Secured Credit Cards After Bankruptcy

If you have just been cleared from bankruptcy and you wish to continue acquiring assets, services and other goods on credit, you will need to avoid the pitfalls that led you into bankruptcy in the first place. You should start with credit cards that are secured against default.

Note that there are secured and unsecured credit cards. If your memory serves you right, you will remember that secured credit cards were never discharged from your list of debts when you filed for insolvency. Such secured creditors will come after you and they may even take away your possessions to cover up for the debts.

Unsecured credit cards are the best because if you happen to go into bankruptcy again, they may be among the debts that might just have to be forgiven. Note that this is not a guarantee though. On the other hand, some of the unsecured credit cards have their own way of ripping you off your earnings.

Credit cards for people with bankruptcy have charges on them that you have to pay to enjoy the credit services. For example there are those for which you have to pay monthly ledger fees. As much as the amount may seem small when calculated for the month, at the end of the year you will find that you are paying so much unnecessary money in those bills. On other cards you will be charged interest, participation fees and a range of other fees. Tread carefully lest you find yourself insolvent again.

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