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New Regulation on Credit Card Unfair Practices Approved

This week, the Federal Reserve, the Office of Thrift Supervision, and the National Credit Union Administration, ... or Practices, by financial institutions in connection with consumer credit card accounts and overdraft ... until a payment is over 30 days late. I always understood credit card rates to be variable, meaning [more...]

Date: 2008-12-20 18:34:48

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Five Ways To Make Any Financial Resolution A Success (Guest Post From J.D. Roth)

This guest post is from one of Wesabe’s new Advisory Board members, J.D. Roth, who writes about smart personal finance at Get Rich Slowly ... resolutions to improve our lives. Many of our goals are financial: get out of debt, open a retirement ... or credit union. Check out this huge list of rewards checking accounts by state for rates as high [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 17:07:44


What’s in a credit history?

Sep 29th, 2009 | print |  email  | Post a comment  |  Listen to the Article - Dana El BaltajiThe Union of Arab Banks (UAB), a community of Middle East-based financial intuitions, has called for the establishment of a central credit bureau and risk management firm for banks in the region, reported Gulf News on Monday.“A unified credit bureau will strengthen the GCC financial sector and lead to greater transparency in the regional economies. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 10:24:23


TARP "Reform" Act only makes things worse

By Matt Hawes Representative Barney Frank, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, has introduced H.R ... and credit unions to 0,000 permanent, when it was enacted temporarily as part of TARP [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 04:23:08


Vantage CU’s Twitter 2.0 banking breakthrough

Every time you start to think the financial industry’s fixation with Twitter may be easing, something completely new comes along and shakes things up. Like this stunner: TweetMyMoney, a new fully-proprietary innovation from Vantage Credit Union that allows people to access account information and make transfers via Twitter. With the revolutionary new service, members can check their account balances, deposits, withdrawals, holds and cleared checks with simple commands. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 11:21:28


Ten Ways to Reduce Debt

by Michael Geoffrey Debt reduction requires good planning and great financial discipline. Here are ten steps that can reduce your debt: 1 ... a debt consolidation loan. If you are a member of a credit union you may find they offer better ... to encourage you to transfer your balances to their credit card. However, beware of missed or late payments [more...]

Date: 2008-11-24 22:33:22


Consolidating Your Debt

by William Blake Debt can overpower your life and make your life more stressful than you need it to be ... for getting back on the right financial path. Debt Consolidation - Unsecured An unsecured loan ... Information on Debt Consolidation Almost all lending institutions, banks, credit unions [more...]

Date: 2008-11-13 15:08:33


Upon starting to glance at our taxes

So one thing federal financial regulators and Congress need to examine is why banks can pay virtually nothing in interest rates on standard savings ... while regulating the hell out of them. And yes, there are credit unions, which can be a good [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 18:53:43


Municipal ID program takes off

It took more time than it should have, but San Francisco's long anticipated ID Card program took off today ... banks and credit unions have also stated that they will accept the card to open a financial account [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 20:48:35


(CSRwire) American Savings and Hope Community Credit Unions Merge

HOPE significantly expands affordable financial options with five new branches in three states [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 15:22:00


Unions welcome jobs action but want more to curb banks

by Chris McLaughlin UNION leaders gave a qualified welcome to the Government’s “bold and pro-active” jobs initiatives this week but called on ... a £20 billion loan guarantee scheme aimed at filling a business credit gap caused by the banks’ ... financial restructuring” of car manufacturers whose bosses and workers have called on the Government [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 23:55:25


OECD says EU Should Consider Single Financial Supervisor

The OECD urges a more centralized and integrated approach to financial regulation in European Union, including considering a single supervisor ... reporting forms introduced.” Technorati Tags: credit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 16:00:44


Innovate in 2009 Using OPEX not CAPEX Funds

To say that organizations are approaching 2009 with more than just a little apprehension would be an understatement ... , I recently received an email alert from the Pennsylvania State Employees Credit Union (PSECU). Thankfully, the credit union is on solid financial footing, added $28 million to its reserves in 2008 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 11:00:00



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