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Woman Reports Credit Card Fraud, Then Is Accused By Police

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Corruption, Fraud, Video, Bank Accounts, Discover, Adekunle Adetiloye, Audrey Grisham, Bank of America, Credit Card Fraud, John McDevitt, Financial Crimes, Kutv, Utah, Business News

Imagine calling the police to report a crime, only to have them turnaround and accuse you. That's what happened to Audrey Grisham of Bountiful, Ut...

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Rule Curbing Bank Fees Actually Helping Other Giant Companies

AP | MARCY GORDON | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Mastercard, Video, Discover, Visa, Amex, Federal Reserve, 2010 Financial Overhaul Rule, Customer Swipes, Transactions, Debti Cards, Debti Fees, Business News

WASHINGTON — Retailers are paying significantly less every time a customer swipes a debit card under a rule capping the fees that banks are allo...

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CHECK IT OUT: Space Shuttle's Amazing Zero-G Toilet

| Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Nasa, Video, Discover, Zero G Toilet, Zero Gravity Toilet, Shuttle Toilet, Toilet, Space Shuttle, Waste Collection System, Shuttle, Space Shuttle Discovery, Science News

Nature's call comes in zero G just as it does in one G. And to keep astronauts copacetic when the call does come, NASA's now-retired space shuttles fe...

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Visa Drops Firm After Breach Exposes Up To 1.5 Million Credit Card Numbers

Reuters | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: American Express, Mastercard, National Data Corp, Video, Discover, Visa, Amy Corn, Krebs on Security, Track 2 Card, Cyber Security, Reuters, Security Breach, Credit Cards, Stolen Credit Cards, Global Payments, Business News

* Believes affected part of system confined to N America * Says card holders' names, addresses, social security numbers safe ...

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Best Credit Cards for Spring Break Road Trips

Curtis Arnold | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Personal Finance, Credit Cards, Spring Break, Travel, Discover, Budget, Travel Rewards, Hilton, American Express, Gas, Grocery, Visa, Chase, Penfed, Airfare, Hotels, Money News

Whether you're celebrating spring break as an actual student, or you're young in spirit, we can suggest six of the best credit cards to help keep you from losing your shirt.

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My Formula for Travel: Get Out, Go Slow

Joshua Berman | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Hiking, Travel, Discover, Essay, Boulder, Denver, Colorado, Travel News

I stop and look up. The path looks like it flattens out on top and then disappears in a knot of wind-stunted trees. I walk toward them.

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Best Credit Cards for Valentine's Day

Curtis Arnold | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Credit Cards, Personal Finance, Valentine's Day, American Express, Discover, Visa, Chase, Credit Cards Valentine's Day, Business News

Even though it falls on the same date every year, Valentine's Day still takes many of us by surprise. Fortunately, some of the best rewards credit cards can help treat your loved one to a February 14 they won't forget.

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SOPA and PIPA Bills Threaten Job Creation and Innovation

Brett Greene | Posted 03.14.2012

Read More: Congressional Bills, Internet, Congress, Senate, Television Studios, Movie Studios, Music Industry, Pipa, Sopa, Linkedin, Aol, Zynga, Paypal, Mpaa, Twitter, Discover, Facebook, Mozilla, American Express, Yahoo, Recording Industry Association of America, Visa, Opendns, Motion Picture Association of America, Etsy, Foursquare, Ebay, Wikimedia Foundation, Riaa, Google, Denver News

The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House of Representatives and the Protect IP Act (PIPA) in the Senate are well meaning, but if passed, will be destructive to internet freedoms we've all come to expect.

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2011 Editor's Choice Awards, Part 1

Curtis Arnold | Posted 01.31.2012

As we compiled our list of the best credit cards for this year's Editor's Choice Awards, we saw something we haven't seen much of from lenders over the past few years. Hunger.

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Credit Card Companies Look To Customers With Spotty Credit Histories

AP | By EILEEN AJ CONNELLY | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: American Express, Mastercard, FICO Score, Video, Discover, Visa, Vantagescore, Creditworthiness, Credit Scores, Consumers, Transunion, Credit Cards, LowCards.Com, ClearPoint Credit Counseling Solutions, Business News

NEW YORK -- Fierce competition for top-tier credit card customers appears to be leading some banks to look in elsewhere for new business: borrowers wi...

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WATCH: LA Artist Melts Down Credit Cards To Make Fine Art (PHOTOS)

HuffingtonPost.com | David Moye | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Video, California, Discover, Cain Motter, Melted Credit Cards, Weird Art, Weird California, Credit Card Debt, Slidepollajax, Credit Card Art, Weird News News

You have to give Cain Motter some credit. Like millions of Americans, this Los Angeles-based artist has his share of credit card debt that he's wor...

