Mar 03 2010
Blumenthal: Fed Misses Critical Deadline To Roll Back Credit Rates, Fees
By KENNETH R. GOSSELIN The Hartford Courant
Even as a sum of new protections for credit card users went into effect last Monday, the state attorney general disparage a ke
Mar 03 2010 update new credit card regulations allow room for maneuvering
UPDATE: New Credit Card Regulations Allow Room For Maneuvering
By Meena Thiruvengadam Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--The credit card game rules have officially changed thanks to new credit card regulations, effective Monday,
Mar 03 2010 Report: Interchange Fees Obstructs Economic Growth, Job Creation
Report: Interchange Fees Obstructs Economic Growth, Job Creation
By Linda Lisanti
INDIANAPOLIS -- Less than 20% of the interchange fees charged by credit card companies actually includes the cost of processing transactions, according to a rece
Feb 25 2010 Be A Smart Credit Card User
Be A Smart Credit Card User
•Read the terms and conditions of your card. "The Credit Card Act is there to protect consumers," said Bruce McClary, ClearPoint Credit Counseling Solutions spokesman. "But the responsibility is still in the hands of th
Feb 25 2010 terms of the new credit cards regulations
CREDIT CARD ACT
TERMS OF THE NEW CREDIT CARDS REGULATIONS
10 things that credit-card issuers can still perform with proper notice:
* Alter your fixed-rate card to variable.
* Increase your Annual Percentage Rate on future purchases.
* Rais
Feb 25 2010 CREDIT CARD TRICKS take out cash
CREDIT CARD TRICKS
By Kate Mansey
50 percent extra to take out cash
Credit card companies are utilizing crafty tricks to rip off customers - as shock numbers show Britons owe £54.5 billion to our "flexible friends".
A Sunday Mirror inves
Feb 23 2010 Build Good Credit Without Credit Cards
Build Good Credit Without Credit Cards
When you are trying to build a good credit history, one often repeated piece of advice is to get a couple of credit cards and pay them off promptly. Credit cards are not the only way to skin the credit cat, t
Feb 23 2010 interest rate summary credit cards
Interest Rate Summary Credit Cards
Here is a look at the state of credit card rates from the weekly national survey of large banks and thrifts conducted Feb. 17, 2010 by Bankrate.com
Rates: 13.39% (all fixed); 13.63% (all variable)
Credit c
Feb 21 2010 clouds parting over credit card troubles
Clouds Parting Over Credit Card Troubles
Kelsey Swanekamp,
With joblessness still hovering at 10 percent and household budget under pressure, credit card issuers and lenders are still taking profits from their loans to consumers. Developmen
Feb 21 2010 credit card chargeoffs still troubling
Credit Card Charge-Offs Still Troubling
February 17, 2010 by Staff
Credit card charge-offs – or loans assumed uncollectible and written off – edged higher in January as reported by the major card issuers, although there is some positive expe
Matt Cutts - Googleguy says that there will be PR and backlinks updates in the next few days.
This means that your google toolbar will show some new results for your sites with regards to your websites PR and the amount of back links your site is showing.
It's nice that google and its reps are telling us before hand.