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

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Membership Has Fewer Rewards

For credit card-carrying Americans, the latest news from the economic crisis is good, then bad, then good again ... they had to, since credit card companies raised their interest rates even as personal income and credit limits dropped. Visa, MasterCard, et al., also are responding to the worsening economy [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 19:00:18

Crafty Creditors Are Making Changes

This is a guest post from Tisha Tolar is a freelance writer providing content for CreditCardAssist ... .com, where she regularly writes about credit cards, rewards programs and general consumer finance issues. ****** credti-card-offer-mail-letters As the economy remains rocky and the credit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 13:10:23

Cebu Pacific Promos | Credit Cards

Just like Philippine Airlines (PAL) teamed up with Visa and Mastercard to offer Mabuhay Miles, Cebu Pacific Airline has entered into partnerships with several credit card companies to offer rewards to loyal clients. (Yay for me!) ABSCBN reports that cardholders of American Express, Bank [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 18:43:35

Beginning To Earn Rewards

Yesterday, I received an unusually good question: “Hi, Came a cross your site today it’s really great. I currently have two credit cards a Chase Rewards Visa Signature (3% on gas 1% everything else ... year free and a credit of 50,000 MR points if we spend 500 on the card by Jan 31. Those 50,000 would [more...]

Date: 2008-11-28 23:17:29

9 Reasons for a good credit rating or FICO score

Does my credit rating really matter? That question goes through a lot of people’s heads as they max out their credit card or don’t pay their ... of having a good credit score can be very rewarding and fulfilling. You might be asking yourself, what exactly is a good credit score? Well, the average rating for people in the US with a debt below [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 12:22:27

6 Ways to Save Big on Magazine Subscriptions

There’s no question that magazine sales and subscriptions are on the decline ... points on your rewards credit card? Cash them in for free magazines. With American Airlines ... . This is bad news for the major magazine publishers who rely on key ad dollars, but very good news [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 19:00:00

Membership Has Fewer Rewards

Membership Has Fewer Rewards Posted on January 13, 2009 (0) Comments For credit card-carrying Americans, the latest news from the economic crisis ... . Americans borrowed less because they had to, since credit card companies raised their interest rates [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 15:00:32

Customer Service, or Lack Thereof : Revisited

like their rewards. This morning, though, I logged into my Chase account and scoped out their current “Balance Transfer Offers” and here’s what it ... credit card, it takes a few days for the transaction to appear on the credit card balance [more...]

Date: 2008-07-23 11:48:45

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

Bank Temporarily Bans Signature Debit, Mandates PIN to Reduce Threat!

It's true!  Without even realizing what they're saying, a financial institution in Illinois, has "eliminated" ... will continue to "earn rewards" since the bank is "forcing" them to use their PIN?   Credit Card Scam ... pay at the pump privileges for their cardholders and has temporarily barred it's card holders [more...]

Date: 2008-11-20 18:41:00

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

U.S. Treasury to Offer Federal Reserve Rewards MasterCard

Posted: With no interest until January 20, 2009 WILMINGTON, Del ... its new credit card to treat its top executives to a week-long, $443,000 golf and spa retreat at the St ... . -- Though credit markets have all but frozen solid, and though banks have been paralyzed [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 11:00:00

Earning Your Full Reward

When I was at Tompkins Industries, we were trying to increase our walk-in traffic for our hydraulic hose repair business ... us, ingrained into our thinking and actions.We have even been brain washed by credit card companies to spend [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 01:57:09

Gambling on Credit

Like buying a house, credit cards at one time were rewarded to those who were able to pay interest on the loans they represent ... qualification to sub-prime lending. When we became bombarded by constant pleas to take another credit card ... pay off their credit cards. They're rolling them from one month to the next and that's a bad sign [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 20:30:00

How to Bootstrap Your Way Past Recession

It’s time for entrepreneurs to do what they are supposedly good at - bootstrapping ... credit cards, and transfer the balance - or aggregate some, to the most attractive credit card ... everything on business credit cards - this way, they reap point rewards that can be redeemed with various [more...]

Date: 2008-12-05 09:53:33

10 College Money Myths

If you have kids heading to college this fall, be sure to have some open discussions about money with them before they go. In addition, a check in call after a month to discuss money isn’t a bad idea. Here ... on a credit card. If so you can use cash rewards credit cards to get cash back on your tuition [more...]

Date: 2008-08-26 11:00:22

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