Why Credit Matters
Understanding your credit is easier than you may think. Building it properly has its benefits. It can help with everything from buying a car, house, to getting a job.
Big Banks Could Approve You for Credit Without a Credit Score – U.S. News & World Report
- June 7, 2021
- By: Greenpath Financial Wellness
- Category: News
U.S. News and World Report shares GreenPath's insight into a pilot program that will review information from deposit accounts to expand access to credit. Read the Full Article > A new federally backed pilot program, featuring some of the nation's biggest banks, aims to help people open a credit card even if you have...
People Behind GreenPath: The Importance of Connection
- May 19, 2021
- By: Greenpath Financial Wellness
- Category: People Behind GreenPath
This story is part of a series that spotlights our employees here at GreenPath. The stories give a behind-the-scenes glimpse into how our team makes an impact by helping people improve their financial wellness. Today’s story is about Deb Green, bilingual Financial Wellness Expert. Deb Green, based in GreenPath’s...
0% balance transfer offers are dwindling, and offer lengths are shrinking – The Balance
- August 7, 2020
- By: Greenpath Financial Wellness
- Category: News
Excerpt from The Balance looks at current trends in credit card interest rates. Featuring Jeff Arevalo, GreenPath Financial Wellness Expert The average credit card interest rate is 20.21%, according to data collected by The Balance in July 2020. That’s down a hair from June’s average rate of 20.22%, but not because...
3 Things to Know about the July 15 Tax Deadline
- July 2, 2020
- By: Greenpath Financial Wellness
- Category: Financial Education, Financial Health Tips
We’ve all had to adjust to many changes in this time of the pandemic crisis – from how we shop for groceries in the era of social distancing, to keeping up with managing household finances. Included among these changes is the extended, new deadline to file federal and state income taxes. In the early weeks of...
GreenPath Receives $750,000 Grant From Wells Fargo Foundation to Expand Financial Counseling to Those Impacted by COVID-19 Crisis
Funds support free, one-on-one financial and housing counseling to meet an increased number of people looking to protect their households and stabilize finances. FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GreenPath Financial Wellness, a national nonprofit that provides financial counseling and debt management services,...
4 Things to Consider before Taking a Credit Card Cash Advance; Plus Some Alternatives – Business Insider
Excerpt from Business Insider, featuring Jeremy Lark, Senior Manager of Client Services for GreenPath Financial Wellness. The publication Business Insider featured insight from GreenPath Financial Wellness about the pitfalls of taking a cash advance from a credit card. With record-breaking national unemployment...
Credit Card Interest Rates Start to Sink as Banks Respond to Emergency Fed Actions – The Balance
- March 25, 2020
- By: Greenpath Financial Wellness
- Category: News
The Fed dropped interest rates to 0%. What does that mean for your credit card interest rates — and credit card debt? GreenPath’s Jeremy Lark explains in an interview with The Balance.
How Debt Consolidation Programs Can Get Your Finances on Track — LendingTree
- February 20, 2020
- By: Greenpath Financial Wellness
- Category: News
Excerpts from a LendingTree article that explains different types of debt consolidation programs, including debt management plans. Debt management plans (DMPs), a popular type of debt consolidation program, can help you get on track to pay off your unsecured debts. Often, a nonprofit credit counseling organization will...
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