The Junior Economic Club of Chicago and the Credit Abuse Resistance Education (CARE) Chicago branch held a panel on August 29th covering important financial topics that highlight factors key to future financial success.
The topics included how to finance a college education with a focus on the different types and terms of student loans, an introduction to credit, credit scores and credit reports, the impact of identity theft on a credit score, and common forms of identity theft. Panelists includeD Brigid K. Ndege, a bankruptcy clerk and graduate from Harvard Law School, Harold Israel, a Partner at Levenfeld Pearlstein, and Raj Prazad (RP), a Data Strategy executive at TransUnion.
