Borrowers ask cyberfriends to fund debts, dreams
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Web sites cut out the middle man and arrange people-to-people loans for lower interest rates than banks offer.
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Legitimate mortgage lenders inadvertently support--and get tangled in--spam traps.
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Lenders want a place in your kid's wallet. Maybe you should let them in.
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The gift that keeps on giving? Volunteer to do the financial paperwork.
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New Web sites have helped to fuel the rampant mortgage fraud that has caused a huge spike in loan defaults.
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The old thinking goes that to change the world, you have to give millions. But young tech-savvy philanthropists are trying to prove otherwise.
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People who send money abroad to friends and relatives are being offered more reassurance.
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Borrowers have used the Internet for years to shop for mortgages. Now a growing number are actually closing their loans online, too.
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By Michael Cowden  A new Web site helps college suitemates or others who share expenses or living arrangements keep track of who owes what.
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Having credit card commitment issues? Go ahead, play the field.
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Creditors put more pressure on debt-soaked borrowers.
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If you read the news, you'd think that most cybercriminals are lonely, maladjusted teenage hackers stealing credit card numbers from their windowless rooms. But the real damage is being done by organized syndicates, and they're playing for much higher stakes.
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Christmas is a time of fantasy. Throughout the land, merchants fantasize about hitting their fourth-quarter numbers, with the aid of gift-givers with starry eyes and platinum credit cards.
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Casual Male caters to a big clientele but has to overcome a hefty debt load.
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Pay up or you'll never see your data again Pond-dwelling scammers have developed a new cyber-extortion ruse.â¦
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In recent years, dozens of Web sites have sprung up offering calling records to anyone with a credit card.
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In the wake of the subprime mortgage meltdown, traditional financial institutions have tightened up on who gets to borrow money. But some people are still finding ways to borrow what they need, thanks to another area of lending that is booming.