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- Under 21? Credit cards hard to get (Bankrate.com via Yahoo! Finance)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:00:00 GMT The new credit card law aims to protect those under 21. Here are options for getting cards.
- With bank credit frozen, small U.S. businesses starting to turn to microlenders (Washington Post)
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT Ryan Fochler's life changed six years ago when he left his job in the computer industry to buy an Arlington County-based dog-walking business with $50,000 in personal savings and a home-equity line of credit. The firm grew quickly, with revenue more than doubling each year. By 2008, Fochler was r...
- Brokerages offer big credit card rewards (Bankrate.com via Yahoo! Finance)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:00:00 GMT Brokerages offer generous rewards when investors use their credit cards.
- Credit Cards, Credit Scores, and Citigroup (Columbia Journalism Review)
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:32:58 GMT In case you didn’t know it—the banks still have you over a barrel. David Lazarus of the Los Angeles Times writes about how too-big-to-fail banks like Citigroup and Bank of America are slapping fees on credit card accounts in the wake of legislation that makes it harder for them to prey on customers.
- Know law or cut up credit cards (The Buffalo News)
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:50:49 GMT WASHINGTON--“Credit card debt, does it ever end?” That's a haunting line delivered by comedian Amy Poehler in a 2006 “Saturday Night Live” skit also featuring Steve Martin and Chris Parnell. The sketch was brilliantly and simply titled “Don't Buy Stuff You Cannot Afford.” (You can view it on www.Hulu.com ). So here we are in 2010, contending with a new law that assists ...
- PSA: Monoprice May Have Been Hacked, Check Your Credit Card Statement [Psa] (Gizmodo)
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:42:12 GMT Several people are reporting that there are odd charges on credit cards they've used to make purchases from online retailer Monoprice. This is what the company had to say: More »
- My Money: Be smart and careful with credit cards (Windsor Star)
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:00:27 GMT Go shopping after work on a Friday night. Spend a frantic hour buying gifts at the last minute. As you're headed for an exit, notice the coat you've been wanting is on sale. Trudge to the only customer service desk that is still open, where the clerk tells you can get another 10 per cent off if you use your store credit card. You don't have one. No worries, says the clerk as she pulls out an ...
- Write-offs are driving decline in credit-card debt (Market Watch)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:45:40 GMT Credit-card debt has been falling for 16 straight months but consumers aren’t paying off their financial obligations as much you might think. Instead, they’re walking away from the debt, forcing credit-card issuers to write off as much as 90% of that reported drop, according to a new report by CardHub.com.
- With bank credit frozen, small U.S. businesses starting to turn to microlenders (Washington Post)
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 GMT Ryan Fochler's life changed six years ago when he left his job in the computer industry to buy an Arlington County-based dog-walking business with $50,000 in personal savings and a home-equity line of credit. The firm grew quickly, with revenue more than doubling each year. By 2008, Fochler was ready to expand the business into a full-fledged pet day-care service called Dog Paws 'n Cat Claws.
- ClearPoint Credit Counseling Solutions Warns College Students to Guard Against Theft (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:00:00 GMT RICHMOND, Va.----Credit counselors are warning college students to take precautions with their cash, credit and ATM cards or risk turning spring break into spring broke. Last year in Ft.
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