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CORRECTIONS:
March 16, 2010
The article "Federal Reserve leaves interest rates unchanged again," published Jan. 10, 2010, contained an erroneous date for the last time the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee last raised its target for the federal funds rate.
Feb. 13, 2010
An article about the FTC considering new regulations on 'negative options' misstated the nature of the product that triggered one consumer's complaint.
Feb. 2, 2010
Two articles -- "A guide to the Credit CARD Act of 2009" and "New Fed rules don't cover business, corporate cards" -- incorrectly described which service members are entitled to interest rate protection under the Service Members' Civil Relief Act. The act's benefits apply to active duty military personnel.
Nov. 9, 2009
A pair of stories published Nov. 5, 2009, erroneously said Discover cards would boost penalty rates in the wake of the passage of a credit card reform law. The mistake was in the stories headlined "Discover debuts reform-law compliant credit card terms" and "Rates steady this week, but banks keep tweaking other terms." The first story also stated that Capital One had pledged to forgo rate increases immediately as a result of the coming of that reform law; Capital One says it will be in compliance with the law's restrictions, which go into effect in 2010.
Sept. 9, 2009
An article titled Personal finance boot camps fight debt with hard-nosed approach, incorrectly stated the location of a financial boot camp run by Travis. It is in St. Louis.
June 17, 2009
An article titled 10 things you should know about identity theft, stated that your hotel room keys contain your personal information. This is an urban legend and is not true.
March 2, 2009
The article titled 7 credit card myths debunked, stated stated that Sam's Club only accepted Discover and its own branded credit card. The chain also accepts MasterCard for in-store purchases, though they do not take American Express or Visa.
Feb. 25, 2009
In an article titled How different are Visa, AmEx, MasterCard and Discover?, it was incorrectly stated that Discover exclusively issues its own cards. The firm partners with several other card-issuing banks.
Feb. 18, 2009
In an article headlined Four reasons you should get a department store credit card, the company name DebtGoal.com was misspelled.
Feb. 12, 2009
In a pair of Q&A columns titled Take these steps to opt out of a rate increase and How to opt out of credit card rate increases, the ability of consumers to opt out of interest rate increases was overstated. At the time of publication, opting out was not a right, but a privilege, granted by most, but not all, card issuers. Since publication, opting out has become a right mandated by federal law.
Feb. 9, 2009
In a story headlined Wipe the slate clean by settling old debts, it was incorrectly stated that by paying off delinquent debt that went into collection, your credit score will improve. In fact, it is the original delinquency that is factored into your credit score, and paying that account will not improve your score.
Feb. 5, 2009
A story headlined Experian FICO score may soon be off-limits to consumers included a miscount of the number of credit score-related products that would be impacted by the end of a deal between Fair Isaac and Experian.
Jan. 19, 2009
A story headlined 7 things not to do when you've maxed out your credit cards incorrectly characterized Thrive. It is an online personal financial advisory service.
July 2, 2008
A story headlined Credit checks for job applicants become more common, originally published July 1, 2008, misspelled the name of Todd L. Moss, president of Crimcheck.com.
July 1, 2008
The Credit Guy column, What VantageScores are, how they work, originally published June 30, 2008, mischaracterized how consumers may obtain their VantageScore credit reports.
Updated: March 16, 2010
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