Money Smarts for Dental Students: Navigating Credit Reports and Scores

January 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM


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Description

Your credit plays a key role in shaping your financial future. Lenders, credit card companies, and other institutions use your credit report to assess your reliability as a borrower. Learning how credit scores and reports work empowers you to manage your finances wisely and stay on track toward your financial aspirations.

Overview

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

  1. Gain a clear understanding of what a credit score is, why it matters, and how to read a credit report.
  2. Discover practical tools for maintaining a strong credit score and strategies to improve damaged credit.
  3. Learn to identify warning signs of credit repair scams to protect yourself from fraud.
  4. Develop the skills to create a personalized budget plan that supports your financial goals.
Panelist

Tyrone Deacon

Tyrone-DeaconTyrone has been a Practice Relationship Manager for over ten years helping doctors of all types with the tools and services needed to start, grow, or sell their practice. Whether it’s starting up your first practice, remodeling your current location, or buying real estate for your second location; BMO has the financing options and expertise to help.



Erika Levoyer

Erika-LevoyerErika is a Bank Manager with over 14 years of experience in assisting clients make true financial progress through understanding short term and long term goals. Credit building is one of her areas of expertise. BMO has several great tools and resources to help in doing so.



Ruchir Soni

Ruchir-SoniRuchir has been with BMO for just over six years and in the management role for over four years. He started as an RRB in 2017 and was recognized as a 2018 Top Performer. Ruchir was then nominated for the Branch Manager Development Program in 2019 and completed his cornerstone/capstone training in Toronto. He officially became a Bank Manager in July of 2019.



Edwin Urbieta

Edwin-UrbietaEdwin is a Senior Specialist, Bank at Work Relationship Manager with BMO and looks forward to working with dental students to help them achieve financial stability and success.


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