How To Avoid Major Pitfalls With Your Business Credit Card
You've started a business and now you need to start acquiring items for that business, ... – debt! Instead of making your dream of profit come true, you are watching said profit going out the door to pay your credit card payments that include high interest One day, thousands of dollars down [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 06:04:58
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What A Deregulated Health Care Market Would Look Like
Conservative health care reformers love to bash state regulations ... ? Look no further than credit card companies. In 1978, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that banks could ... , not the interest rate of the states in which they do business. Credit card businesses quickly set up shop [more...]
Date: 2008-10-09 15:21:35
LendingClub Loans
Examples of loans being funded at the LendingClub. If these guys are getting their loans funded, couldn’t you? ... credit cards Tulsa, OK Purchase engagement ring RONKONKOMA, NY grow business,early payoff. tamarac, FL Using to pay down credit cards Rensselaer, NY Pay off credit card at lower rate Jupiter [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 01:17:27
Great Option for a Business Cash Advance
Needing additional capital for your business? Well, I have found another site wherein you can avail of an Unsecured Small Business Loans to help fund ... months, you have accepted credit cards as a payment option, and that your business transacts at least ... . This is an advantage they offer compared to bad credit business loans which usually takes [more...]
Date: 2008-08-31 03:53:00
OnlineCheck.com
These coming days and months have been rough on all American families .With the struggle of the economy we have to embrace for the future ... loans and credit card processing with has less stringent requirements, faster approval ... they know they can get good benefits by using their credit cards. If your business is in bad shape and you need a loan [more...]
Date: 2008-12-15 21:50:17
Keep Watch For The Missing Quarter
How secure is yours? How secure is yours? HARRISBURG PA - Internet chat rooms are filling with complaints from credit card customers nationwide ... : File a dispute immediately with your credit card company; Call Pennsylvania’s Bureau of Consumer ... business with. The company, Adele Services of Melville NY, doesn’t exist, according to a report Sunday [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 10:40:26
ways that stores and businesses alienate their customers with their poor business practices ... . Me: (I handed over my credit card) Stylist: I apologize but we do not accept credit cards here ... , it is just like buying a used car. A sales guy will greet [more...]
Date: 2008-12-10 16:19:22
Credit Card Fraud as a Business
If names like Max Butler, Jeff Norminton, Brett Johnson and Christopher Aragon don’t mean anything to you, ... Telephone Fraud Prevention Service Visa Doesn’t Like Merchants Disposable Credit Card Numbers ... and CardersMarket? Max Butler was the mastermind behind the biggest organized credit card fraud rings [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 21:22:14
Economic Confidence Improving?
Discover reports economic confidence improves among small merchantsEditor's Note: Small Biz Owners being "cautiously optimistic" ... , director of Discover's business credit card. "Most small business owners still believe ... is good news amidst a flurry of bad...to see the data, click here to download in Microsoft Word [more...]
Date: 2008-12-29 19:38:00
2 Out of 3 Ain't Bad, 7 out of 9 Is...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Average interest rates on most types of credit cards rose slightly this week, according to a report from CreditCards.com.Annual percentage rates on seven out of nine categories of cards -- business, instant approval ... Thursday. The APR on cards for people with bad credit held steady at 10.82 percent while rates on student [more...]
Date: 2008-11-14 17:47:00
Finance Your Restaurant Business With Someone Else’s Credit Card
If you’re in the restaurant business, you probably not need me to tell you how it can be difficult financially. If you are building the reputation of your institution, money is often tight and a bad night may not mean a profitable week. As with cash flow - well, cash flows certainly [more...]
Date: 2008-12-24 03:49:40
O.C. house prices seen rising in 2013
Fed plan should stem credit card crunch Lenders did booming business in stressed counties Nominate an O.C ... should stem credit-card crunch Group calls for 180-day foreclosure moratorium O.C. mortgage rate drop a “miracle” Fed to pump $800 billion into credit markets Downey Financial to file for bankruptcy [more...]
Date: 2008-11-29 11:00:43
Build An “Annuity” Of Websites
A funny thing happened to me the other day. I got an invoice from 1and1, the ISP I first started using for my online business is. Payment had been set to automatically charge my credit card, but I had recently replaced that credit card, and so the invoice wasn’t paid automatically. It seems that I had some domain [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 19:05:27
How to Use 0% Interest Credit Cards
If you're credit is strong enough to garner the attention of credit card companies offering 0% introductory interest rates, then you surely have the discipline Huntsville Alabama car loans financing with bad credit mortgage home loans, real estate auto insurance, web design. Huntsville schools festivals business events [more...]
