ReadyForZero Adds Credit Score Monitoring to Award-Winning Online Debt Management Platform
San Franciso, California (PRWEB) August 13, 2013 -- ReadyForZero, the leading online platform for managing personal debt, today announced it has added credit score monitoring as part of its premium service offering. Subscribers of the new service will be able to track their VantageScore 3 credit score as well as set up recurring payments to financial accounts online or via their mobile devices – automatically. ReadyForZero’s proprietary recommendation engine will also take this credit data into consideration when providing personalized recommendations.
ReadyForZero’s online financial tools can be used to automatically manage any type of personal debt including but not limited to student loans, credit cards, mortgages and auto loans. With this announcement, it’s now possible to visualize how your payment behavior impacts your credit score over time. Using this service does not negatively impact a customer’s credit score or creditworthiness. Credit scores are refreshed every thirty days.
To complement this unique offering, ReadyForZero is also launching a new online Credit Score Resource Center to help educate people on how credit scores work and how they impact their broader financial goals.
It’s no secret, effectively managing personal debt is the best way to build and maintain your creditworthiness. With the addition of integrated credit score monitoring, ReadyForZero users can now, for the first time, manage every aspect of their personal debt and credit all from a single interface.
According to the Federal Reserve, Americans carry over $11 trillion in personal debt. As part of this growing international trend, ReadyForZero aims to be the most comprehensive and effective resource for managing debt and credit on your own. Since its debut in 2011, ReadyForZero’s online financial tools have helped its users pay off over $75 million in debt – on their own.
"Debt, from student loans to mortgages and credit cards, has become a permanent aspect of our modern lives," says Rod Ebrahimi, CEO of ReadyForZero. "We’ve created the most trusted and automated tools available for tackling debt and protecting credit."
ReadyForZero’s easy-to-use financial tools take the guesswork out of managing what you owe and empower you take control of your finances. As a result, ReadyForZero users are more financially stable than non-users. In a controlled 6-month test, users exposed to ReadyForZero were 20% less likely to be delinquent when compared to a control group.
"We use technology to highlight actionable information so our customers can make the best financial decisions given their specific situation," adds Rod Ebrahimi, CEO of ReadyForZero. "By adding the ability to track your credit score, we can now provide a truly complete financial picture. Everything you need, all in one place and an industry first. No other service provides as actionable and comprehensive an interface to customers directly."
ReadyForZero’s primary self-service debt planning tools will remain free to use, allowing new and existing users to upgrade to the premium service anytime at their own convenience.
For more information or to sign up for ReadyForZero, please visit http://www.readyforzero.com.
About ReadyForZero
ReadyForZero creates award-winning financial tools for the more than 100 million Americans managing personal debt on their own. The company is headquartered in San Francisco and is backed by prominent investors including Polaris Venture Partners and Citi Ventures. ReadyForZero’s online and mobile tools have helped users pay down over $75 million.
For more information, visit http://www.readyforzero.com. For user success stories, visit https://www.readyforzero.com/who-it-helps.
Amber Moore, Moore Communications, +1 5039439381, [email protected]
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