Think you’re ready for a Visa student credit card?
Most students assume they are without giving the matter very much thought. If this describes you, then you might be biting off more than you can chew. Before you jump into the world of credit cards with both feet blind, make sure you ask yourself these three important questions…
Spotlight lingers on credit ills
This has turned out to be a bumper year for headlines on credit problems, mortgage woes and the like. As pundits debate the merits of the White House mortgage-relief plan, many other issues also affect cash-strapped consumers.
It’s in the mail: With all the worry over subprime mortgage borrowers, you would think credit-card companies also would [...]
Discover® Card Launches Credit ScoreTracker
Discover Financial Services (NYSE: DFS) announced today, in collaboration with Experian Consumer Direct, part of Experian InteractiveSM, the launch of Credit ScoreTracker, a comprehensive credit score tracking product offering Discover Cardmembers resources that help them understand and monitor their credit score.
Unlike most credit-related products that are bundled with additional offerings, Credit ScoreTracker is specifically designed [...]
10 credit cards that offer consumer-friendly rewards
Amid the ongoing concerns of credit crunches and pinched spending comes a scorecard from IndexCreditCards.com of its top 10 consumer-friendly cards available on the Internet.
Based on the perceived value of what each card offers to the most people, plus the numbers of online visits to card offers, Capital One’s Card Lab was ranked No. 1, [...]
Obama joins Wyden credit card reform
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., has enlisted a high-profile colleague to help introduce a credit industry reform measure.
Sen. Barack Obama, the Democrat from Illinois who is also a presidential candidate, and Wyden rolled out the Credit Card Safety Star Act of 2007 today in hopes of making agreements easier to understand. The measure would provide ratings [...]
Limiting Credit Card Spending
The holiday shopping rush started the day after Thanksgiving, and with only three weeks left until Christmas, it`s not going to let up, and much of that shopping will be done with credit cards.
Many banks across the country are struggling in the wake of the sub-prime home loan meltdown. They`re trying to reduce their risks, [...]
Secured card a good way to get started in the credit game
With the holiday shopping season upon us you can expect more people to turn to the Internet in search of bargains. But before you do, you really need to have a credit card.
Unfortunately, some people can’t get one either because they don’t have any credit or because they have bad credit. But there’s something you [...]