Visa Black Card: 1% Cash Back, 0% APR Balance Transfers, Concierge, and Luxury Gifts

Visa is introducing a new credit card catered to consumers who spend $50,000 or more a year ... . According to the card’s application, only 1% of U.S. residents will qualify. I’ve seen reports ... for the card. Some who are accepted have average credit scores and low income. This is not what you would [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 13:00:02

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Wednesday Night Marketing News

When I lived and worked in Metro Detroit, the Auto Show was one of the highlights of winter.. ... . "The issues are limited range, long charge times and durability," says David Champion, Consumer Reports ... Financial Services Private-Label Credit Card Biz 'More Bleak Than Sunny' by Les Luchter "Online [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 23:00:00

Credit Card Debt: Next Big Hit to Banks?

Given how overextended consumers are, and how banks have been cutting back on the cheapest piggybank, home equity loans, by slashing those credit lines, and the reports of rising delinquencies from even conservative ... in credit card losses. But under the new bankruptcy code, if you do no qualify for Chapter 7 bankruptcy [more...]

Date: 2008-10-01 09:17:30

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

A consumer complaint about Consumer Reports

This story just drips with irony! 2 ... be trusted. No fault of theirs, my credit card number got out to some bad guys in Malta or Africa, and the credit card company detected it, contacted me as I was checking into a hotel in NY (by declining [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 13:57:29

HSBC are thugs (sorry “partners”)

HSBC has gotten a little aggro lately – an analyst dispute widely reported in the FT and other places ... be found here and here amongst dozens of consumer rip-off reports on the web.Bally managed to report ... but they included penalties as per credit cards.  Obviously collection was a problem.  Bally filed [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 23:27:00

MortgageNewsClips: Spreadsheet Resource, Realtors Beware, Credit Cards, Lou Ranieri, Securitization Primer, Popular Sells, Asymmetric Risk, Damage Report, Disparity, NY Mortgages, Freddie Automates, 3 more News Clips

RESOURCE: has list of sites offering free spreadsheets - Spreadsheets: Free to Learn - No-cost tutorials, instruction, ... Ross - Inman News ———— BusinessWeek_logo Credit-Card Rage - Debt-strapped consumers vent ... -old concept of securitization a bad name, IMF Economist Andreas Jobst writes. Securitization [more...]

Date: 2008-09-02 10:37:39

Banks Supposedly Will Cut Consumer Credit Card Lines by $931 Billion if Reforms Mandated

There is a rather amusing story at the Financial Times tonight, "Credit card reforms ‘to cost banks billions’". Let's look at the particulars ... that banks will lose $10 billion in interest annually, reduce credit lines by $931 billion, and put ... not get anyone well known for banking expertise to put its name on a self-serving report [more...]

Date: 2008-12-15 01:59:42

Financials, Cyclicals - Plus Retailers - Weigh On Equities

LOSSES STEEPEN AS EARNINGS REPORTS NEAR The same dragons that have ravaged the countryside and laid waste to the good citizens of Wall Street - ... of other financials lost ground, on a combination of worries about the fourth-quarter earnings reports that are due out shortly, and exposure to the consumer, amid clear signs that credit-card spending [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 21:10:46

Financials, Cyclicals - Plus Retailers - Weigh On Equities

LOSSES STEEPEN AS EARNINGS REPORTS NEAR The same dragons that have ravaged the countryside and laid waste to the good citizens of Wall Street - ... of other financials lost ground, on a combination of worries about the fourth-quarter earnings reports that are due out shortly, and exposure to the consumer, amid clear signs that credit-card spending [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 20:07:09

Mobile banking is too risky in the eyes on consumers

According to a recently published report entitled “2008 Mobile Banking Security Standards” consumers are too wary of security to use their mobile ... for mobile banking transactions instead of whipping out cash or a credit card isn’t worth the risks that it entails. However, the same report being cited here earlier suggests ways of making [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 09:24:33

Voting Consumer Alert!: Voter Registration Scams Asking for Social Security Numbers and Credit Card Information

Washington, DC - Shaun Dakin, CEO The National Political Do Not Contact Registry - Sign up for free at StopPoliticalCalls ... consumers to a report from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) of a voter registration scam involving ... to immediately report them to the FTC at www.ftc.gov. Consumers who may have already provided [more...]

Date: 2008-09-25 15:38:02

Study Reveals Hispanics’ Attitudes Toward Finances

Hispanic consumers in the US say they feel more financially secure than they have in the past and are using credit cards more, ... but their self-reported lack of knowledge about financial matters also has increased, according to a study from Experian Consumer Research. The study, which is part of a broader body of research that ... [more...]

