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Tips and Traps for Using Credit Cards to Improve Credit

Jeanne Kelly | Posted 04.12.2013 | Business
Jeanne Kelly

If you are a regular reader of my blog, you'll know that one of the steps I recommend to rebuilding credit is to use credit cards. It's a smart, easy way to wisely develop good credit history -- but emphasis is on "wisely."

MasterCard Powers Entrepreneurship Through Create Jobs for USA

Create Jobs for USA | Posted 05.01.2013 | Impact
Create Jobs for USA

2012-11-13-jrlogo300x60.gifOne in three small businesses say they can't get the financing they need to grow their business. And when small businesses, which employ more than half of all private sector workers, don't grow, Americans don't work.

Africa: Where a More Inclusive Future Is Being Written

Ajay Banga | Posted 02.26.2013 | Impact
Ajay Banga

When I returned to New York, I couldn't help but think that through the everyday resolve and achievements of people like Hilda and the systemic strides inspired by heads of state in Sub-Saharan Africa, I had just seen the future.

Credit Card Tricks and Traps: How We Were Charged a De Facto Rate of 119,100 % on our TJX MasterCard!

Myriam Miedzian | Posted 01.13.2013 | Home
Myriam Miedzian

Two years after the implementation of the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009, not much has changed.

This Credit Card With A Keypad Could Be The Future Of Plastic

The Huffington Post | Dino Grandoni | Posted 11.09.2012 | Technology

Anyone who's followed pay-by-smartphone startups like Square and Venmo, or tracked Google's work on Google Wallet, knows the tech industry has its sig...

Retailers Try To Block Swipe Fee Settlement

AP | Posted 10.12.2012 | Home

NEW YORK -- A group of retailers and trade groups has launched a last-ditch effort to stop a proposed multibillion-dollar settlement that Visa Inc., M...

Why No NFC in the iPhone Hurts Banks More Than Apple

Brett King | Posted 11.25.2012 | Technology
Brett King

Maybe Apple is simply waiting for NFC to become mainstream before it jumps in. That's undoubtedly part of the reason, but I think there are other explanations that present real problems for the incumbent card networks and banks.

Democracy, Trust and WikiLeaks: A Conversation With the Mother of Julian Assange

Vivian Norris | Posted 07.26.2012 | Media
Vivian Norris

I believe that people such as Julian Assange, movements such as Occupy Wall Street and those behind the Arab Spring, actually want change for a better, not worse and more chaotic, world. But their image and their hard work is being hijacked and manipulated.

36 Top Credit Cards Without Foreign Transaction Fees

Ellen Cannon | Posted 07.23.2012 | Home
Ellen Cannon

Now, as card issuers seek to attract and retain low-risk cardholders who swipe their cards for everything from a daily coffee to a first-class ticket to Hong Kong, many issuers have dropped the FTF on their travel cards.

Credit Card Companies Pay BIllions To Settle Fee Fixing Claims

AP | ANNE D'INNOCENZIO AND PALLAVI GOGOI | Posted 07.14.2012 | Business

NEW YORK -- Visa, MasterCard and major banks agreed to pay retailers at least $6 billion to settle a long-running lawsuit that alleged the card issuer...

Global Credit Card Hackers Busted

Reuters | Posted 08.26.2012 | Business

NEW YORK, June 26 (Reuters) - U.S. authorities on Tuesday said 24 suspected hackers had been arrested in a worldwide sting operation targeting illeg...

Dear MasterCard: Seems Those Mayans And Their Calendar Screwed Us Both Over

El Guapo | Posted 08.08.2012 | Comedy
El Guapo

Hey, MasterCard. Remember how you sent me that bill? And then the other one? And the one after that? The really mean one? And remember how I told you that I was good for it, but that you'd have to wait until January? Well, here's the thing. There's a bit of a wrinkle in the plan.

Flying Soon: Angry Debit Cards

AP | NATALIYA VASILYEVA | Posted 07.29.2012 | Home

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

Who Will Win the Battle for the Mobile Wallet?

Brett King | Posted 07.22.2012 | Home
Brett King

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?

Catherine New

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine New | Posted 05.10.2012 | Home

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...

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

Posted 05.08.2012 | New York

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

The Prepaid Debit Card Comes of Age

Curtis Arnold | Posted 07.02.2012 | Home
Curtis Arnold

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.

Rule Curbing Bank Fees Actually Helping Other Giant Companies

AP | MARCY GORDON | Posted 07.01.2012 | Business

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

How Not To Break Up With A Credit Card

Catherine New | Posted 06.07.2012 | Home
Catherine New

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?

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

AP | Posted 06.02.2012 | Technology

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...

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

Reuters | Posted 06.01.2012 | Business

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

Some Credit Card Holders At Major Company May Be At Risk

AP | PALLAVI GOGOI | Posted 05.30.2012 | Business

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 ...

Best Credit Cards For Rebuilding Credit in 2012

Curtis Arnold | Posted 04.16.2012 | Business
Curtis Arnold

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.

Why Companies Aren't Just Writing Checks To Charities Anymore

Posted 01.20.2012 | Impact

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

Catherine New

Banks Tap Reliable Money Maker: Credit Cards

HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine New | Posted 01.20.2012 | Business

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...