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How Swipe Fees Affect Customers

Daily Finance | Regina Lewis | Posted 09.12.2011

Read More: American Express, Retailers, Mastercard, Small Business, Discover, Visa, Daily Finance, Swipe Fees, Consumers, Debit Card Swipe Fee, Credit Cards, Customers, Debit Cards, Credit Card Fees, Business News

Swipe fees are the charges retailers pay when they allow you to use plastic at their store. In reviewing the comments and speaking about the story on ...

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Credit Card Companies Are Targeting Risky Borrowers Again

nytimes.com | ERIC DASH | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hsbc, Credit Card Offers, Discover, Capital One, Bank of America, Credit Card Debt, Credit Card Subprime, Credit Card Offers for Students, FICO Scores, Citigroup, Business News

Credit card offers are surging again after a three-year slowdown, as banks seek to revive a business that brought them huge profits before the financi...

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Top Credit Cards to Use for Holiday Shopping

Beverly Blair Harzog | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Citibank, Cash Back, Discover, Credit Cards, Visa, Holiday Shopping, Credit Card Rewards Programs, Amazon, Holiday Credit Cards, Business News

If you can't afford to dig too deep -- and who can? -- consider using one of these cards to save a little money.

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Dems Get Pummeled By Small Business Polls

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Small Business Poll, Discover, November Elections, Poll, Democrats, Small Business America, Republicans, Business News

Two new polls released this week show that small business owners are not happy with Democrats. The Discover Small Business Watch -- a survey of 750 b...

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Shaft! As New Rules Begin, Credit Card Companies Find New Ways to Bilk Customers

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bancorp, Discover, Bank of America, Consumer Financial Protection Agency, Cfpa, Barney Frank, Politics News

Here's what you need to know about the credit card companies: They're out to shaft you. They'll shaft you every chance they get.

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Credit Card Abuses Won't Stop After Reform Takes Effect: Report

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Credit Card Reform, Credit Cards, Center for Responsible Lending, Discover, Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Credit Crunch, Wells Fargo, Business News

Next February, the credit card reforms signed into law by President Obama earlier this year will finally take effect. Goodbye arbitrary rate hikes. He...

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Credit Card Companies Waive Fees For Select Haiti Charities

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Online Donations, American Express, Mastercard, Haiti Relief, Haiti Earthquake, Discover, Transaction Fees, Visa, Credit Card Companies, American Red Cross, Interchange Fees, Business News

All four major credit card companies -- Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover -- have waived or rebated their processing fees on donations ...

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Amex, Discover To End Credit Card Over-The-Limit Fees

AP | EILEEN AJ CONNELLY | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: American Express, Credit Card, Discover, Over-the-Limit Fees, Card Check, Credit Card Fees, Business News

NEW YORK — American Express and Discover customers will soon be free of fees for charging over their credit limits. The two companies said sepa...

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Plastic Surgery

Ina Pinkney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: American Express, Diners Club, Visa, Interchange Rates, Debit Cards, INA's, Banks, Discover, Mastercard, Credit Card Industry, Credit Card Fees, Chicago News

I propose a new way of thinking about transactions that is based on paying cash as a bridge to connect human beings in relationships of service.

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Credit Card Breach: Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover Customers Vulnerable

New York Times | ERIC DASH and BRAD STONE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: American Express, Credit Cards, Heartland Payment Systems, Visa, Discover Financial, Credit Card Breach, Discover, Mastercard, Business News

Heartland Payment Systems, a major payment processing company, disclosed a data breach on Monday that potentially exposed tens of millions of cred...

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How The Press Failed Readers On The Changing Credit Card Industry

Columbia Journalism Review | Dean Starkman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Credit Card, Credit Card War, Credit Card Companies, Chase, Dean Starkman, Dean Starkman Credit Cards, Changing Credit, CJR Credit Cards, Changing Credit Card Industry, Hsbc, The Wall Street Journal, Discover, The Financial Times, American Express, Visa, Press Ignores Changing Credit Card Industry, Dean Starkman CJR, Dean Starkman Credit, CJR Credit, Business Week, Credit Card Company, Deam Starkman Columbia Journalism Review, Bank of America, Credit Cards, Fortune, Columbia Journalism Review, Citi, Mastercard, Credit War, Press Ignores Economy, Wachovia, Forbes, Credit, Cjr, Media News

One of the paradoxes of the business press is that while everyone should read it, since we all live in the economy, not everyone does. In fact, most p...

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