Credit Education
Program

Strategies to Decrease
Spending & Increase Income

Credit Education Program

Rebuild Your Credit

Rebuild Your Credit

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This information was taken from the CFPB pamphlet that could be found here.

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Importance of Credit

Importance of Good Credit

A good credit score makes it easier to borrow money and access lower-interest rate credit solutions!

Course Objectives

Key points to fix and maintain your credit score, provided by our Credit Education program.

  • Costly late fees
  • Expensive rent-to-own stores
  • Over-improving your home
  • Co-signing a loan

  • Makes it easier to borrow money in the future
  • Can affect your ability to obtain employment, housing, and insurance
  • Is convenient when you do not have cash

  • Once every 12 months
  • If you are turned down for credit
  • When you apply for a consumer loan

  • Capacity: Your ability to meet payments
  • Capital: Value of your assets and net worth
  • Character: How you paid your past bills or debts
  • Collateral: Property/assets used to secure the loan

  • Be proactive, immediately contact your lenders
  • Pay your bills on time
  • Keep your credit inquiry levels low

Frequently Asked Questions

If employed by an employer we work with, meet the employment requirements, reside in a state we do business in, 18 years or older, not active in the military and do not have an open bankruptcy, you may be eligible to apply. Other credit criteria may also apply. Approval is not guaranteed.

Your money is generally available 1-2 business days after you are approved, depending on your chosen funding method.
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Customer Reviews

1 Instant Funding available within minutes of signing for your loan if you provide a valid debit card linked to the bank account where your primary income is generally deposited. Same day ACH funding is available for applications approved and signed before 12:00 p.m. ET Monday - Saturday (not including federal holidays). For applications approved and signed by 4:30 p.m., funds are generally deposited the next business day Monday - Saturday (not including federal holidays, in which case funding will occur on the following business day).

2 Your FICO Score will not be pulled for the processing of this loan application; however, alternative credit scores are pulled and used in determining creditworthiness. LoansAtWork does not require any sort of credit score. Payment history is reported to all three major credit reporting agencies and failure to make payments may affect your credit scores.

3 All loans marketed by BMG Money are made by WebBank, except, as of 12/08/2023 the loans made to residents of are made by BMG LoansAtWork, LLC.

4 Loans through BMG Money are provided at a significantly lower cost than most payday loans. For example, a $2,000 loan with a one-time fee of $59 will be paid through 87 installments over 40 months, will have an APR of 35.98% and the approximate biweekly payment will be $40.00 with a total payback amount of approximately $3,479.02 (assumes a loan execution date of 03/07/2024). In contrast, according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, “A typical two-week payday loan with a $15 per $100 fee equates to an annual percentage rate (APR) of almost 400%.” Source: https://www.consumerfinance.gov/ask-cfpb/what-is-a-payday-loan-en-1567/

5 Military Lending Act Disclosure: Due to rules and restrictions within the Military Lending Act, this program is not available to active-duty service members or their spouses.

6 California Residents: California Privacy Rights: Our CCPA Notice can be found here: https://www.bmgmoney.com/california-consumer-privacy-notice/

7 Residents of Washington: BMG LoansAtWork, LLC holds Consumer Loan Company License # CL1649032; NMLS Consumer Access webpage: www.nmlsconsumeraccess.org

8 The NEA Advantage Loan program is not available in Ohio, Indiana, Maine, Nebraska, New York, Washington, West Virginia, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Georgia, Nevada, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, Wisconsin, New Jersey.