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- Dos and Don'ts of Using Credit Cards in the Downturn
- MoneyWatch's Eric Schurenberg fills us in on some of the tricky ways credit card issuers are putting the squeeze on customers and what you can do to fight back.
- Videos 2009-04-03
- The Best Credit Cards Now
- Financial expert Ray Martin answers your questions: how many you need, which cards are best, and what to look for.
- Videos 2009-10-29
- Best Credit Cards for You
- Most people are unhappy with their credit cards, according to a Consumer Reports study. Senior editor Mandy Walker suggests some better alternatives.
- Videos 2009-10-08
- Consumers in the Crosshairs
- Americans are being nickel and dimed with a barrage of special fees and charges. Here?s why ? and what you can do about it.The fees are insidious, in part because they?re so small. A buck here, $3 there; it barely seems worth breaking a sweat over. But these additional charges...
- Articles 2009-10-08
- Big Banks' Sneaky New Tricks
- With direct access to your cash, financial institutions have developed a range of clever ploys to whittle down your account. A few banks are starting to change gears — but for many consumers, that news is too little, too late. A few weeks ago, Bank of America hit the...
- Articles 2009-09-25
- Why We Need a New Agency to Protect Consumers
- Harvard Law professor and TARP overseer Elizabeth Warren explains why Obama's proposed new watchdog would help bankers as much as consumers. Unlike many other consumer crusaders, Warren had the clout to get her ideas taken seriously. The head of the congressional panel overseeing ...
- Articles 2009-07-10
- Credit Cards: How to Get the Last Great Deals
- Issuers are now approving few new customers and charging steep rates with low credit limits. So say goodbye to those 3.99 percent teaser offers and zero percent balance transfers. “These days, you should not expect to get a $20,000 credit line right off...
- Articles 2009-07-07
- Obama to Confront Credit Card Industry
- Interest gouging practices by banks who received stimulus money will highlight President Obama's meeting Thursday with credit card companies, reports Bill Plante.
- Videos 2009-04-23
- Credit Card Consumer Guide
- Until the Fed cleans up the credit card industry, take matters into your own hands. Protect yourself from rate hikes and punitive rule changes with these tips. As if things weren't rough enough for your finances these days, credit card issuers have started to play rough. They're jacking up...
- Articles 2009-04-15
- Why Credit Card Regulation Is Broken
- Until recently, regulators routinely looked the other way as credit card issuers ensnared unwitting consumers with huge finance charges and penalties. So how did credit card regulation become so broken? Here's a brief history of the slippery practices of the industry. How...
- Articles 2009-04-15
- Beat Tough Credit Card Terms
- Card companies are raising rates, lowering credit limits, and boosting minimum payments. Here's how to get your mind off of the punishing terms — or at least handle the changes if you're stuck with your card... You probably don't spend as much on your credit card as you...
- Articles 2009-04-14
- Best Credit Cards for You
- Card companies are getting shadier and stingier, and interest rates on plastic are going higher. So now?s the time to be sure you?re holding the best cards for the way you charge. MoneyWatch surveyed the landscape and picked the top cards in several categories. ...
- Articles 2009-10-30
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- College Kids and Credit Cards: What Every Parent Needs to Know
- The plastic providers have one more chance to lure in college students before next year's law prevents them. Here's how to make your kid "card smart." The era of “No Student Left Behind: Credit Card Edition” will come to an end early next year, thanks to the new credit...
- Articles 2009-09-10
- Delta Says No to Cash, Yes to Credit Cards
- Delta Air Lines announced today on its blog that it would no longer accept cash on Delta and Northwest flights in North America (that's including Central America and the Caribbean, its blog states, as if we didn't take sixth-grade social studies) starting Dec. 1Â and instead will only take credit cards...
- Blog posts 2009-11-09
- VISA CONTROLS 50% OF CREDIT CARDS
- According to AL-Bayan newspaper, Tarek El-Housseiny, General Manager of Visa Egypt, said that Visa controls 50% of the credit cards market in Egypt in terms of the credit cards number and volume of transactions executed by these credit cards. El-HousseinyAccording to AL-Bayan newspaper, Tarek El-Housseiny, General Manager of Visa Egypt,...
- Research articles 2005-10-06
- EGYPT: VISA CONTROLS 50% OF CREDIT CARDS.
- According to AL-Bayan newspaper, Tarek El-Housseiny, General Manager of Visa Egypt, said that Visa controls 50% of the credit cards market in Egypt in terms of the credit cards number and volume of transactions executed by these credit cards. El-Hous According to AL-Bayan newspaper, Tarek El-Housseiny,...
- Research articles 2005-10-06
- Credit Cards Ready for Reform? Some Lawmakers Think So
- While most of Washington’s attention is on mopping up the home mortgage mess, federal lawmakers are also launching another heavy-duty cleaning job -- reforming the credit card industry. As you’d expect, the bank and credit card issuers, such as Visa and MasterCard, aren’t happy about this attention...
- Blog posts 2008-09-10
- Two New bmi American Express(R) Credit Cards From MBNA.
- CHESTER, England, January 7 /PRNewswire/ -- MBNA today announced the launch of two new credit cards with bmi after signing a new deal to provide credit cards for Heathrow's second largest airline. Both cards offer a competitive rate of interest ...
- Research articles 2008-01-07
- Research and Markets: Credit Cards for Profits - Gain a Clear Understanding of the Fundamentals of Setting Up and Running a Credit Cards Business.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-10 May 2005-Research and Markets: Research and Markets: Credit Cards for Profits - Gain a Clear Understanding of the Fundamentals of Setting Up and Running a Credit Cards BusinessC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:10052005 Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c17193) has announced...
- Research articles 2005-05-10
- JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon Sounds Off on the Future of Credit Cards
- Michael Steinberg submits: CEO Jamie Dimon gave us his vision of the future of credit cards during JP Morgan’s JPM Q2 conference call. Dimon predicted that JPM will incur a few years of credit card losses until the business is restructured. Even though the new regulatory environment is still evolving,...
- External links 2009-07-17
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