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Suze Orman: Advisor or Pitchman?

Scott Bilker Scott Bilker is the founder of DebtSmart.com and author of the best-selling books, Talk Your Way Out of Credit Card DebtCredit Card and Debt Management, and How to be more Credit Card and Debt Smart. Receive the 5-Year Loan Spreadsheet when you subscribe to his email newsletter.

Financial counselor Suze Orman just came out with her own prepaid debit card called the Approved Card.

It is a MasterCard that you can use in retail stores to make purchases, but only up to the amount you have deposited onto the card. It is promoted as an easier, smarter way to be debt-free. Upfront she touts that it costs “only $3 a month if you use it how I tell you to.”

The card’s homepage goes on to tout nine benefits of the card including “free Transunion credit score, reports, and monitoring”, “safer than cash”, and “teach your teens financial responsibility.”

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