Date: 2008-12-23 12:45:37
The US economy is in a funk
The US economy is in a funk By Peter Morici Troubles at United States banks are making mortgage, credit card and business loans scarcer and more expensive. Falling home prices, rising ... , questionable auto loans and lax credit-card rules. In the housing market, mortgage companies were aided [more...]
Date: 2008-08-22 12:12:06
Today's Cartoon: Taking The High Road
According to Rasmussen Reports,a poll conducted on July 1, 2008 shows that Congress now has an all-time low favorable approval rating of 9%! ... for months to create a software "patch" released on Tuesday to repair the problem, which is in the way ... of businesses such as bank or credit card companies to trick them into disclosing account numbers [more...]
Date: 2008-07-09 21:49:43
F|R Crib Sheet: 15 Sites to Cut Your Startup Operating Costs
Clever founders always eke the most out of every buck ... job of winnowing down and showcasing the many different small business credit-card offers out there. And in coming weeks, BillShrink plans to add a credit card service that will, like its wireless [more...]
Date: 2008-07-19 16:15:50
F|R Crib Sheet: 15 Sites to Cut Your Startup Operating Costs
Clever founders always eke the most out of every buck ... job of winnowing down and showcasing the many different small business credit-card offers out there. And in coming weeks, BillShrink plans to add a credit card service that will, like its wireless [more...]
Date: 2008-07-19 16:00:27
Latest News in Credit History and Jobs - May 1, 2009
House clears bill reining in credit card practices to protect … - Minneapo… 30 Apr 2009 at 12:29pm It was written that Cornelius Vanderbilt learned early in his adulthood that personal vengeance makes for good business. I’ve never missed ? read more a credit card payment since I’ve had them - years. [more...]
Date: 2009-05-01 08:08:06
U.S. Launches New Assault on Consumer Recession, Backtracks on Toxic Mortgage Assets Bailout
The United States is now waging an all-out war against clogged credit markets and attacking each troubled artery head on. Earlier this week U.S ... to student loans, credit cards, auto loans, and small business loans. In the absence of a broad-based ... contracting economy by injecting funds into distressed credit markets where banks remain reluctant [more...]
Date: 2008-12-02 14:47:14
Happy New Year Facebook - your employees think you’re lying about advertising. And they may have a point
A gremlin inside Facebook - or more likely a disgruntled employee - briefly hacked Facebook in the last few hours ... get you a 2:1″ and Bad credit? Get a credit card with 39.9% APR!’. Classy.” The thing is, social ... and business, then why do I get shown ads for Credit Rating Reports, as I did today? On thing’ [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 11:59:10
Top 10 Scams: How to Avoid Being Victimized
1. Internet fraud The hottest medium for scams, as it is for conducting legitimate business and consumer purchases ... ). For purchases, use only credit cards as a charge back is possible on phoney transactions but make sure ... and call your bank and credit card issuers. Have a fraud alert placed on your file including a victim [more...]
Date: 2008-12-17 19:19:02
Links and Quick Takes 6/11/08
Rescue dogs train for Olympics BBC Racing principles' role in cutting emissions BBC " ... to retain their triple A credit ratings.A buddy sent me the report on which this story was based ... Who Wins) Business Week. On how biased credit card arbitration procedures are. Was Malthus Right [more...]
Date: 2008-06-11 03:11:41
Uncommon Money News (Vol. 42)
By: Roshawn WatsonIn preparing to write my posts, I often come across noteworthy and sometimes bizarre financial and business news ... from more bad debt, credit problemsCitibank to receive $43 billion bailout but agreed to limit executive payCollege profit as banks market credit cards to studentsCredit card companies willing to deal over [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 12:00:00
Drama in Real Life: Burgled Again
Four years ago — soon after we moved into this house — somebody broke into my car ... ?), but my cell phone was gone. (The stupid thief had left the charger to which it had been connected ... . And I had my business credit card there, too. (Yes, this was very stupid [more...]
