SearchArchives for: October 2007From Credit Card Cool - Credit Card Cash Problem31st October 2007 Credit cards do offer a wide range of useful features. However, one complaint that often crops up is the cost of withdrawing cash.
It seems that many credit card companies see cash withdrawals as an easy meal ticket. I suppose they’ve got to m… more » Categories: Credit Card Information Underfed watchdog can't boss the fat alleycats31st October 2007 The Competition Commission's supermarkets probe resembles the tendency of top-level football referees in the 1980s to admonish 'robust' tackles with an affectionate pat on the perpetrator's backside. (Except that many football-followers s… more » Categories: Credit Card Information
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From Digital Money Blog - eBay to east Africa31st October 2007 Summary [Dave Birch] The microfinance story continues with the new that eBay has launched MicroPlace, a website that enables US customers to invest in microfinance projects. The site acts as a broker, allowing customers to buy microfinance investments f… more » Categories: Credit Card Information Credit Card Tips - Know Where to Shop30th October 2007 Read more…
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This article is courtesy of * The Credit Card BlogGreat New iPod/Credit Card Holder | Payments News - Bank of America to Focus on Customers | US Airways Signature Visa: 25,000 Bonu… more » Categories: Credit Card Information From Credit Card Watcher - Barclays Introduces New Miles and More MasterCard with Up to 35,000 Bonus Miles29th October 2007 Miles and More, the frequent flyer program of 12 European airlines, including Lufthansa, Austrian, Swiss and others, has partnered with Barclays to launch a new credit card for US consumers. The new card comes in a couple of different versions: The Pre… more » Categories: Credit Card Information Get a $20 GC for Every $200 You Spend at the Mall with your Discover Card28th October 2007 Discover’s popular Holiday Mall promotion is back and is bigger than ever. For every $200 you spend on your Discover card at one of 160 participating shopping centers between November 1 and December 31, 2007, you’ll receive a $20 Discover gi… more » Categories: Credit Card Information From Credit Card Cool - Bank of America Signs NFL Sponsorship Deal28th October 2007 Bank of America has apparently signed up to a 3 year sponsorship deal with the National Football League.
This is an expansion on a previous agreement that incorporated NFL and team identified credit cards as well as a sports rewards program. It soun… more » Categories: Credit Card Information From Digital Money Blog - It was a cunning plan27th October 2007 Summary [Dave Birch] It’s amazing to me — no, not amazing, more kind of quaint, reassuring and comforting — that in this high-technology e-money world, there are crooks who still try to rob banks the old fashioned way. Not the modern w… more » Categories: Credit Card Information Ski posters - alternative investing I can (almost) afford26th October 2007 Sadly, Ive not been able to afford one, but in recent years one of the most affordable but quietly successful forms of stylish art has been vintage ski posters. The distinctive prints produced during the golden days of travel have...This article is court… more » Categories: Credit Card Information A wolf in sheeps clothing?26th October 2007 Clued-up consumers have one more weapon in their armoury when theyre looking for insurance. But should they trust it? Zuzzid.co.uk is a site that lets the public rate, and slate, insurance companies. Blurb on the site explains that Zuzzids community...T… more » Categories: Credit Card Information Credit Card Tips - The As of Credit Card Terminology26th October 2007 This article is courtesy of * The Credit Card BlogAmerican Express Flex Pay for Large Purchases | Payments News - Annals of Market Segmentation | Reclaiming PPI: Another successful claim more » Categories: Credit Card Information From Credit Card Watcher - Make Purchases at 8 Stores on your Amex, Receive a $30 Prepaid Card25th October 2007 American Express has a new promotion, On the Card,” where cardmembers can register to earn a $30 Amex-branded prepaid card. As part of registration, Amex cardholders must select two stores each in four categories, for a total of 8 stores, where th… more » Categories: Credit Card Information Make Purchases at 8 Stores on your Amex, Receive a $30 Prepaid Card25th October 2007 American Express has a new promotion, On the Card,” where cardmembers can register to earn a $30 Amex-branded prepaid card. As part of registration, Amex cardholders must select two stores each in four categories, for a total of 8 stores, where th… more » Categories: Credit Card Information From Credit Card Cool - Teens Failing to Understand the Perils of Credit25th October 2007 There have been some fascinating results emanating from the eighth annual poll on Teens and Personal Finance by Junior Achievement Worldwide. Most of the evidence seems to indicate that teenagers are often developing dubious credit habits.
