en-us Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 Reuters) - Target Corp TGT reported a higher-than-expected quarterly profit on Tuesday, but remained cautious about the fourth quarter given a budding holiday season price war.Wal-Mart Stores Inc WMT is slashing prices every week until Christmas, and not to be outdone by its much larger rival,...]]> Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:15:20 -0800 TGT WMT TGT,WMT Reuters) - U.S. Bancorp USB, the sixth-largest U.S. bank by assets, is looking to expand its credit card business and is actively marketing its cards nationally, Chief Executive Richard Davis said at a conference on Tuesday.The Minneapolis-based bank, which has so far avoided serious loan losses during the...]]> Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:01:09 -0800 USB PRH USB PRH Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:59:58 -0800 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:37:50 -0800 Reuters UK) - Consumers face higher rates and fees on credit cards as lenders battle rising bad debts, funding constraints and reduced appetite for borrowing, accountants PricewaterhouseCoopers said on Monday.These changes, combined with rising regulatory and government scrutiny, would shake up the market and prove the current model based...]]> Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:45:36 -0800 Reuters) - Advanta Corp ADVNA, a small business credit card lender in the United States, said on Sunday it filed for bankruptcy protection after the economic crisis over the last two years devastated its small business customers.In the filing with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of...]]> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:30:16 -0800 Reuters) - Bank of America Corp's BAC credit card loss rate may have peaked in the third quarter, but it will remain elevated for a "substantial number of quarters," the bank's head of consumer banking said on Thursday.Bank of America, the largest U.S. bank, has...]]> Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:30:43 -0800 BAC BAC Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:00:00 -0800 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:40:00 -0800 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:11:40 -0700 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:00:17 -0700 Reuters UK) - Mortgage approvals for house purchase rose faster than expected in September to their highest level since March 2008, but borrowing on credit cards fell to its lowest since last December, official data showed on Thursday.The Bank of England said mortgage approvals numbered 56,215 in September, up...]]> Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:45:20 -0700 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:07:55 -0700 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:26:12 -0700 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:30:51 -0700 V V Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:50:52 -0700 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 09:23:56 -0700 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 06:05:47 -0700