Index

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401(k) loans

in credit crisis, 90

paying off debt, 163, 199

A

ACA (Affordable Care Act), 194

access to credit scores, history of, 10-11

accidents, crashes versus, 180

account takeover (identity theft), 136

accreditation of credit counselors, 98

Affordable Care Act (ACA), 194

age of credit accounts, 24

All Your Worth (Warren), 198

AmeriDebt, 97

amount owed, calculating credit scores, 23-24

Annual Credit Report Request Service, 51

application scores, 48

applying for credit

as college student, 68-69

effect on credit score, 66, 131

Association of Independent Consumer Credit Counseling Agencies, 98

ATM cards. See debit cards

attrition-risk scores, 48-49

authorized users

calculating credit scores, 35-36

on credit cards

to establish credit, ...

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