Date: 2008-11-05 13:00:57
Canary in the Mine, Chirping
Few really bad ideas escape being floated in the New York Times:In the case of the Treasury, ... , increasing interest rates for home- and auto-buyers, for businesses and credit-card holders ... the money comes from the same wellspring that has been financing American debt for decades [more...]
Date: 2008-12-28 20:31:00
Goldman Sachs Predicts Loan Losses Will Top $2 Trillion
Despite all the hoopla about stimulus plans and bailouts rescuing Americans’ home equity and retirement accounts, ... of $780 billion. Add in losses from commercial real estate, credit cards, auto debt and business ... on bad overseas loans that they hold. And it looks like more bad news about loan losses will be coming [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 23:05:05
The Poverty Business
Sorry if this appears to be an older article, and not latest headlines, just thought it was interesting - loki The Poverty Business Inside U.S ... into Byrider, Tsosie drove off, jubilant, in a 1999 Saturn subcompact she bought entirely on credit ... access to credit has put cars, computers, credit cards, and even homes within reach for many [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 00:45:24
Adobe’s shitty Flash ordering shit system = FAIL
I just tried to order an upgrade of Dreamweaver CS4 from Adobe’s absolutely rubbish online ordering system ... t have to go and get my credit card.” Yes, the fact that I don’t have to leave my desk and walk 10ft to get my credit card has lost MasterCard and Visa the business. PayPal wins because I know my username [more...]
Date: 2008-12-07 12:49:40
Trends in Business Credit Cards for 2009
The year 2008 was a rotten one for the banking business. What began as a “mortgage crisis” mushroomed into a full-blown, across-the-board “credit crisis.” This has led to banks pulling back on all types of credit, but an even greater pullback [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 22:38:54
Identity Theft - A Growing Business
With the shopping season in full swing even though we are experiencing a difficult time across all industry sectors there is one business that is ... the theft of your very existence right down to banking details, credit cards and even your medical ... transfer rates, why not have one of our wonderful credit card pamphlets et al, all of which [more...]
Date: 2008-12-15 02:02:48
P2P Finance Landscape
A sad statement about the priority of the regulatory agencies and their targeting of the few open markets that allows people to lend to people without needing a bank is apparent by the list of P2P vendors actually open and doing business: Lending Club – Made it through the regulatory hoops and is now conducting business by connecting worthy borrowers with lenders. All while Citibank, Bank of America, and Chase are reducing credit lines or even closing credit card accounts. [more...]
Date: 2009-07-05 18:25:20
Debt Relief Companies Under Investigation by Florida Attorney General
The Tampa Bay Business Journal reports that Florida Attorney General's Economic Crimes Division has launched an investigation or filed charges against 10 companies offering Floridians credit counseling, credit repair, credit card rate ... about any company that purports to have a "secret process" to reduce debt or cut interest rates. Credit [more...]
Date: 2008-10-18 14:48:20
Help In A Bad Economy
Since the economy has been suffering these days, so have many people. Some businesses have had to close and lots of people have lost their jobs ... you can expand your business is by accepting credit cards, accepting and offering cash advances. Merchant [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 18:45:35
Citi to hive off India arms after global split
Citi Financial, one of the largest finance companies operating in India, may sport the ‘For Sale’ sign, ... or bad loan ratio in India for its credit card and consumer banking business in India rose to 6.3 ... loss of $8.29 billion. Citi Financial, whose businesses in India span mortgages, personal loans [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 05:43:13
Identity Theft Labs Shares Some Advice On How YOU Can Protect Yourself
Although it is not strictly business related, identity theft is no stranger in the world ... from dumpster diving, shoulder surfing, credit card skimming, stealing - purses - wallets - laptops - data ... of wireless communication under the motherboard of credit card readers made in China and distributed [more...]
Date: 2008-12-24 04:05:07
The Simple Dollar Weekly Roundup: Holiday Reading Edition
As the New Year rolls around, I find myself engrossed in several new books received over the holiday season ... a credit card to establish their credit history. (@ carrie & danielle) Is Your Business Prepared [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 14:00:53
Idiots Shoot Each Other at Toys-R-Us
When you go to the toy store for your Christmas shopping don't forget your money, your credit card, and your gun: Gunfire erupted inside a busy Toys " ... shooting, apparently sparked by a personal dispute between two groups of shoppers, occurred ... to have been the result of a personal dispute between the individuals involved. Therefore, it would [more...]
