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Suze Orman

Suze Orman

Susan Lynn "Suze" Orman (born June 5, 1951) is an American financial advisor, author, motivational speaker, and television host.

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Federal Financial Watchdog Seeks Prepaid Card Protections

Reloadable prepaid payment cards  may soon have the same safeguards against fraud, hidden fees and losses that currently protect debit card users from abuses.

The federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today announced it will begin accepting public comments on potential new consumer protections for reloadable prepaid cards . It's the first step in drafting federal rules to regulate the increasingly popular cards, which allow users to load funds onto them and make online and in-store purchases just as they would with a debit card or credit card. When available funds are depleted, the cards can be reloaded again.Consumer groups have long warned that prepaid cards are chock-full of fees and carry no mandatory protections if cards are lost, stolen or used by unauthorized parties. To make matters worse, many celebrities -- the Kardashian sisters and money adviser Suze Orman , most recently -- have lent their names to prepaid cards to lure potential buyers only to draw fire from ...

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  1. Far-Out Investment Strategies

    There's no time like the recently-passed 10-year anniversary of the Enron wipeout to revisit some solid pieces of investment wisdom. And one of those nuggets is of s...

  2. Suze Orman ’s Prepaid Debit Card Full of Flaws?

    Bankrate.com Senior Financial Analyst Greg McBride on the problems with Suze Orman ’s prepaid debit card.

  3. Foreclosures hit 49-month low in December

    An annual report of foreclosure activity in the U.S. found the number of properties subject to default notices, scheduled auctions or bank repossessions in 2011 drop...

  4. Does Suze Orman's Prepaid Debit Card Make Sense for You?

    Suze Orman is famous for her personal, easy-to-digest, and friendly personal finance advice. Many of us less famous ( far less famous, in the case of this writer) fi...

  5. Growing Criticism of Suze Orman ’s Prepaid Debit Card

    SmartCredit.com President of Consumer Education John Ulzheimer on the problems with Suze Orman ’s prepaid debit card and the card’s potential fees.

  6. Twelve Steps to Credit Recovery in 2012

    If your 2011 financial history involved a string of late payments, dealing with foreclosure, or having accounts go to collections, your credit score probably took a ...

  7. Follow the Money: What Happens When You Swipe Your Card

    Credit cards aren't magic, but they can seem like it. After all, one minute, you have nothing in your hands, and then the next, simply by waving a piece of plastic (...

  8. Suze Orman's Card Backlash

    Ryan Mack, Optimum Capital Management president, weighs in on the backlash finance expert Suze Orman is receiving over her prepaid debit card.

  9. Savings Strategies for Singles

    You may be hearing fewer wedding bells these days. Fewer adults than ever are married, according to a Pew Research Center study that indicates that close to half of ...

  10. Suze Orman Debuts Prepaid Debit Card, How Does it Stack Up?

    What do Lil Wayne, the Kardashians, Russell Simmons and Suze Orman have in common? Prepaid cards , oddly enough. Orman joined the others as prepaid card endorsers wi...

  11. How Does Orman's Prepaid Card Stack Up?

    John Ulzheimer, SmartCredit.com Consumer Education president, weighs in on financial guru Suze Orman's new prepaid debit card, and how it ranks for consumers.

  12. 5 Tips for Being 'The Biggest Loser' on a Lean Budget

    When The Biggest Loser isn't warning its obese contestants about their health, it's calling their attention to their wallets. Host Alison Sweeney recalls when financ...

  1. The Prepaid Debit Card Comes of Age

    More than 1 in 8 American consumers now carry reloadable prepaid debit cards , according to a new report from Javelin Strategy & Research. Stronger rewards, cheaper ...

  2. 5 credit cards you won't find anywhere else

    Record numbers of banking executives packed a well-known resort outside Orlando in the latter half of March to swap industry gossip and to show off the latest innova...

  3. Best credit cards for rebuilding credit in 2012

    According to federal court records, Chapter 7 bankruptcy filings outnumbered Chapter 13 filings more than two to one during 2011. Home foreclosures and insurmountabl...

  4. Suze Orman Stands by Her Prepaid Debit Card

    Optimum Capital Management President Ryan Mack on the flaws with Suze Orman ’s defense of her prepaid debit card.

  5. Should Suze Orman Cancel Her Prepaid Debit Card?

    MarketWatch Senior Columnist Chuck Jaffe and Wealth Health Managing Director Rich Coppa on the flaws with Suze Orman ’s prepaid debit card.

  6. How to Win the Battle Against Fees

    In recent years, fees have assumed virtually every imaginable shape: service fees, convenience fees, usage fees, activation fees, cancellation fees, recycling fees, ...

  7. How to Do an Annual Financial Checkup

    The start of a new year is a chance to start with a clean slate and plan for a better year ahead. If your finances didn't fare so well in the previous year, it can b...

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