8BB in annual profits, it begs the question about employment — why not pay your workers what they earn with all the hours they put in, or want to put in, so they can get off of government aid and not have to pick and choose on their expenses?

Your average low-income worker will have just over $6K in annual income and about $11K in benefits for food, rent and child care. How’s that for a perspective on low-income families?

ITPN recognizes there’s a problem with the current system we have in place. So let’s fix it. Now.

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Life just happens, good or bad, for many families out there in the United States. There’s no denying it. Single mothers, even single fathers: low-income families have a burden on their shoulders where basic bookkeeping becomes a stress of mammoth proportions due to the fact that there’s never enough income generated to pay necessary bills just to make it day by day.

So what has to be in place? Simply put, government aid. It’s almost a necessity for low-income families. But whether you think it’s a crutch or not, and whether many simply seem to take advantage of the benefits offered by the government, one thing is clear — even the families that do work hard seem to only make it by the skin of their teeth, having to pull from their next paychecks to pay back someone who lent money, or robbing “Peter” to pay numerous “Pauls,” because the fact is this — government aid can only do so much in comparison to personal finances (and, yet, there’s so much going into those funds that it may shock you).

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What Do These Facts Mean to You? That They Prove Benefits Don’t Benefit?

On the contrary…. They certainly make their mark. If it wasn’t for these programs, you’d have single parents on minimum wage or low-income families stuck in homeless shelters without any way to make the rent payment. That’s just a matter of fact….

But when you’ve got a certain fast-food chain making anywhere around $4.8BB in annual profits, it begs the question about employment — why not pay your workers what they earn with all the hours they put in, or want to put in, so they can get off of government aid and not have to pick and choose on their expenses?

Your average low-income worker will have just over $6K in annual income and about $11K in benefits for food, rent and child care. How’s that for a perspective on low-income families?

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