One of the k… more » Categories: Credit Card Information Reclaiming PPI: Another successful claim24th October 2007 The best bit of the job here at This is Money is when we're able to help individuals by wading in against banks or other companies on their behalf. Or when people have simply helped through our "How to..." guides....This article is courtesy… more » Categories: Credit Card Information From Digital Money Blog - Nine is a magic number24th October 2007 Summary [Dave Birch] I’m going to have to stop using the time-worn vernacular as bent as a nine-bob note”. Up until decimalisation in 1973, the British shilling of twelve pennies was known as the bob”. Hence the ten shilling note was… more » Categories: Credit Card Information Barclays Introduces New Miles and More MasterCard with Up to 35,000 Bonus Miles22nd October 2007 Miles and More, the frequent flyer program of 12 European airlines, including Lufthansa, Austrian, Swiss and others, has partnered with Barclays to launch a new credit card for US consumers. The new card comes in a couple of different versions: The Pre… more » Categories: Credit Card Information Our man in Washington: The city with two halves22nd October 2007 John Kennedy declared Washington to be a city of northern charm and southern efficiency. In other words it managed to combine the worst aspects of the two halves of the American character. With all due respect to the late president,...This article is cou… more » Categories: Credit Card Information NASA Federal Visa Platinum with cashRewards: Up to 2% Cash Back21st October 2007 NASA Federal Credit Union has a credit card offering a tiered cash-back plan:
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Alternati… more » Categories: Credit Card Information Ken Livingstone - how to not ask what people want18th October 2007 Sadly, it seems even self-styled men of the people like Ken Livingstone fall someway short of actually asking the public what they want nowadays. The public consultation on the emissions related congestion charging scheme that Mayor of London Ken Livings… more » Categories: Credit Card Information Good fare for the common man18th October 2007 To listen to some people in the media you'd be forgiven for thinking that Britain â“ and in particular London -- was now the best place in the world to eat. Why, with its Gordon Ramsays and Heston Blumenthals, its...This article is courtesy of * This… more » Categories: Credit Card Information Payments News - Annals of Market Segmentation18th October 2007 In much of the work that we do, we’re fascinated how often the notion of market segmentation emerges as a dominant theme. Dave Birch blogs about that idea, Clayton Christensen and more in his post about how a one size, fits all” approach to t… more » Categories: Credit Card Information From Credit Card Cool - Credit Cards - The New Business Essential?17th October 2007 UK consumers rely heavily on credit card debt for a variety purchasing activities.
What about UK businesses?
A recent report suggests business can find flexibility, ease and convenience by using credit cards instead of petty cash.
The report says:… more » Categories: Credit Card Information From Digital Money Blog - He overshoots, he scores17th October 2007 Summary [Dave Birch] Deloitte, a management consultancy, have published a report called is the retail payments industry heading for disruption?”. It looks to me as if it is based on the disruptive innovation concepts of Clayton Christensen (our fa… more » Categories: Credit Card Information Credit card crunch the Spitting Image of 1990s17th October 2007 If anyone needed reminding - and sadly an awful lot of people seem to - when you need to use your credit card to survive the month you're in trouble. And when you need to use your credit card to...This article is courtesy of * This is Money BlogBest… more » Categories: Credit Card Information Credit Card Tips - How Many Credit Cards Do You Really Have?15th October 2007 This article is courtesy of * The Credit Card BlogFrom Credit Card Watcher - Fair Isaac to Change FICO Scoring System to Close Loophole | Best advice for college students: Forget credit cards and rely on savings, checking | Mastercard s Net Income Rocket… more » Categories: Credit Card Information From Credit Card Watcher - DiscoverBiz Card: 0% on Balance Transfers for 18 Months15th October 2007 While the standard Discover Biz offer is 0% on purchases and balance transfers for 12 months, this promo offers 0% on balance transfers for 18 months and 5.99% on purchases for 10 months. The balance transfer fee is 3% and caps at a maximum of $75. Othe… more » Categories: Credit Card Information Joan Collins is history - is your post office next?14th October 2007 History takes time to appreciate. And the longer the Save Our Post Offices campaign drives forwards then the heavier the loss of our branch network weighs on the shoulders of time. We are now into our sixth year of fighting...This article is courtesy of… more » Categories: Credit Card Information DiscoverBiz Card: 0% on Balance Transfers for 18 Months14th October 2007 While the standard Discover Biz offer is 0% on purchases and balance transfers for 12 months, this promo offers 0% on balance transfers for 18 months and 5.99% on purchases for 10 months. The balance transfer fee is 3% and caps at a maximum of $75.
