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Having credit has become a valuable part of the everyday modern life of a consumer, and one of the most common ways to have credit is by owning and using credit cards. And even with plenty of events reminding us of the economic and financial uncertainty (millions of Americans having lower credit scores, rise of identity theft crimes), you still need credit to get by in life. ... (more)

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• Credit Card Info worth Knowing - With the financial uncertainty going on around us, most especially the news that over a million Americans have low credit scores being the latest, it is best that we keep our credit line and finances safe from harm. And because credit cards are an ex...
• What To Do In Case of Identity Theft - There have a rise of identity theft crimes these past few months, most especially the attack on American hotel branches earlier this July. Identity theft, the unauthorized use of someone else’s financial and credit information to make purchases and...
• Avoid Being Caught in Identity Theft - Identity theft and credit card security breaches have increased these past few months, with the latest developments including the attacks on hotel branches in America and the ZeuS Trojan malware phishing scams over the internet. Because these kinds o...
• PULSE offers online version of its PIN-debit services - PULSE, one among the largest and leading electronic fund transfer organization in the country, brings forth an online version of its PIN debit/ATM processing platform for its customers and clients everywhere. The PULSE Internet Identification debi...
• Credit Card Reform Eliminates Deceptive Practices - Credit card reforms in the form of card offered online by twelve of the biggest United States banks have eliminated many deceptive practices that have been troubling consumers for a while, according to the Pew Charitable Trusts. The Philadelphia-b...
• 3Delta Systems congratulates Visa on better credit card security - Visa Inc. gets applauded for its best practices in providing better credit card security, through a technological feature called tokenization, by a leading and pioneering figure in that area. 3Delta Systems, Inc., the pioneer of the CardVault toke...
• Zeus Trojan Malware Exploits Visa and Mastercard Security Programs - A latest version of Zeus Trojan malware has recently been targeting American banking customers by using spoofed credit protection enrolment computer programs and stealing relevant financial information from anyone who enrols in the said fake programs...
• American Express 2nd quarter profit triples - The second-quarter profit of American Express Co. tripled as its card member’s spending increased by 16%, taking the company back to better business levels as its card loan losses recede. The results of American Express’s third consecutive qua...
• Visa Readies CodeSure credit card in UK - Credit cards are getting an upgrade in the United Kingdom. Visa, one of the leading figures in the credit card industry is ready to launch its latest Visa CodeSure credit card to not only provide an innovative means for making payments but also enhan...
• Pew Finds Increased Transparency Due To Credit Card Reform - Pew Charitable Trusts was heard to comment that 12 of the largest banks in the United States are offering credit cards online that have done away with some of the most difficult practices for customers. According to the report from the Philadelphia ...
• Lawsuit against Capital One Goes In Favour Of Consumer - A lawsuit accusing Capital One Financial Corp of increasing the rate over double the actual one has been reinstated by the U.S. federal appeals court after it buried the details about raising the rate in fine print. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of A...
• Debt Loan To Consolidate Credit Cards - A lot of people are constantly trying to balance their finances and finding many troubles as they are unable to deal with the payments. Debt relief is becoming a need and necessity for many families as credit card payments mount up. The situation is ...
• Card Spending Surge Leads To Tripling Of Profits For American Express - With fewer borrowers on the defaulters list and increases in spending among the consumers American Express Co, the biggest card issuer says the second quarter income has tripled as figures were above what was anticipated by the company.   Accordin...
• New Laws Trouble Banks - With the credit card debts falling and the consumers turning their backs on credit cards, the banks may face more dangers, many experts say. Banks are now limiting their credit restrictions disabling some consumers to apply for new credit. New rul...
• Kdb and Korea Post Enters the Credit Card Business - The Korean Development Bank (KDB) and the Korea Post are now contenders in their country’s credit card market after they have announced that they would go into the business. Market analysts stated that consumers would expected to have more benef...
• Internet Fraudsters Increase - Internet is yet another world where thieves can roam. With cyber technology, credit card information can be easily obtained. Cybercrime, such as Phishing, have hurt many people especially the troubled unemployed sector. According to the Anti-Phishing...
• Fifth Third Processing acquires TNB Card Solutions - Fifth Third Processing Solutions (FTPS), LLC, announced its purchase of Town North Bank’s TNB Card Services last Wednesday on July 7. This new business venture by FTPS would result to advance the company’s capabilities to supply services and paym...
• Banks Tightens Lending - For the first quarter of 2010, an estimated 15% of the banks have tightened their credit policies and only 6% has made theirs lax. For the second quarter, 6% of the banks tightened while 3% relaxed. The Federal Reserve surveyed the banks and found ou...
• Zions Bank offers lowest interest rate in the market - As consumers watch credit card interest rates rise following the after effects of the Credit card Act of 2009, there seems to be good news. Zions Bank has a low rate Visa Platinum card that has been ranked as the top card in the country for the inter...
• US Consumer credit shows a sharp decline in May - The market post recession has been recovering but is still sluggish and U.S. consumer credit has been dropping sharply indicating that customers are wary to borrow considering the uncertainty about the prospects economically. According to the repo...
• NFL switches its banking partner - The decision of the National Football league to move its credit card business to the British banker Barclays from Bank of America is creating problems for the customers of the N.C., Charlotte, to struggle with quickly spending the reward points befor...
• Credit cards love Affair with the US trims down - Americans’ credit card love affair has started cooling off.  It is not clear whether the banks or the consumers have decided to go slow but statistics reveal that the borrowing is on the decline. This could be due to a large number of factors affe...
• Credit Card Conmen Targeting Royston - There have been innumerable cases of credit card frauds in the past and in spite of strong efforts they just cease to stop. In the most recent of such cases, conmen have been targeting the flats in Royston. Police have warned the public to be wary of...
• Student Credit Cards Helps But Also Damages - Credit cards have undeniably helped many students get through with their finances. Tuition fees, books, dorm fees and other necessary costs are no joke to them. When parents don’t have all the money to get their kids to a college or a university or...
• Feds Talk about New Regulations - The new set of regulations has devastated many people. Many consumers have complained that their credit rates increased with no reason at all and the credit card companies do not inform them the reason why. Others point out that the new rules have lo...