Category: College

College

What is a credit score?

Posted by Trifigo Journey Guide
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On April 15, 2019

In simple words, your credit score is a measure of your credit strength. It is actually a simple number that firms use to better understand the risk they are taking on when doing business with you. Usually, your ‘typical’ credit score is a number between 300 and 850, 300 being

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Introduction to Trifigo: Passion meets Purpose

Posted by Trifigo Journey Guide
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On April 10, 2019

Why did I leave the corporate world and venture to start my own company focused on helping others build their credit scores and reports earlier in their professional careers? Back Story  I am a first generation US citizen but when I came to live in this country, my only focus

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College

What is Bitcoin?

Posted by Trifigo Journey Guide
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On April 10, 2019

If you haven’t heard of Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies or block chain by now you’re probably part of a dying breed. Day by day it seems like media coverage of bitcoin only continues to grow. The attention of the entire country, and even the world seems to be fixated on Bitcoin. But

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College

Major Reasons for Bad Credit Scores: Part 1

Posted by Trifigo Journey Guide
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On April 10, 2019

Your credit score is a more integral part of your daily lives than most of us even know. This 'rating' like many we have received in our lives; think grades and employee ratings carries even more implications on our financial lives. From restricting or limiting access to capital (credit) or

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College

Why You Should Start Paying Attention To Your Credit Today

Posted by Trifigo Journey Guide
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On April 10, 2019

I have a question for you. Let's say that you are the winner of a raffle. You're then given the choice to either receive $100 today or $1,000 a year from now. What would you choose? In other words, are you someone who prefers instant gratification over delayed gratification? If you're

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College

Craft Your Credit Story with Trifigo

Posted by Trifigo Journey Guide
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On April 6, 2019

Thank you for stopping by and welcome to the first in the Blog Series for Trifigo, on helping millennial U.S. consumer better understand and improve their credit profiles and therefore their scores. There are many avenues for information as it relates to your credit scores, much of which only gives

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College

Graduation Prep Guide – Finance Edition Pt 2

Posted by admin
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On December 11, 2018

Hey all! Thanks for checking back in with us. If you haven’t already go ahead and check out part 1 of this series here. You may want to read through that through if you haven’t already as it’ll give you context around what we’re about to discuss next, which is interest rates

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College

Graduation Prep Guide – Finance Edition Pt 1

Posted by admin
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On December 11, 2018

Congratulations! If you’re reading this you’ve probably recently graduated or will soon graduate from college and begin the early chapters of your professional career. It’s truly an exciting time to finally reach the culmination of all your hard work over the past few years but as surreal as the experience

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College

Money Talk: Things Not Taught in College

Posted by Castleigh Johnson
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On December 11, 2018

Going to the college of your dreams and living the college life. Going to classes, making friends, having new experiences and growing as an adult are all part of the collegiate experience. The basic premise of college is to better prepare you for the workforce and give you the tools

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