Archive for August, 2007
Thursday 30 August 2007 @ 2:08 am
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Son of subprime: Credit card debt
Salon - In other words, is there a derivatives house of cards balanced on the ever-popular "slicing and dicing" of credit card debt comparable to the subprime mess … Credit-card defaults on rise in US Credit Card Defaults On The Rise US credit card defaults rise |
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Thursday 30 August 2007 @ 2:08 am
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We Should Spend More On Our Credit Cards
Motley Fool UK, UK - My view is a little different - I don't think we use our credit cards enough. Let me clarify that horrendously reckless statement with the aid of some facts … Why the interest in prepaid debit cards? |
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Thursday 30 August 2007 @ 2:08 am
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Credit Cards Interest Rates Can Bury Consumers
Realty Times, TX - Missing a payment by even an hour has the potential to send a cardholders' interest rate soaring not only on that card, but on other credit cards, too. … |
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Thursday 30 August 2007 @ 2:08 am
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Card Companies Cut Fees on Customers
Korea Times, South Korea - “The rate discount is clearly a minus factor on bank profits, but the increasing use of credit cards following tax benefits next year and the ameliorating … |
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Thursday 30 August 2007 @ 12:08 am
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Credit card firms turn fee losses into charges
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - Since then, the consumer group Which? has found that the range of other fees and charges levied on credit cards has "notably increased". … Which? attacks credit card fees Credit Card Firms "Using Ingenious Stings" ‘Stealth fees’ to use credit cards |
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Thursday 30 August 2007 @ 12:08 am
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Mysterious SAWA Charges Appear on American Credit Cards
Arab News, Saudi Arabia - “There’s seems to be no correlation between vendors victims used their cards with, perhaps pointing to a breach at the credit card company level,” said a … |
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Thursday 30 August 2007 @ 12:08 am
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A Credit Card Crackdown?
U.S. News & World Report, DC - But we do get a great number of complaints about credit cards. Are credit card practices like double-cycle billing and universal default inherently … |
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Thursday 30 August 2007 @ 12:08 am
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Wariness Urged in Using Credit Cards for Medical Bills
New York Times, United States - By MILT FREUDENHEIM Although special financing plans for health care carry risks, using regular credit cards to pay medical bills may be even more dangerous … She Made by Taking on Too Much Debt |
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Wednesday 29 August 2007 @ 11:08 pm
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Banks urged to directly market credit cards
Hindu, India - CHENNAI: Banks should directly market credit cards and collect their dues from cardholders instead of appointing selling and collecting agents. … |
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Wednesday 29 August 2007 @ 11:08 pm
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Credit card firms could take hit if economy dips
Reuters - Americans are still mostly paying off their credit cards, despite being hit by falling housing prices and tighter mortgage lending conditions, but analysts … |
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