Credit Card Relief

Call us to discuss your credit card debt and learn what solution is best for you.  Some we recommend and others that we caution our clients about.

Credit Counselling

• amount is not reduced
• counsellor gives recommendations
• usually non-profit/no fees

Debt Consolidation

• amount is not reduced
• loans are consolidated with a lower interest rate
• arrange at your own bank or financial institution

Debt Settlements

• you pay a fee
• creditors are asked to take a one time payment
• no obligation on creditors to agree

Consumer Proposals

• debt relief of 70% or more
• no upfront fee to consumer
• government legislated program
• garnishments and harassing phone calls are stopped
• best choice for credit card debt relief where you have stable income

Bankruptcy

• there is a fee
• you may lose possessions
• government legislated program
• bills, garnishments and any claims are stopped
• done as last resort

Consumer proposals are legal applications made through an insolvency trustee.

In a consumer proposal the trustee arranges for the creditors to accept a lesser amount than is owing on the loan(s).

A new payment plan is arranged and paid usually over 5 years, with one monthly payment.

Credit card debt and unsecured loans are reduced up to 70%.

★★★★★ After years of struggling with my bills I was deeper and deeper in the hole, I searched for “debt relief” and found YanchDey. Only wish I’d called sooner.  I saved $28,000. Many thanks! Julie Davies, Oshawa.

You start by calling our office to discuss your bills & debts with one of our trustees.

There is no obligation or fee to speak with the trustee.  This is an opportunity to discuss your situation and learn what your options are.

The trustee will want to learn about:

• what do you owe
• who do you owe it to
• about your family situation e.g. who is working
• what is your household income, and
• what are your expenses

From that information, the trustee gives you options about how we can best provide you with relief.

The trustee would create a proposal for you to review and decide upon.

Where you agree to the trustee’s assessment, the trustee contacts the people you owe to advise them of your offer, reducing the amount and monthly payment.

When an insolvency trustee contacts your creditors, the creditors know they have to work with the trustee.

Credit card companies know that where a person files for bankruptcy, as unsecured credit holders they will often receive little or nothing on any unsecured debt.

The creditor will normally concede with our help giving you:

• relief from the total amount owed
• reducing monthly payments and increasing time to pay
• no further interest accumulates

Where for example you owed $20,000, the debt relief would reduce your balance owing to about $6,000, with monthly payments of $100/month over 5 years or less.

When you file for bankruptcy or a consumer proposal you must surrender all credit cards issued to you and in your control.

Most people understand that going without a credit card or having limitations maybe be a good thing for a while.

While in the bankruptcy or proposal and before it has been completed you may apply for a new card.  Where you are applying for a credit before the completion date you must disclose that you are in the middle of a bankruptcy or proposal.

Each credit card agency will regard the bankruptcy under their own terms and conditions so  “shop around”.