Thursday, November 08, 2007

Are You Ready For The January Sales?

The New Year is a very exciting clip for many people - a opportunity to set those declarations into practise, a opportunity to begin afresh and expression forward - and a opportunity to hit the stores and bask the deals that tin be establish in the January sales! When January come ups around many of us flock to the shopping Centres and supplies to salvage immense amounts of money on everything from piece of furniture and place commodity to clothing and more.

If you are looking forward to getting some retail therapy in the January sales, and program to set your purchases on the plastic, now is the clip to begin looking for the right recognition card. At this clip of twelvemonth it is particularly of import to take early action when applying for credit. A bigger figure of applications can do holds with recognition card processing as Christmastide and New Year approaches, and additional holds can be caused by the degree of station that have to be processed at this clip of year.

In order to do the most of the January gross sales you necessitate to Hunt around for the best card for your needs. There is small point in economy money on your purchases if you are then going to have got to pay through the olfactory organ in involvement when you utilize your recognition card. By choosing the right card you can guarantee that it won't actually be you anything to utilize your recognition card for your deal shopping, and you might even be able to do a small other simply for using your card.

If you be after to set your January sale purchases on your recognition card and then refund the balance in full within the involvement free time period then a wages based card is a good choice. By using your card to do purchases in the gross sales you can bask convenience and ease, and you can gain wages per lbs spent, such as as hard cash back, air miles, or wages points. In improver you will not be charged involvement because you are repaying the balance in full within the involvement free period.

On the other manus if you are planning to shop till you drop, and you desire to distribute the refunds on your balance, then you will happen that a 0% purchase recognition card is an first-class choice. The involvement free clip periods can change from one card to another, and these card game let you to bask an drawn-out time period of involvement free recognition during which time you can refund your balance without being charged any interest.

Labels: , , , , , , , ,

Monday, May 14, 2007

SimpleTuition Expands Offering to Include More Than 100 Student Loan Products from Dozens of Top Lenders

NEWTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--With tremendous scrutiny on the student loan industry, SimpleTuition,
Inc. is making it easier than ever for parents and students to make
informed education borrowing decisions. Starting today, SimpleTuition
has significantly expanded the list of lenders and loans available for
consideration via its student loan comparison web site,
SimpleTuition.com.


“The lesson from the recent student loan
scandals should be that borrowers owe it to themselves to shop around,”
explained Kevin Walker, co-founder and CEO of SimpleTuition. “We
want SimpleTuition to be part of a borrower’s
larger quest for college financing. Whether you select a loan via
SimpleTuition or from another source, this is an important decision and
you should do your homework.”


SimpleTuition is on its way to becoming the industry standard for
evaluating student loan options. At SimpleTuition.com, parents and
students can research more than 100 loan products from nearly 50 leading
lenders. Borrowers can compare loan options on an ‘apples
to apples’ basis, manipulate numbers, change
assumptions, sort by loan attributes – all in
real-time. To access the expanded list of loans, site visitors simply
select “Expanded List”
in the “View Loans From”
feature at the top of the loan results page.


“For more than two years, SimpleTuition has
been pioneering interactive tools to aid students and parents in
understanding their student loan options,”
added Walker. “We are proud of our mission to
be an independent and comprehensive source of student loan data –
and with the addition of dozens of new loan products, we can add ‘comprehensive’
to that list of descriptors.”


SimpleTuition is not a lender, and unlike other online student loan
resources, SimpleTuition is not sponsored or owned by a single lender or
financial services company. Similar to other comparison shopping and
search sites, the company may receive a transaction or referral fee if
any of its many Partner products is selected. SimpleTuition clearly
discloses Partner products, and its expanded model includes dozens of
non-partners for a wider choice. The service is free to users.


Colleges and universities can also work with SimpleTuition to present
compliant and arm’s-length loan information
to their families. Whether a school wants to present three loan options
or two hundred and three, SimpleTuition can help.


Loan results can be sorted by monthly payment, total cost of loan,
number of payments, first payment due date and APR –
and results contain detailed information about loan pricing, borrower
benefits and other attributes.


About SimpleTuition, Inc.


Founded in 2005, SimpleTuition is dedicated to helping students and
parents make sense of education financing options. Recently featured as
one of Fast Company’s Top 12 Web 2.0
sites, SimpleTuition offers the leading independent and interactive
solution for researching and comparing private, PLUS, Stafford, GradPLUS
and Federal Consolidation loans. SimpleTuition is headquartered in
Newton, Massachusetts and is funded by Atlas Venture, IDG Ventures
Boston and North Hill Ventures. For more information, visit .

Labels: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,