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Four Credit Cards That Will Make Summer Travel More Affordable

Odysseas Papadimitriou | Posted 05.10.2012

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As most travelers look for ways to stretch their budgets, the benefit of a credit card's initial bonus cannot be ignored -- the right one can give you an extra $500 to play with.

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Small-Business Owner Says This Bank Action Is 'Unconscionable'

reuters.com | Posted 03.09.2012

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By Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Business credit cards were a big help for Doris McMillon's communications consulting business, allowi...

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CARD Act May Have Cost Consumers Billions

Curtis Arnold | Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Credit Cards, CARD Act, Credit Card Companies, Credit Card Offers, Credit Card Rates, Balance Transfer, Personal Finance, Money News

The CARD Act was implemented on Feb. 22, 2010, and the two-year anniversary of this date marks a fair time to assess the Act's successes, failures and overall implications for consumers with credit cards.

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Auction 2012: How The Bank Lobby Owns Washington

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 01.30.2012

Read More: Financial Services, Auction 2012, Lobbying, Lobbyists, ATM Fees, Tom Harkin, Dick Durbin, Credit Card Rates, Bernie Sanders, Big Banks, Cramdown, Video, Sheldon Whitehouse, Bank Lobby, Banks, Financial Crisis, American Bankers Association, Brad Miller, Politics News

Auction 2012 is a weeklong series in collaboration with "The Dylan Ratigan Show" and United Republic. When Washington puts policy on the auction bl...

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Credit Card Offers Still Too Complex To Decipher: Study

AP | EILEEN AJ CONNELLY | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Credit Card Offers, Center for Responsible Lending, Banks, Credit Card Rates, Balance Transfer Fees, Credit Cards, Credit Card Offers Good Credit, Apr, Credit Card Fees, Business News

NEW YORK — It's becoming a little bit easier for credit card holders to understand the interest rates and penalty charges they face. That's because ...

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Dems Who Voted To Break Up Megabanks 2 Weeks Ago NOW Vote To Protect Their High Credit Card Rates

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wall Street Reform, Financial Reform, Delaware, Financial Crisis, Credit Card Rates, Credit Cards, Usury, Financial Regulation, Consumers, Business News

Of all the financial reform rules debated in the past few weeks, few would have impacted as many consumers as the one championed by Sen. Sheldon White...

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Dems Push For State Caps On Credit Card Rates

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

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As the fight for Wall Street reform enters its final stage, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) has introduced an amendment to let states cap credit-card...

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Credit CARD Act Goes Into Effect On Monday, And Banks Are Ready Fee Blitz Escalates

Mother Jones | Stephanie Mencimer | Posted 05.25.2011

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On Monday, the second phase of the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009--a major overhaul that boosts safeguards again...

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5 Ways to Wipe Out Your Credit Card Balances

Jordan E. Goodman | Posted 05.25.2011

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In truth, paying off your credit card balances is simple; there's nothing complicated about it. But it's not easy, because it does require sacrifice and scraping together the cash that will get it done.

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Banks, Credit Card Issuers Find Ways Around New CARD Act Rules

DailyFinance | TRACY COENEN | Posted 05.25.2011

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The new rules, which go into full effect on February 22, threaten to take a big bite out of the $15 billion in penalties and fees that the industry co...

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Credit Card Or Mortgage: Consumers

businessinsider.com | Vincent Fernando | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Credit Card Rates, Credit Card Payments, Middle Class Economy, Economy, Transunion, Middle Class, Credit Card Debt, Mortgage Debt, Recession, Mortgage Payments, Business News

Credit history company TransUnion has found that Americans are shifting their priorities when it comes to paying down debt. Consumers are paying down...

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America's credit card debt Five myths about

washingtonpost.com | Robert D. Manning | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Credit Card Reform, Credit Cards, Middle Class Economy, Credit CARD Act, Middle Class, Credit Card Rates, Credit Card Debt, Credit Card Industry, Credit Card Fees, Business News

Today, Americans are more dependent on credit than savings, a radical departure from the last major economic crisis, in the 1930s. Congress's effort t...

