Credit Card News
Credit card offers go subprime again
Over the last week or so, this blog has explored the problems that credit card companies are having in rebuilding their profitability. The mountain facing them has now been brought... Continue reading
PNC Bank Drops MBNA in Favor of Credit Card Alliance with US Bank
PNC Bank, which offers financial services in 8 eastern states and the District of Columbia, announced this week that it will begin issuing credit cards in association with US Bank... Continue reading
New GE Credit Card Offers Carbon Offsets as Reward
GE Money today launched a credit card with a unique reward---the ability to offset your greenhouse gas emissions and fight global warming. The GE Money Earth Rewards Platinum MasterCard acts... Continue reading
Citi and AT&T Extend Credit Card Agreement
AT&T and Citibank today announced a "long-term" extension of the agreement that allows Citi to continue issuing its two popular AT&T-branded credit cards, the AT&T Universal Platinum Card and the... Continue reading
Planet Hollywood Credit Card Launched
Planet Hollywood International and US Bank yesterday announced the launch of the Planet Hollywood Rewards Visa Platinum Card, which will reward card holders with points toward Planet Hollywood reward certificates... Continue reading
Credit Card Rates to Rise?
After a blip in January that may well have been a result of holiday spending, American credit card debt resumed its precipitous fall in February. Last week, the Federal Reserve... Continue reading
Ask for a better deal on your credit cards
It wasn't that long ago that credit card companies looked in real trouble. The recession was creating unprecedented rates of delinquency and default, and card issuers were suffering almost as... Continue reading
Airport lounge luxury in malls for some Chase cardholders
Chase and United Airlines have teamed up to create one of the holiday season's most off-the-wall ideas. They're opening a VIP lounge in a mall near each of two of... Continue reading
Dangers of medical credit cards enough to make you sick
New York attorney general Eric T. Schneiderman issued a consumer alert on Nov. 14, warning of the potential dangers of medical credit cards. These first came into existence in the... Continue reading
Secret credit card use bad for marriages?
Last week, MSNBC's TODAY show ran a package about married people who keep credit card use (and credit card debt) secret from their spouses. Jean Chatzky, who is a regular... Continue reading