Date: 2008-11-11 18:55:19

JPMorgan chief sees bleak year ahead

The US financial and economic crisis will worsen this year as hard-hit consumers default on credit cards and other loans, Jamie Dimon, chief executive of JPMorgan Chase, has predicted. Dimon, whose bank will report Q4 results on Thursday, gave his bleak assessment in an FT interview as bank shares tumbled in key markets on fears [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 05:31:17

News roundup: Santa slayings; retail sales; weather; Chicago; Eartha Kitt

Good morning. It's Friday. Massacre: Details are emerging about the Christmas Eve massacre and fire by a church usher dressed as Santa Claus, ... Journal reports. Sales plunged 5.5% in November and 8% in December through Christmas Eve as consumers kept their cash and credit cards in their wallets, according to MasterCard Inc.'s SpendingPulse [more...]

Date: 2008-12-26 15:52:10

OPEC Loss Grocers’ Gain: Americans Spend Pump Savings on Food

Groceries are the top item on which US consumers are spending their savings from lower gas prices, ahead of putting the money in savings, ... holiday gift-buying, and paying off credit cards, according to research from retail analytics firm Precima, Retailer Daily reports. Of the 3,013 consumers who were asked to choose from a list of ... [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 12:40:37

eCommnerce Chargebacks and Remedies

According to a recent report (Oct, 2008) by CyberSource (a leading payment & risk management services company) ... with their bank or credit/debit card provider. Sometimes the consumer dispute is untrue, and their refund claim ... . In cases of credit card fraud, the merchant loses the goods or services sold, the payment, the fees [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 07:09:50

Consumer Reports Retirement Survey: Planning Ahead May Be Just As Risky As Rewarding

February issue offers 17 moves to rebuild the nest egg and secure the future In the wake of big investment losses many have turned to Plan B to ... their credit card use and spent less on groceries and household goods. “When bad investments happen to good people, they have to work harder to slash debt, cut spending and save more. Switching to Plan [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 12:09:04

OPEC's Loss Is Grocers’ Gain

Groceries are the top item on which US consumers are spending their savings from lower gas prices, ahead of putting the money in savings, holiday gift-buying, and paying off credit cards, according to research from retail analytics firm Precima, Retailer Daily reports. [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 14:01:34

Consumer Alert: Incredimail Fraudulent Charges

Please, anyone who visits my homepage: do not use, install, give money to, give credit card information to, or associate with this company.  I am so disgusted with them I’m about to report them to the BBB. First off, the program ... their contact form and still have not heard back from them. I had to call my bank and dispute the charge [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 16:30:10

A Glimpse at Future Credit Card Statements

Every Tuesday, Smithee presents an article about his own experiences with credit cards and observations about the credit card industry ... Suspended for Merchant Database Breach: ...Consumer Reports: Best and Worst Credit Card Issuers ... . Back in mid-December we told you about some of the changes that would soon be enforced on credit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 13:02:01

Headline News - January 7, 2009

Hypercom Appoints Stuart Taylor Vice President, Global Marketing New Mercator Advisory Group Report: Small Business Credit Card 2008 Update: ... in credit card terms Economix Blog - NYTimes.com: Crisis Comparisons: How Bad Might It Get? Laru ... from Credit Cards, Could Save Consumers $500 Million Annually Over Competing Prepaid Cards Get Rich Slowly [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 13:30:03

Record Credit Card Defaults Signals a Weaker Recovery

According to reports from Moody’s ( MCO ) Investors Service, credit card delinquencies surged to record levels in August.  In the first increase of charge-off rates since the rally began in March, credit card issuers wrote off 11.49% of uncollectible consumer debt compared to 10.52% in July.  Also loans more than 30-days past due also rose to 5.8%.  Moody’s report also suggests that charge off rates are not likely to peak until mid-2010, as unemployment continues to strain many consumers budgets. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-24 14:40:21

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

Collection Agency calling from 571-431-1958 (Washington, VA)

Steve reported a Collection Agency (5714311958 from Washington area, VA) . The following comments were posted: AACC AACC AACC 5127689800 AACC 804-234-9056 assetacceptance.com Asset Acceptance is a leading purchaser and collector of charged-off consumer debt. Since 1962, we have provided credit originators such as credit card issuers, consumer finance companies, retail merchants, utilities and others an efficient alternative in recovering defaulted consumer debt. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-25 19:53:49

Saving your credit and credit scores

I have blogged about my experiences with American Express and their systematic reductions in my credit lines ... as “closed as consumer’s request”)  which would have locked in the higher credit limit on the credit report. Canceling a card with a good history will impact your credit, but being at 99-100 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 23:51:28

How To Deal With Bill Collectors

In today's unstable economy people are consumed with financial matters ... , the credit card company may report you to a collection agency. This debt collection company is hired ... . Initially, you'll receive calls from your credit card company informing you of your late payment [more...]

Date: 2008-12-04 01:40:51

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