Credit Card News
JetBlue Airways to Only Accept Credit or Debit Cards In-Flight
JetBlue Airways announced Monday that soon cash will no longer be king on board its flights---in fact, cash won't even be accepted. Starting November 1, only credit cards and debit... Continue reading
Citigroup to Become Just “Citi”?
The New York Times is reporting today that Citigroup will likely rebrand its entire operations under the Citi name. While this may not seem earth-shattering, Citigroup has been using differing... Continue reading
City of Detroit Installs Credit Card-Enabled Parking Meters
Citizens of Detroit are going to have a new option when they pay for parking.� Over 1,000 traditional parking meters have been torn out from the city's streets, replaced by... Continue reading
Discover to Go Public In Spinoff from Morgan Stanley
Along with its earnings release last week, investment banking firm Morgan Stanley announced that its Discover unit would be spun off into its own public company.� With the spinoff to... Continue reading
American Express and Discover Top J.D. Power List for Credit Card Customer Satisfaction
American Express and Discover are the best among major credit card issuers for customer satisfaction, according to new survey results released by research and rankings firm J.D. Power and Associates.... Continue reading
Back to the Future as BankAmericard Launches
Bank of America is resurrecting the name of the original revolving credit card, BankAmericard, and giving it a contemporary spin with some enticing features, including no cap on rewards earnings... Continue reading
Visa IPO Could Be Biggest Ever
Via its Security & Exchange Commission filing today, Visa announced its intention to raise nearly $19 billion in its upcoming initial public offering of stock, which would make it by... Continue reading
Cell Phone Credit Card Payments Ready for Prime Time?
The technology to allow cell phones to store and transmit credit card information has been available for well over a year, but questions about security, a lack of manufacturers interested... Continue reading
Best Buy Launches Reward Zone MasterCard, Drops Reward Program Fees
Best Buy has launched an improved rewards program with the introduction of the Best Buy Reward Zone MasterCard and the announcement that Reward Zone program members will no longer pay... Continue reading
New Credit Card Fraud Solution Could Be Too Expensive to See Light of Day
Digital security company Verisign has teamed up with Innovative Card Technologies to create an on-card password system that could successfully thwart credit card fraud, especially large-scale credit card number hacks... Continue reading