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Flying Soon: Angry Debit Cards

AP | NATALIYA VASILYEVA | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Mastercard, Angry Birds Credit Card, Discounts, Angry Birds Game, Mobile Payments, Angry Birds, Angry Birds Debit Card, Debit Cards, Money News

MOSCOW — Russian fans of the videogame Angry Birds will soon be able to get special debit cards – or "Angry Cards" – giving them dis...

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Who Will Win the Battle for the Mobile Wallet?

Brett King | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Movenbank, Visa, Mastercard, Sprint, Mobile Wallet, V.me, Isis, Starbucks, Itunes, Google Wallet, Money News

Over the next five years paying with your phone will become as commonplace as paying with cash, which is why every man, his bank and his phone company are in the battle to win the mobile wallet space. So who's going to win?

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High Card Fees Didn't Even Help Banks, Report Finds

HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine New | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Mastercard, Prepaid Debit Card, High Fees, Predatory Lending, Visa, Consumer Protections, Lending, Banks, Consumers, Credit Cards, Hidden Fees, Credit Card Fees, Money News

Outrageous credit card fees are not only bad for consumers; they're actually bad for business. That's the somewhat surprising conclusion of a new r...

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LOOK: Citibank Paying For NYC's New Bike Share Program

Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Citi Bike, Mastercard, Mayor Bloomberg, Alta-Bike-Sharing, Ny News, Citibank, Janette Sadik-Khan, Nyc Bike Share, Bike Share, Citigroup, New York Transportation, New York News

The city's upcoming bike share program received a big corporate boost from sponsor Citigroup, which Mayor Bloomberg announced on Monday has agreed to ...

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The Prepaid Debit Card Comes of Age

Curtis Arnold | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Personal Finance, Credit Cards, Prepaid Debit Cards, Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Banks, Economy, Usaa, U.S. Bank, ING Direct, Gen Y, Credit Report, Money News

Debit cards have also sprouted in the wallets of young Americans. Unable to get credit cards until age 21, more Generation Y consumers rely on debit cards for routine money management.

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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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How Not To Break Up With A Credit Card

Catherine New | Posted 04.07.2012

Read More: Mastercard, Canceling Credit Cards, Credit Score, Visa, American Express, Bank of America, Rewards Points, Credit Card, Line of Credit, Money News

Like Suze Orman says, for some people having a credit card handy is like having an open bottle of booze for an alcoholic. You just can't leave it alone. I like to think I have more self-restraint than Lindsay Lohan at an open bar, but could I trust myself with an extra credit card?

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1.5 Million Credit Card Numbers May Have Been Swiped In Latest Data Breach

AP | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Mastercard, Video, Visa, Visa Mastercard Data Breach, Cybersecurity, Credit Card, Global Payments, Credit Card Data Breach, Ap, Technology News

NEW YORK (AP) — A company that processes credit card transactions said Monday that as many as 1.5 million card numbers were compromised in a data br...

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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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Some Credit Card Holders At Major Company May Be At Risk

AP | PALLAVI GOGOI | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Mastercard Accounts, Mastercard, Video, Identity Theft, Mastercard Security Breach, Business News, Security Breach, Credit Cards, Credit Card Accounts, Business News

NEW YORK — MasterCard and Visa said Friday that they had notified issuers of its credit cards of a potential breach of the security of customer ...

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Best Credit Cards For Rebuilding Credit in 2012

Curtis Arnold | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Personal Finance, Credit Cards, Debt, Visa, Mastercard, Debit Cards, Cash, Fico, American Express, Secured Credit Cards, Unsecured Credit Cards, Business News

If you're serious about rebuilding your credit score after a bankruptcy or repossession, secured credit cards will force you learn two crucial skills: how to save and how to spend strategically.

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Why Companies Aren't Just Writing Checks To Charities Anymore

Posted 01.20.2012

Read More: Mastercard, Hp, Video, Charity, Patricia Devereux, Corporate Charity, Executive Giving, Corporate Donations, Corporate Giving, Forbes Insight, Impact News

Charitable giving is up, but executives aren't just throwing money at causes anymore. They're focusing on engaging their employees in volunteerism, a ...

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Banks Tap Reliable Money Maker: Credit Cards

HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine New | Posted 01.20.2012

Read More: Debt, Credit Card Balance, Mastercard, Durbin, Profits, Visa, Consumer Credit, Bank of America, Swipe Fees, Credit Cards, Charge Off, Bank Earnings, Big Banks, Debit Cards, Business News

After being rebuffed in its efforts to charge $5 per month for debit card use, Bank of America is gambling on the optimism of American consumers and g...