Othe… more » Categories: Credit Card Information From Digital Money Blog - Chip and PIN mythbusters13th October 2007 Summary [Dave Birch] Chip and PIN has been back in the news again. This time, it’s reported that large numbers of cash withdrawals are being made using cards without a security chip and it is the banks themselves that are allowing it to happen. T… more » Categories: Credit Card Information Credit Card Tips - Helpful Tips for Using Your Credit Cards This Christmas Season12th October 2007 This article is courtesy of * The Credit Card BlogComparing Credit Card Interest Rates | UK: Credit Card Industry needs one standard way to Charge consumers says Which | Football fans can get to see all of the games this year more » Categories: Credit Card Information Why people deserve an inheritance tax break09th October 2007 Weve got it - inheritance tax. Were those the words uttered by a crack team of Conservative policy monkeys, after finally coming up with something to draw the battle lines over? Its incredible how long it took them to latch...This article is courtesy of… more » Categories: Credit Card Information Could there be a 'fourth way'?08th October 2007 Tony Blair's 'Third Way' turned out to be suspiciously close to Margaret Thatcher's blend of expanding freedoms to business and markets while restricting those of the individual. In this, both hues of Government fixed their agendas with a… more » Categories: Credit Card Information Citi AA Credit Card: 25,000 Bonus AAdvantage Miles07th October 2007 Citi now has an offer for 25,000 bonus AAdvantage Miles when you sign up for a new AA credit card and spend $750 within 4 months. The annual fee is also waived for the first year as part of this deal.
The offer can be found here and is valid until May 3… more » Categories: Credit Card Information Post office closures without consultation07th October 2007 The wait is finally over. Having delayed the post office closure announcements by a fortnight - and conveniently skipped the Labour Party conference - the starting gun has finally been fired for the first 215 of 2,500 branches to go....This article is co… more » Categories: Credit Card Information Credit Agencies to Offer File Freeze Universally06th October 2007 Freezing your credit report should soon become an option for security-minded consumers in all 50 states. A couple of weeks ago, TransUnion reported that it would allow consumers to freeze and thaw their credit files as a means to prevent identity theft.… more » Categories: Credit Card Information Search engine shenanigans03rd October 2007 Do you own your own name and reputation? The new world of internet advertising has this week raised this question for me. Our sharp-eyed development editor Richard Browning spotted on Google what appeared to be myself and several colleagues on...This art… more » Categories: Credit Card Information Tax the dead and not the living03rd October 2007 Am I the only man on the planet sick to death of the sanctimonious rubbish being talked about inheritance tax? Shadow chancellor George Osborne promises that a future Conservative government would raise the threshold to £1m because families should 'n… more » Categories: Credit Card Information Northern Rock shows up the market ideologues02nd October 2007 I find it rather churlish and hypocritical to blame either Mervyn King or the Government for what has occurred at Northern Rock. The fault lies squarely with Northern Rock, and more broadly with a free and liberalised international money market:...This a… more » Categories: Credit Card Information Most popular money news and advice - September 200702nd October 2007 This is Money aims to bring you the best City, consumer and personal finance news and advice. We fight for your consumer rights and aim to fix your financial problems. We also show you how to make money and pay...This article is courtesy of * This is Mon… more » Categories: Credit Card Information British Gas joins the conmen in our hall of shame02nd October 2007 The country's greatest financial sleuth, Tony Hetherington (right), writes for the Financial Mail on Sunday and This is Money. His weekly column is a hall of shame that should be on everyone's 'must-read' list. >>Check the archive T… more » Categories: Credit Card Information Save $500 on Sony HDTVs with Sony Visa Signup01st October 2007 Sony now has a promotion where you’ll earn 50,000 Sony Rewards points ($500 credit) when you apply for a Sony Visa. The Sony Rewards points must be used to purchase a select Sony HDTV from Sony Rewards. The selected models primarily are 40″… more » Categories: Credit Card Information |
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