With the many credit cards in the market today, it would be wise to get one that fits all your credit card needs. There are many credit cards that offer travel, airline and merchandise rewards. If you have bad credit, there are also …
May 17, 2007
Credit-card profits dive as regulators crack down (Independent)
Profits made by Britain’s credit card providers almost halved last year as bad debts increased and regulators cracked down on fees for unauthorised borrowing. Lafferty, the banking analyst, said UK credit card providers made total profits of £1.16bn in 2006, 43 per cent less than in 2005.
Trapped in a Government Spending Spree (GoldSeek.com)
My excuse is that I was driven insane by the incessant noise from the sensitive Mogambo Economic Seismograph System (MESS), the recording pens noisily clicking and clacking, all the time clicking and clacking, clicking and clacking as they bang back and forth, erratically scrawling and scratching a frantic graph of financial desperation and doom across that rolling strip of graph paper.
A bank fee bonanza (Herald Sun)
CONSUMERS with “maxed out” credit cards and personal loans generated a bonanza of annual fees paid to banks, Reserve Bank of Australia data shows.
April Board Minutes
Pay Pal transactions: The board approved a motion by Brian, seconded by Mike, to use PayPal for online transactions to enable people to pay with their credit cards at future events. However, people may use credit cards only in advance …
How To Choose a Student Credit Card
A lot of college students get burned by credit cards because they don’t know how to use them properly. Learn how to choose the best student credit card for you and how to avoid getting yourself in thousands of dollars of debt. …
CreditCards.com: Weekly Credit Card Rate Report (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
AUSTIN, Texas—-Credit card rates for all popular categories covered by CreditCards.com remained flat this week, reflecting the calm after the Federal Reserve’s recent decision to leave the Federal Discount Rate unchanged.
Pay Off Your Student Loans the Smart Way (Stuttgart Daily Leader)
(ARA) - Your education is the key to launching your future. After you enter the professional world you leave the college years behind to focus on your career goals. But one thing most people can’t leave behind are student loans.
Meet “Generation Plastic” (CBS News)
The average collge senior has more than $3,000 in credit card debt and graduates with at least four credit cards. As Nancy Cordes reports, marketers are getting even more aggressive, pitching cards to kids as young as 3.
Credit Card Bills Skyrocket for College Students (WTVM 9 Columbus)
Fadell Pitts got her first credit card offer in high school. “I didn’t really go out for it, it was kind of sent to me in the mail with my name on it, with an activation number already on it, so it was kind of forced upon me almost, I was like ooh free money,” says Pitts, a Columbus State student.