It’s looking bad for over 350,ooo Victorians who are juggling more than 3 credit card or charge cards at the same time. Finance counselors are seeing people who can’t afford to pay off their credit cards debts by taking out more credit cards to pay off the debt of the initial credit card and subsequent cards.

” It’s not unusual for people we see to have six or more credit cards.” – Jan Pentland : Australian Financial Counselling and Credit Reform Association.

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Why Many People Will Need a Prepaid Credit Card During This Recession

Author: Steve Evans
Credit cards are a part of daily life these days. For each of us to establish a good credit rating is very important for many reasons from getting finance to getting a job.

Prepaid credit cards are a way for someone who cannot get a traditional credit card to build credit. The classic case here is the person who has declared themselves bankrupt. Once anyone does that their credit rating is reduced to zero and people describe that as having a bad credit rating