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First Savings Credit Card Review

February 27, 2021 By Alex Loredo

The First Savings Credit Card is a card designed to help you build your credit score. From home mortgages to personal loans, most of the time, when you ask to borrow money, your credit score is viewed. It’s a part of life, and building credit is an excellent habit to start as soon as possible.

In this article, we’re going to take a look at the first savings credit card and whether it’s a good credit card option to help build your credit. The short answer is that it’s good, but not the best.

Immediately below you can explore better options, and keep reading to get the full First Savings Credit Card Review and learn if this card is right for you.

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The Best Debit Cards for Kids to Teach Them About Money

February 11, 2021 By Kevin | Just Start Investing

Giving your child a debit card can be an excellent way to teach them about money and budgeting early in life. With consumer debt in the US growing to over $14 trillion, according to CNBC and the Fed, any step you can take to help promote financial literacy early can go a long way.

However, not all debit cards for kids are created equal.

Some have higher monthly fees. Others are free but have ATM and card reload fees. And a few cards offer features above and beyond the competition.

It’s important to understand your options before choosing which debit card to get your kid, especially when it comes to cost. So below, we compiled a list of some of the best debit cards for kids, including a couple of free options you should consider.

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Fit Mastercard Credit Card Review

October 25, 2020 By Kevin | Just Start Investing

The Fit Mastercard is a credit card built for people with poor or fair credit to help build their credit score. However, it falls short compared to other cards for one primary reason – fees.

I hate fees.

Whether it’s bank fees, investing fees, or credit card fees, I do everything in my power to avoid them. And you should too!

While the Fit Credit Card can help build your credit score, it’s not the best option because of its fee structure.

Keep reading our full Fit Mastercard Review below to learn more about the pros and cons of this card, and what other credit building options you have.

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Credit Sesame vs Credit Karma: Which is Better?

October 14, 2020 By Ryan Luke @ Arrest Your Debt

As a personal finance enthusiast, I try to stay on top of the latest trends and topics related to debt, credit, and other important money management topics. For this post, I signed up to compare Credit Sesame vs Credit Karma to see which was more beneficial and whether one was a waste of my time.

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Verve Credit Card Review: A Credit Building Card

October 1, 2020 By Kevin | Just Start Investing

The Verve Credit Card is a card designed to help build your credit score. However, it’s not necessarily your best option when it comes to credit building credit cards, and we’ll get into the reasons why further below.

The Verve card is offered by Continental Finance, described on their website as “America’s leading marketers and servicers of credit cards for consumers with less-than perfect credit.”

Continental Finance also offers the Reflex Card and Fit Credit Card, as well as a few other cards designed for people with poor to fair credit. Most of their cards are very similar, and most have the same problem – they charge high annual fees.

Below is a full Verve Credit Card review, as well as some alternative options to consider if you are looking to build your credit score.

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