December
25
Category: Credit Card
top 25 credit card issuers
WASHINGTON — Federal regulators on Thursday adopted sweeping new rules for the credit card industry that will shield consumers from increases in interest rates on existing account balances among other changes.
The rules, which take effect in July 2010, will allow credit card companies to raise interest rates only on new [...]
November
1
Category: Credit Card, Credit Card Security
Credit Cards Rated for Fraud Still Needs Improvement
A new research study of the top 25 largest credit card issuers suggests many of those firms need to upgradetheir identity fraud prevention and detection tools tobetter serve consumers according to a story publishedby ComputerWorld.The story continues with the excerpts from a recentlyreleased study conducted by Javelin Strategy [...]
October
7
Category: Credit Card
Does the credit card company violate
My girlfriend used a credit card promotional convenience check to deposit into her bank checking account. The check has cleared, but for safety sake, the bank contacted the credit card company to see if the
check has cleared, and also disclosed to the credit card company my girlfriend receive unemployment pays. [...]
August
29
Category: Credit Card
How Interest On Credit Cards Work
Interest rates on credit cards are the most arbitrary part of the credit card agreement. I have called credit card companies in the past and told them that I felt that the interest rate I was paying was too high and they need to lower it or I was taking [...]
August
27
Category: Credit Card
Everyone Needs Credit Cards
My son is just coming of age and he is getting ready to get his first job and enter the adult world. He asked me about the things he should do and what he should get to make sure he survives in the world and one of the things I told him [...]