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Watch Out for These Summer Scams!

Adam Levin spoke to Nina Pineda of WABC TV about the most common summer scams targeting your hard-earned cash, and the best ways to...

5 Ways Your Kids Can Bust Your Summer Budget

If you’re a parent, summertime can mean trips to the beach (along with parking fees, ice cream runs, boardwalk arcade games, funnel cakes, cotton...

How to Stop a Debt Collector

If you get a call from out of the blue from a collection agency, be careful. It could be a scam. I’m Adam Levin and...

How to Protect Your Credit When You Close a Credit Card

Even if you have a perfectly valid reason, believe it or not, simply closing a credit card could hurt your credit score. I’m Adam...

The worst credit mistake you could make

Some credit mistakes aren’t so obvious. What’s worse, the biggest credit mistake — the one most people don’t even know they’re making — actually...

Why You Must Pay Your Bills On Time

The due date on your credit card is a deadline, not a guideline. I’m Adam Levin and this is the Wall Street Journal credit minute. The...

How to Fraud-Proof Your Home

Summer is here. There will be barbecues. Sand will find its way into the strangest places. Your family, extended family, kids’ friends and friends...

We Can Crowdfund a Drone, Why Not Adopt A Student Loan?

Consumer Advocate Adam Levin discussed the student loan crisis with Maggie Linton of SiriusXm Radio. With so many people struggling with crippling student loan...

Why Maxing Out a Credit Card Hurts Your Credit Score

While there may be certain life crises that require you to charge a large amount -- like a medical emergency or an unexpected auto...

Is It OK to Pay Just the Minimum Payment on My...

If you can only make the minimum payment on your credit card now and again, it’s not a big deal but don’t make a...

What is a credit score?

You've heard of credit scores. Maybe you've even checked yours. But do you really understand what they are and how they work? I’m Adam Levin...

What is a credit report?

You’ve heard of credit reports but do you really know what they are - or where they come from? I’m Adam Levin and this is...

Shred, White & Blue: Freedom From Identity Theft?

It’s finally here. You’ve been saving up for months. This is your day. You are the Master of the Data Security Universe, Ms. Never-Gonna-Happen-To-Me,...
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9 Impulse Purchases You Instantly Regret

A new survey conducted by Bankrate.com reported that a quarter of Americans had no savings to weather financial hard times. It didn’t matter if...

Device Tracking and the Peril of Unknown Apps

The popular Apple Find My iPhone app helped catch a suspect accused of raping a college student and stealing her phone.  Adam Levin spoke...

TransUnion Launches Instant Alert to Prevent Identity Theft

Adam Levin appeared on "The Willis Report" to talk with Gerri Willis about Transunion new instant alert feature designed to help prevent identity theft....

3 Really Bad Ways to Use Your Credit Card

Your credit card can be a wonderful enabler or a weapon of financial destruction. I’m Adam Levin and this is the Wall Street Journal Credit...

Could an Adopt-a-Loan Program Take a Bite Out of Student Debt?

The private sector adopts all sorts of things -- highways, parks, medians, pets, pet projects -- so why not student loans? With the right...

More Reasons to Get Your Credit Score

You probably know all the common reasons to get your credit score. You’re getting a mortgage or a credit card and you want to...

7 Reasons to Get Your Credit Score

In a recent Credit.com survey, 36% of people said that the last time they saw their credit score, they were applying for a loan....