SearchArchives for: July 200722 Credit Cards That Rebate at Least 5% on Gas31st July 2007 Though gas prices have been dropping recently, it’s never a bad time to revisit our options when it comes to gas rebate cards. To that end, I’ve compiled a list of 22 cards that rebate at least 5% on gas. The list includes several cards tha… more » Categories: Credit Card Information Credit Card Tips - Why Credit Cards are Better Than Payday Loans27th July 2007 Look At Your Credit Cards Before Taking Out a Payday Loan
If you have a cash emergency in between paydays and your in a pinch, there are dozens of payday loan companies willing to lend you the money you need. Unfortunately, many consumers don’t rea… more » Categories: Credit Card Information
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Free Zagat Survey Access with a Visa Signature Card26th July 2007 Visa has just added complimentary access to Zagat Survey restaurant ratings and reviews for its Visa Signature cardholders. This will go along with the other fine wine and food services that Visa Signature provides, including:
A Visa Signature Concierg… more » Categories: Credit Card Information How to build a business worth (nearly) £1bn: Moneysupermarket's accidental secret26th July 2007 Today, the City saw the biggest float open to small investors since lastminute.com. Back in 2000, lastminute shares raced from 380p to 488p before enduring once of the most high profile share slumps of recent years. By 2002, the stock...This article is c… more » Categories: Credit Card Information Payments News - Headline News - July 26, 200726th July 2007 Global Payments Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2007 Earnings Ingenico, Sagem in talks to merge electronic payment activities Note: Throughout the day, as Payments News happens, this post is updated. For job opportunities available for payments profess… more » Categories: Credit Card Information From Credit Card Cool - The Far Reaching Effects of a Poor Credit Score24th July 2007 It’s nothing new but there’s a helpful article over at USAToday about the need to keep a good credit score.
This snippet was particularly poignant:
In response to a sharp rise in foreclosures, mortgage lenders have tightened their stan… more » Categories: Credit Card Information Credit Card Tips - Why You Should Care About The Credit Card Fees Merchants Pay24th July 2007 Consumers Actually Foot The Bill For Merchant Credit Card Fees
As a consumer, you may not worry yourself with the credit card fees merchants are charged every time they swipe your card. These credit card fees, however, do impact you whether you realize i… more » Categories: Credit Card Information From Digital Money Blog - Literati24th July 2007 Summary [Dave Birch] A splendid evening: free drinks and a lot of old friends getting together at the launch of Forum friend Mike Hendry’s new book on Multi-application Smart Cards: Technology and Applications. I won’t embarrass either Mike… more » Categories: Credit Card Information From Business Credit Cards Blog - Advanta Will Release A New, Small Business Credit Card with PayPass Technology Next Month24th July 2007 Read more…
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This article is courtesy of The Credit Card BlogFrom Credit Card Cool - Simmons First Visa Platinum Credit Card | Credit Card Tips - Qualifying for Low… more » Categories: Credit Card Information Finger Print Credit Card23rd July 2007 Taking the idea of a cashless society to a new level, a Japanese company said Monday it will try out a way to let customers pay simply by scanning their finger.
The system uses biometric technology to identify the veins on a person's finger, which can t… more » Categories: Credit Card News Credit Card Articles - Youve Been Pre-approved22nd July 2007 You have seen it before. Perhaps you are one of the millions of people who see these words everyday. They come directly to you courtesy of the postal service via your mailbox. These words likely appear in your email several times daily as well. You have… more » Categories: Credit Card Information From Credit Card Watcher - Chase Freedom Dynamic Cash Rewards22nd July 2007 If you have a Chase Freedom card, then Chase Freedom Dynamic Cash Rewards is a program you’ll want to join. And if you don’t have the card, this program may be a compelling enough reason to get one. Instead of earning 3% of your spending at… more » Categories: Credit Card Information From Credit Card Cool - The Amex Platinum Credit Card21st July 2007 American Express Platinum is fairly exclusive and requires an annual fee of $300, but includes an array of benefits:
• Comprehensive travel insurance for you and your children.
