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Finally a few more protections from the people who issued credit cards have gone into place. As of last Tuesday, laws were enacted that state if you make a late payment credit card companies can only hit you up for $25 late fee if it happens only once, and then no more than $35 if [...]
By now, everyone knows that there’s been a credit card reform bill that was supposed to make a lot of positive changes for consumers. Truthfully, there have been some nice changes, especially if you’ve taken a look at your credit card bill and seen the little graph that shows how your balance will be paid [...]
Every once in awhile I take a good look at my credit card statement. It’s something I didn’t used to check until one day, about 5 years ago, I noticed I was being charged for something that I couldn’t ever remember signing up for. It turned out I’d been being billed for something nearly 2 [...]
When you are comparing credit cards, are you putting the right amount of emphasis on the credit card merchant? The card merchant is not always the bank issuing the credit card, and when you are comparing a Visa card to a MasterCard to an American Express card, you may not be clear about whether the [...]
We’ve all seen those gift cards that people can buy for others. Some mirror regular credit cards, while others are for specific retailers. The problem with those cards is that they all come with fees of all sorts, and one never knows exactly what those fees are, and that’s just plain wrong. Some people end [...]
The latest figures relating to the performance of credit card loans, from issuers including Capital One Financial Corp. (COF) and American Express Co. (AXP), suggest that consumers are still troubled, and losses branching from souring credit card loans remain high. Analysts say that recent trends show the market is headed for a peak in delinquencies [...]
There’s something that’s been going on for at least the last 6 to 9 months that I hope no one has fallen for. What happens is you get a call from someone telling you that there’s something wrong or getting ready to happen to your current credit card, and that you need to talk to [...]