Date: 2008-11-29 01:05:00
What Do I Mean by, “You’re Fired”?
I’ve had a surprisingly energetic response to my recent posts telling various companies, “You’re Fired ... . Whether or not the “Firing” is company-wide or location-specific depends on the offense: The poor service ... a credit card charge, or filing a complaint with the Better Business Bureau. I know a lot [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 19:17:37
The Best and Worst of the Credit Card Industry
The newest Consumer Report is in and their agenda was the dozen or so cards that consumers should be seeking out, and the several to stay away from ... sure it’s a card you can use! 1.) Capital One No Hassle Cash Rewards 2.) Chase Freedom Visa ... are as follows: 1.) Chase PerfectCard MasterCard ( I believe this is a business credit card…I don’ [more...]
Date: 2008-12-08 06:38:50
A Second Day of Job Cuts at Barclays
A Second Day of Job Cuts at Barclays January 14, 2009, 12:14 pm ... an additional 2,100 jobs in its retail, commercial banking and credit card businesses, The New York Times’s Julia Werdigier and Landon Thomas Jr. report from London. The announcement comes a day after [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 17:14:13
More Random Fabulosity
It’s a busy week in the Single Ma Queendom. The tree is up, (most) ... commitments. Hmph. 3 - I received a letter from Chase informing me that they closed my credit card ... credit. But it’s a good thing I don’t carry a balance so I don’t need to worry about an increase [more...]
Date: 2008-12-17 04:23:28
Small Business Fights to Stay Alive with Decreased Availability to Credit
We’ve heard every talking head go on about Wall Street’s effect on Main Street. We’ve all been scared to death that the credit markets are going to freeze up. I don’t know about you, but I’m still getting credit cards in the mail. So how exactly is this credit crunch really [more...]
Date: 2008-10-17 09:30:41
Citigroup Bailout Raises Viability Questions For Entire Banking System
Still more details are emerging from the weekend bailout of Citigroup ... are Citigroup's giant credit-card business, where defaults have been rapidly piling up, and its overseas [more...]
Date: 2008-11-25 04:10:00
holiday sales turd
HOLIDAY SALES TURDThe wife and I didn't make a huge deal out of Christmas. We haven't for years ... go out of business. People have very little need to go shopping in a specialty shop for scented ... will be shrinking as house re-fi's and credit cards credit limit retractions bump the upper middle class [more...]
Date: 2008-12-26 19:54:00
Credit Card Companies Cutting Credit, Rewards; Upping Interest Rates.
Wall Street gets a bailout, regular old Americans see their available credit decrease, their interest rate go up, ... a bad thing in the long run; but right now with people getting laid off, grocery prices skyrocketing, and small businesses trying to make ends meet, is it a good or a bad thing to cut off credit [more...]
Date: 2008-10-29 16:00:06
Why Our Online Business Almost Failed And How We Recovered
In a previous article entitled mistakes we made early on with our online store, ... Credit Cards Directly frustrated Photo By Zach Klein Have you ever heard of an ecommerce shop that didn’t accept credit cards? Early on, we tried to save money by using Paypal as our sole payment [more...]
Date: 2008-11-05 16:26:43
Lost your job? Don't lose your cool
Times are tough for a lot of businesses these days, ... accounts or run up a big credit card bill. Doing so is a recipe for financial disaster. Read ... of corporate cost-cutting. As bad as things may seem, there are some things the newly jobless [more...]
Date: 2008-12-29 03:12:15
"The Secret Of Failure"
Isn’t it great when the pundits welcome in the New Year with glad tidings to the effect that “it’s bad now, ... s business by the end of the year and reduce her credit card debt. Now, these are worthy things ... ? Hardly. You see, she was focusing on is things being a little less bad, rather than creating [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 15:34:02
Banks, Mortgages Show Impact Of Job Losses
DELINQUENCIES HIT RECORDS AMID DISMAL LABOR STRAITS Banks, consumer credit providers, ... at at trying to repair the beaten home business. As payroll losses accelerated - a total of 1.2 ... ), one of the biggest issuers of consumer credit cards, has fallen 4%. Visa (V), with its own exposure to credit [more...]
Date: 2008-12-05 18:31:54
