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Report: Discover credit card offers misleading

Posted by tylerdee 524 days ago (http://www.creditcards.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: cards credit discover news
Two Discover credit card offers for enticingly low 10.99 percent interest rates are drawing fire from consumer advocates who question whether applica[...] read more »
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Unemployed? You can get an extra free credit report

Posted by tylerdee 539 days ago (http://www.creditcards.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: credit report recession unemployment
Here's one benefit for the unemployed that Congress isn't about to cut off: If you're out of work, you can get an additional free credit report ea[...] read more »
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2010 holiday credit card and debit card special promotions

Posted by jms1225 564 days ago (http://www.creditcards.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: card credit debit holiday promotion
American Express, Chase, Citi and other credit and debit card companies have announced an array of promotions that users can use to save big on their[...] read more »
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2010 gift card survey shows more consumer-friendly products

Posted by jms1225 574 days ago (http://www.creditcards.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: bank card gift holiday survey
As a changing gift card industry offers new incentives and protections for consumers, a CreditCards.com/Bankrate.com survey of card issuers shows tha[...] read more »
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The credit card torture test

Posted by tylerdee 606 days ago (http://vimeo.com)
Category: Videos | Tags: credit credit cards fun
How much abuse can a credit card take and still work? Will it swipe after you bake it? Or if you use it as a shovel? Reporter Angela Grant puts some [...] read more »
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How credit freezes work, and whether they're for you

Posted by jms1225 634 days ago (http://www.creditcards.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: credit fraud report theft freeze
Credit freezes, which place a lock on access to a borrower's credit report, can be a great tool for protecting yourself against identity theft, expe[...] read more »
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Chip technology: A win-lose proposition?

Posted by tylerdee 648 days ago (http://canada.creditcards.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: canada credit
Chip technology is saving banks big money from fraud; consumers, however, see high APRs and longer lines at the register. read more »
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7 tips to understanding credit card contracts

Posted by tylerdee 663 days ago (http://canada.creditcards.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: credit
When you understand the fine print of your contract, the less likely you are to be hit by surprises like fees and rate hikes. read more »
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U.S. credit card agreements unreadable to 4 out of 5 adults

Posted by tylerdee 676 days ago (http://www.creditcards.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: credit education
The average American adult reads at a ninth-grade level and readability experts recommend important information -- such as credit card agreements -- [...] read more »
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What's hardest to read: 'Twilight,' the Bible or a credit card agreement?

Posted by tylerdee 676 days ago (http://www.creditcards.com)
Category: Business | Tags: bible credit wtf twilight
The average credit card agreement is written at a 12th grade reading level, according to a CreditCards.com analysis of more than 1,200 contracts from[...] read more »
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Free FICO scores exist, but aren't easy to come by

Posted by jms1225 706 days ago (http://www.creditcards.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: card credit fico score union
Websites and other businesses promote free credit scores to consumers, but these typically aren't the scores banks look to when making lending decis[...] read more »
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Fed: Credit companies admit profiling credit card users

Posted by jms1225 727 days ago (http://www.creditcards.com)
Category: Business | Tags: card close credit limit mortgage
Hundreds of thousands of credit cardholders' accounts have been zinged in recent years by credit card companies based in part on where consumers sho[...] read more »
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Credit bureau Experian answers your credit reporting questions live today

Posted by jms1225 753 days ago (http://www.creditcards.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: credit experian history report score
On Thursday, May 6, at 2 p.m. Eastern time, Experian's director of public education, Rod Griffin, will answer consumer questions about credit report[...] read more »
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Managing teens’ money in modern times

Posted by jms1225 754 days ago (http://financialeducation.nfcc.org)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: child finance money personal teen
Will the next generation of consumers be more savvy about managing their money because of the technological help at their finger tips?
If my 15-ye[...] read more »
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New rules could provide millions of free credit scores

Posted by jms1225 777 days ago (http://www.creditcards.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: credit federal fico free ftc score
Starting next year, millions of consumers will begin to see a key piece of their financial profiles -- for free -- following rules announced last yea[...] read more »
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