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Lower Credit Card Rates: How To Find The Best Deal

CNN | Gerri Willis, CNN Personal Finance Editor | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK (CNN) -- Tired of your old credit card rate? Skyrocketing fees and shrinking credit limits? In the first of our series on Financial Resolutio...

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Credit Card Companies Are Sending Out Early Holiday Gifts

Eva Norlyk Smith, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Credit Card Reform, Credit Cardholders Bill of Rights, Credit Card Bill, Credit Card Companies, Credit Card Rates, Credit Cards, Credit Card Debt, Citigroup, Credit Card Fees, Business News

While Congress is calling on credit card companies to stop hiking interest rates before the new Credit CARD act goes into effect, Citigroup just sent me a letter with a monstrous interest rate hike.

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Social Lending Pros and Cons

Personal Finance News & Advice | Ana Gonzalez Ribeiro | Posted 05.25.2011

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With faith in banks and credit card companies on the decline, more consumers are turning to social lending as an alternative to existing financial ins...

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Credit Card Rates: Banks Plan To RAISE Rates, Annual Fees

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Banks expect to tighten terms on credit cards in response to a new law that aims to protect consumers from sudden rate hikes, the F...

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Americans ditching predatory credit cards:Survey

walletpop.com | Martha C. White | Posted 05.25.2011

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A new survey from comScore clears up some of the mystery and confirms that Americans are, in fact, voting with their wallets. Consumers are protesting...

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Wells Fargo Credit-Card Rates Rise Ahead of Law

bloomberg.com | Peter Eichenbaum | Posted 05.25.2011

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Oct. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Wells Fargo & Co. plans to raise interest rates on a majority of credit-card customers by 3 percentage points before new rules l...

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Credit Card Fees Wil Race to Raise Fees Ahead of New Credit Card Rules

ABC News | DAVID MUIR and SADIE BASS | Posted 05.25.2011

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Consumer advocates say the race is on, as banks and credit card companies look for ways to make up the estimated $50 billion they're about to lose whe...

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Dodd Wants Immediate Credit Card Rate Freeze

AP | ANNE FLAHERTY | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd, who is fighting for his political survival, proposed Monday an immediate interest rat...

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Kathy Kristof: Personal Finance Columnist Gets Hit With 703.8% Rate On Credit Card

CBS Money Watch | Kathy Kristof | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Credit Card Reform, Macy's, Credit CARD Act, Credit Card Rates, Credit Cards, Department Stores National Bank, Credit Card Fees, Business News

Consumer reporters were all crowing about a 79.99% rate credit card that was launched in response to credit reform a few months ago -- collectively ho...

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BofA Credit Card Terms: Bank To Spell Out New Interest Rates And Fees

Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK (EILEEN AJ CONNELLY - AP) -- Bank of America is sending its credit card customers a one-page letter with a simple explanation of the interest...

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Bank Of America Won't Hike Card Rates

Washington Post | Nancy Trejos | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: JP Morgan Chase, Interest Rates, Chase, Default, Bofa, Bank of America, Credit Card Rates, Dodd, Congress, Obama, Barack Obama, House Financial Services Committee, Business News

Bank of America said it will not raise credit card interest rates before February, when a law restricting industry practices takes effect, unless a ca...

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7 Ways Credit Card Can Rob You Blind

minyanville.com | Scott Reeves | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Credit Card Reform, Credit Card Rates, Mastercard, Visa, American Express, Bank of America, Credit Card, Credit Card Debt, Business News

It's difficult to rent a car or buy a plane ticket without a major credit card like Visa (V), MasterCard (MA), or American Express (AXP)....

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Credit Card Delinquency Rates Up 11% Over Last Year

Jun. 8, 2009 | Julianne Pepitone | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Credit card delinquency rates jumped 11% in the first quarter, possibly indicating that consumers are using tax refunds to ...

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