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CardRatings Hall of Shame: Worst Credit Cards of 2011

Curtis Arnold | Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: Credit Card, Interest Rate, Apr, Credit Limit, Applied Bank, Citibank, Capital One, Chase, Penfed, Visa, Mastercard, Amex, Merrick Bank, Rewards Credit Card, Fnbo, Business News

It's hard to avoid noticing some offers that would have been better left on a marketing team's whiteboard. Our panel of credit card experts found this year's five worst credit card offers, along with one account that's worthy of a second look.

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Charge! Hungry For Fees, Banks Aggressively Push Plastic

HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine New | Posted 12.09.2011

Read More: American Express, Mastercard, Loyalty-Reward-Card, Charge Card, Visa, Dodd-Frank, Financial Reform Law, Durbin Amendment, Charging, Plastic, Swipe Fees, Credit Cards, Credit Card Promotions, Debit Cards, Business News

As tighter federal regulations have been placed on debit cards, credit cards have come back with a vengeance. Banks have spent the past year pushing c...

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Balance Transfer Day Is Not What It Seems

HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine New | Posted 12.07.2011

Read More: Credit-Land.com, Mastercard, Bank Transfer, High Interest, Visa, Bank Transfer Day, Lower My Credit Card Interest, Banks, Lead Generators, Balance Transfer, Credit Cards, Consumer Finance, Balance Transfer Day, Business News

Balance Transfer Day is not what it seems. The seemingly grassroots movement, which piggybacked on the success of November's Bank Transfer Day, is ope...

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Customers Using Credit Cards Ignore Product's Downsides

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: Interest Rates, Mastercard, Video, Msnbc, Visa, Credit Card Default, Bank Profits, Credit Cards, Credit Card Debt, Consumer Spending, Cash, Credit Card Usage, Business News

That giddy feeling that comes along with making a purchase and not seeing any money exchange hands isn't in your head. When consumers pay with cre...

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Worth More Than A Cow

Natalie Pace | Posted 01.15.2012

Read More: Women, Bill Clinton, Africa, Natalie Pace, Global-Give-Back-Circle, Girls 20, Teenagers, Mastercard, Philanthropy, Camfed, Female Genital Mutilation, NataliePace.Com, Credit Card, Hillary Clinton, Kenya, Ggbc, Women News

A young African girl was being sold by her parents to a much older man, who already had three wives. This young woman did something extraordinary. She simply said, "No."

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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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Identity Theft Bust Exposes Need For 'Smart' Credit Cards

HuffingtonPost.com | Gerry Smith | Posted 12.10.2011

Read More: Walmart, Mastercard, Visa, Identity Theft, Credit Card Fraud, Smartcards, Credit Cards, Smart Cards, Debit Cards, Technology News

When authorities announced Friday that they had charged more than 100 people in a massive identity fraud operation, they did not just blame the allege...

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Credit Card Late Payments Hit 17-Year Low

AP | By EILEEN AJ CONNELLY | Posted 10.16.2011

Read More: American Express Co., Mastercard, National Credit Card Delinquency Rate, Credit Debt, Visa, Great Recession, Credit Score, Transunion, Credit Card, Discover Financial Corp., Business News

NEW YORK -- Credit card users are so focused on keeping their accounts in good standing that they've driven the rate of late payments down to its lowe...

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Capital One To Buy HSBC's U.S. Credit Card Division

AP | Posted 10.10.2011

Read More: First Niagara Financial Group, Hsbc, Banks, Mergers and Acquisitions, Mastercard, Capital One Financial Corp., Credit Cards, Visa, Savings, ING Direct, Business News

MCLEAN, Virginia — Capital One Financial Corp. said Wednesday that it will buy the U.S. credit card arm of Britain's HSBC for a premium of about...

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Gift Cards: 5 Things You Need To Know

The Huffington Post/AOL Small Business | Geoff Williams | Posted 08.06.2011

Read More: 5 Things You Need to Know, Merchant Processors, Mastercard, Setting Up Gift Cards, Gift Cards, First Data, Visa, Adam Hanft, Credit Card Processors, Using Gift Cards, Retail, Selling Gift Cards, Running a Business, How to Sell Gift Cards, Small Business News

It looks so easy from the other side of the cash register. Somebody gives you a gift card. You take it to the store. You pick out some merchandise. Yo...

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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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Help Terrence Howard and MasterCard Raise Four Million

Tara Settembre | Posted 09.11.2011

Read More: Cancer Research, Ray Romano, Terrence Howard, Stand Up to Cancer, Charity, Mlb, Mastercard, Cancer Prevention, La Impact, MLB All-Star Game, Video, Los Angeles News

This weekend, Terrence Howard filmed a PSA revealing the new 'Eat, Drink and Be Generous' MasterCard promotion for Stand Up To Cancer. I was able to do a quick phone interview with Terrence after he filmed the segment.

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