• The travel insurance is so comprehensive that it provides lim… more » Categories: Credit Card Information From Digital Money Blog - Jerry Dischler, Google20th July 2007 Summary [Dave Birch] Jerry Dischler is the Senior Product Manager for Google Checkout in Europe. Now that Google Checkout has passed its first birthday, it seemed like a good time to go and talk to Jerry about the product and where it might be going, so… more » Categories: Credit Card Information Noel Edmonds - genius, businessman, Austin Metro fan19th July 2007 So fate has yet again dealt Noel Edmonds a duff hand. Love him or hate him, Noel is an icon of the modern times. He is a man who has starred in more comebacks than a 70s rock group and...This article is courtesy of This is Money BlogCiti Diamond Preferre… more » Categories: Credit Card Information Payments News - Banks Want You to Go Over Your Debit Limit19th July 2007 Michelle Singletary, personal finance columnist for the Washington Post, follows up on the Out of Balance” report from the Center for Responsible Lending last week and says that many users have discovered, the debit card has the same problem as its… more » Categories: Credit Card Information From Credit Card Cool - Simmons First Visa Platinum Credit Card17th July 2007 Simmons aren’t a credit provider we’ve looked at before. However, their latest offering in the form of Simmons First Visa Platinum really looks the part.
Key features include:
GLOBAL ACCEPTANCE
Your Visa Platinum credit card may be us… more » Categories: Credit Card Information Credit Card Tips - The Changing Face of Bad Credit Credit Cards17th July 2007 Some Bad Credit Credit Cards Take a Turn for the Better
It used to be that having bad credit credit cards meant paying ridiculous interest rates and outrageous fees. Nowadays, however, bad credit credit cards are taking a turn for the better. If your cre… more » Categories: Credit Card Information From Digital Money Blog - Economics 1.0117th July 2007 Summary [Dave Birch] Using a reasonable model, the global RMT (real money trade) market looks to be around $2 billion, which implies a virtual GDP of around $27 billion. Note that this is significantly greater than the GDP of many countries. In fact, a… more » Categories: Credit Card Information Chase Freedom Dynamic Cash Rewards16th July 2007 If you have a Chase Freedom card, then Chase Freedom Dynamic Cash Rewards is a program you’ll want to join. And if you don’t have the card, this program may be a compelling enough reason to get one.
Instead of earning 3% of your spending at… more » Categories: Credit Card Information Strike against post office closures16th July 2007 Everybody out! The shout would echo around the shop floor before a solemn downing of tools and marching out of the factory gates. Of course, strikes in the good old days may not actually have happened like that - it...This article is courtesy of This is… more » Categories: Credit Card Information From Credit Card Watcher - Credit Scoring Myth: Closing Accounts Will Hurt Your Score15th July 2007 I’m not sure how or when this idea spread, but at some point in the personal finance online world, it became a generally accepted fact that you should never close a credit card account because it will hurt your credit score. I’ve seen this i… more » Categories: Credit Card Information Credit Card Articles - Credit Card Processing Options for Home-Based Business Owners15th July 2007 Are you the owner of a home based business that wants to be able to accept credit cards payments from clients or customers, without all the high fees that typically go along with it? Well, now you can thanks to e-commerce and the internet. Are you th… more » Categories: Credit Card Information Washington Mutual MasterCard: Up to 10% Rebate on Gas for 6 Months14th July 2007 Benefits include:
0% FIXED APR for 12 months on Balances Transferred now (not on Purchases or Cash Advances)*
Up to 10% Cash Back on Gas Purchases for 6 Months*
Up to 5% Cash Back on Everyday Purchases” and 1% on Other Purchases*
No annual fe… more » Categories: Credit Card Information From Credit Card Cool - What is an Introductory APR?14th July 2007 An introductory APR is:
A temporary, usually low, interest rate (expressed as an annual percentage rate) offered by providers to introduce” you to their services. It will usually expire after a certain amount of time and may often be terminat… more » Categories: Credit Card Information Credit Card Tips - Credit Cards Vs. Car Loans14th July 2007 Why Some Consumers Are Better Off Charging Their Cards
I always used to advise people against using their credit cards for car purchases. After all, car loan interest rates are usually way less than a credit card interest rate. However, that’s not… more » Categories: Credit Card Information The hitch with marriage tax break13th July 2007 Statistics suggest marriage is well and truly out of fashion with numbers falling every year. So it will be with my usual crazy, non-conformist style that on Sunday 22 July I will tie the knot with my boyfriend up in...This article is courtesy of This is… more » Categories: Credit Card Information From Digital Money Blog - Education policy13th July 2007 Summary [Dave Birch] As was discussed here absolutely ages ago, something has gone fundamentally wrong with the payment schemes efforts to cut card-not-present (CNP) fraud on the Internet by introducing 3D Secure (in the form of Verified by Visa and Mast… more » Categories: Credit Card Information Alaska Airlines Visa: Free Roundtrip Ticket with Application12th July 2007 Alaska Airlines and Bank of America are now offering 20,000 Mileage Plan Bonus Miles upon online approval for the Alaska Airlines Visa, an increase from the 5,000 miles that were previously being offered. Their current splash page still shows 5,000 bonu… more » Categories: Credit Card Information Payments News - Peer-to-Peer Lending in China12th July 2007 Claus Lehmann writes for Springwise about PPdai, a new peer-to-peer lending business in China saying that PPdai primarily aims to standardize and facilitate loans between family and friends, which are more common in China than personal loans from banks.&… more » Categories: Credit Card Information From Credit Card Watcher - Phillips 66-Conoco 76 MasterCard: Earn 15% Rebates for 60 Days11th July 2007 If you apply between now and August 31, 2007, you can earn 15% rebates on Phillips 66, Conoco and 76 purchases. The other benefits of the card include: After the promo period, earn 4% rebates on Phillips 66, Conoco and 76 station purchases For Non-Phil… more » Categories: Credit Card Information ING savings rates: how low can they go?11th July 2007 Another rise in the Bank Rate and another refusal by ING Direct to put up its savings rates by a corresponding amount. Just how much more of this can customers take? In my inaugural SCUM-watch I looked at ING's increasingly...This article is courtesy… more » Categories: Credit Card Information From Credit Card Cool - Cutting Back on Credit Card Debt11th July 2007 Credit demand is still insatiable. Much of the western world now borrows increasingly on credit cards and this is set to continue.
