Credit Card News
Prepaid Credit Card Market Set to Triple
Right from the start, the people who run credit card companies recognized that so-called "prepaid credit cards" were not credit cards at all. That's obvious. If you've already paid for... Continue reading
Student Credit Cards–Choosing Is a Question of DNA
When researchers at the University of California and the London School of Economics teamed up to explore how genes affect some behaviors they came up with a surprise finding. People... Continue reading
Student credit cards–curse or blessing?
A couple of months ago, this blog reported on ways in which credit card companies are continuing to circumvent the Credit CARD Act of 2009 when pushing plastic to those... Continue reading
Get to your kids before the credit card companies do
It wasn't supposed to be this way. The CARD Act was going to remove temptation from college kids by sweeping banks' promotions from campuses, banning freebies, and preventing those younger... Continue reading
Credit card trends accelerating?
However, in spite of it not being the most timely of reports, the survey contains some interesting data about how American consumers pay for things, and how quickly our choice... Continue reading
ShopRite Stores Team Up with Chase on New Credit Cards
Wakefern Food Corporation, which operates ShopRite and PriceRite stores throughout New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and Delaware, this week launched the ShopRite Rite-Rewards MasterCard, as well as private label... Continue reading
Home Lender Countrywide Launches Visa with Double Points Toward Mortgage Payments
Home loan company Countrywide Financial announced today the launch of a new credit card that will essentially double your points when points are used toward Countrywide mortgage payments. The Countrywide... Continue reading
Spend $200 with Discover Card, Get Free $20 Gift Card at Participating Malls
Discover Card has brought back a popular promotion for this holiday season, offering Discover Card holders the opportunity to get a free $20 gift card when they spend over $200... Continue reading
How You and Your Credit Card Company Could Soon Be Friends Again
Back in May, the President signed the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility, and Disclosure (CARD) Act into law, which was intended to make the relationship between cardholders and issuers fairer, and... Continue reading
Rewards drive credit card choice and retention
Two of this week's credit card news blogs have explored the world of plastic using the excellent comScore Online Credit Card Report, which was published on Apr. 19. Today, we... Continue reading