Credit Card News

Financial Literacy Month, which is April, could hardly have started better. On the event's second day, the American Bankers Association (ABA) published data about financial delinquencies (accounts 30 days or... Continue reading

If you're a fan of NCIS, the CBS show, you may have seen a storyline in a recent episode that involved a thief using an electronic device to capture credit... Continue reading

Last Thursday, the U.S. Senate followed the House's earlier lead when it passed the new financial reform bill. The law now goes to the President for signature, but some are... Continue reading

On March 21, MasterCard unveiled important innovations that could help small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across America and beyond to streamline further their management of business expenses. Building on its... Continue reading

As people up and down the eastern seaboard continue to clear up in the wake of Hurricane Irene, many are likely to be looking to their credit cards to help... Continue reading

It was a brilliant piece of marketing. Somehow, stores have persuaded us that it is unforgivably lacking in thought to give a seasonal gift of hard cash, but absolutely fine... Continue reading

Yesterday, Bloomberg and MSNBC both ran stories about one of the most unwelcome credit card trends: the relentless climb in card interest rates. This will not have come as a... Continue reading

On Tuesday, the Federal Reserve unveiled the latest credit card regulation to arise out of the Credit CARD Act of 2009. The new rules, which come into effect August 22,... Continue reading

Did you see The Early Show on CBS News yesterday (Wednesday)? It included a report by Rebecca Jarvis about some of the myths surrounding credit cards. In case you missed... Continue reading

If you happened to wander out onto the terrace of Miami Beach's swanky Fontainebleu resort last week you may have noticed the unusually contented countenances of many of those sipping... Continue reading