But what if you wanted to wean yourself off easily available credit. What would you do?
Here are some ideas:
1. Ta… more » Categories: Credit Card Information End this stamp duty madness10th July 2007 I would love to have a look inside the mind of our great and good leaders when the subject of stamp duty crops up. Ask even the most hard-nosed Treasury minister why they are in politics and it is fairly...This article is courtesy of This is Money BlogHo… more » Categories: Credit Card Information WorldPoints® Platinum Plus® Credit Card: $250 Bonus with Application10th July 2007 This offer is for a University of Iowa Alumni Association-affiliated credit card, though there appear to be no restrictions as to who is eligible to apply. From FW:
Apply for the Iowa Rewards credit card and receive 25,000 points! after qualifying trans… more » Categories: Credit Card Information Credit Card Tips - Are Credit Card Thieves Really Goodhearted?10th July 2007 Why Credit Card Thieves Donate to Charity
When someone steals a credit card, you really don’t expect them to use it to pay for a donation to a charity. However, they do and when they do, it’s for a good reason. Credit card thieves don’t… more » Categories: Credit Card Information Credit Scoring Myth: Closing Accounts Will Hurt Your Score09th July 2007 I’m not sure how or when this idea spread, but at some point in the personal finance online world, it became a generally accepted fact that you should never close a credit card account because it will hurt your credit score. I’ve seen this i… more » Categories: Credit Card Information What's in a name? - Win 30GB video iPod09th July 2007 Ive always thought a good name never does a business any harm, and in some cases can be its making. For years I used to get my haircut in Maidstone in a shop called The Bas***d Barber. I believe its...This article is courtesy of This is Money BlogFrom D… more » Categories: Credit Card Information Phillips 66-Conoco 76 MasterCard: Earn 15% Rebates for 60 Days07th July 2007 If you apply between now and August 31, 2007, you can earn 15% rebates on Phillips 66, Conoco and 76 purchases. The other benefits of the card include:
After the promo period, earn 4% rebates on Phillips 66, Conoco and 76 station purchases
For Non-Phil… more » Categories: Credit Card Information Are Discovers Days Numbered?04th July 2007 On Friday, Morgan Stanley spun-off Discover Financial Services to focus on its higher-growth, core businesses. Already, there is speculation that Discover will be bought out in the near future:
We believe there is a reasonable likelihood of a sale of Di… more » Categories: Credit Card Information Hilton HHonors Amex: Up to 35,000 Bonus Points with Application03rd July 2007 Normally you can earn 10,000 HHonors bonus points after your first purchase as well as 2,500 HHonors bonus points for each of your first four stays at a Hilton hotel, for a total of 20,000 bonus points.
During the current promotion, you can also earn an… more » Categories: Credit Card Information Most popular news and features in June02nd July 2007 Once again, concerns over the property market drove the news agenda last month but rising rates and a warning that the UK stock market is overpriced also caught the eye of readers. This is Money's popularity as continued to grow...This article is cou… more » Categories: Credit Card Information Save our post offices: Tips from Gibraltar02nd July 2007 Stuck, quite literally, between a rock and a hard place, the good people of Gibraltar understand better than the rest of us about the vital importance of the post office. Take away the service and they have the unpleasant inconvenience...This article is… more » Categories: Credit Card Information |
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