Credit Card News

Last week (September 6), this blog warned readers that some card issuers are mailing credit card offers for business products to people even though they know the addressees aren't businesses.... Continue reading

The Pew Charitable Trusts' Safe Credit Cards Project yesterday published a revealing report into the business of business credit cards. Many of these credit cards are great for corporations and... Continue reading

Last Friday, this credit card news blog carried a report about the enormous increase in offers that credit card companies are mailing to prospective customers. The numbers are staggering: in... Continue reading

Finds Largest Credit Card Issuers Not Doubling Minimum Payments Contrary to reports in many media outlets, an IndexCreditCards.com survey of the seven largest credit card issuers found that none is... Continue reading

Already teamed up on a consumer rewards credit card, American Express and Starwood Hotels deepened their relationship with the launch of the Starwood Preferred Guest® Business Credit Card. The Starwood... Continue reading

When Discover recently launched its Discover it credit card, it described the new product as "game-changing." Those familiar with marketing practices are likely to know that "game-changing" is a phrase... Continue reading

It was only last week that this blogger accused credit card companies of operating within an oligopoly. He was arguing that, partly because the barriers to entry into the credit... Continue reading

RevolutionCard, a new credit card that aims to cut credit card fees and increase card security, launched today. Backed by a gaggle of financial and technology heavyweights, including America Online... Continue reading

It's finally happened. Your blogger has given away his 12-year old, two-foot thick television (no, not to a museum), and bought a shiny new, wafer-thin HD set, alongside a Blu-ray... Continue reading