New TransUnion Product Helps Members Get on the Path to Save More Money, Spend Less, Pay Down Debt
CHICAGO, IL--(Marketwire - Dec 17, 2012) - With only a week until Christmas, many consumers are still out buying and wrapping gifts for loved ones, but TransUnion finds that more than half of Americans are already looking ahead to 2013 and to achieving their financial resolutions in the New Year.
According to a recent Zogby Analytics survey commissioned by TransUnion, more than half of Americans surveyed (53.5 percent) say one of their financial resolutions for 2013 is to save more money. This was followed closely by those who wanted to spend less on unnecessary expenses (48.7 percent) and pay down existing debts (42.3 percent).
"The new year is the perfect time for consumers to appraise their current financial situation and make goals for where they want to be at the end of 2013," said Heather Battison, senior director at TransUnion responsible for consumer education. "TransUnion's new TransUnion Plus offers tools to help consumers understand their credit information, assess their current spending habits, set monthly budgets, manage their debt load, protect their identity -- and most of all, help them achieve their financial goals for this year."
TransUnion provides the following five tips to help consumers get financially fit in 2013:
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