All Presidential candidates should have a plan to wean America off its credit card dependence. We collectively owe almost $1 trillion to credit card companies, but only the Democratic candidates have written plans to reform the credit card industry. Alpha Consumer wrote an excellent summary of their competing plans to strike at some of the […]

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08 Feb 2008
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The Virgin Credit Card which has had one of the best balance transfer offers around
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Dave Cherry
Call 12 for Action
Jan. 31, 2008 06:02 AM
Call 12 for Action is looking into a new credit card device that’s giving consumers some peace of mind when they hand over their plastic to a stranger.
It’s common for consumers to give their credit cards to waiters and bartenders when it’s time to settle […]

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By Sonja Ryst
Special to TheStreet.com
1/28/2008 11:26 AM EST
URL: http://www.thestreet.com/markets/marketfeatures/10400646.html
There are effective ways and not-so-effective ways to deal with missing a credit-card payment. Chris Luder used a credit card for years without problems, but then he hit hard times in 2006. He needed tongue surgery that cost him close to $2,000. He had to […]

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A Prepaid Card that Teaches Teenagers About Money and Spending© L. Marie Dubuque
Jan 24, 2008
Want to give your child a credit card but worried about overspending? A prepaid credit card will help your teen learn about money, credit and responsibility.
Handing your teenager a credit card is a lot like handing over free money…But it […]

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Written by Rebecca L. Sandlin, […]

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Fintura’s turnkey New Account Origination solution selected to accelerate UMB Bank’s credit card portfolio growth
January 22, 2008: 08:00 AM EST
ATLANTA, Jan. 22 /PRNewswire/ — Fintura Corporation announced today that it has signed an agreement with UMB Bank, n.a., the lead bank for UMB Financial Corporation , to help the financial institution […]

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Lynn Brenner
12:21 PM EST, January 18, 2008
I charge virtually everything on my credit card — groceries, gas, subscriptions, clothing, gifts, etc. I pay no annual fee.
I pay no finance charges because I check my balance online and pay it in full before the due date. I get air miles with no restrictions. The card issuer […]

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By JANE J. KIM
January 16, 2008; Page D9
Banks are offering bonuses to get customers to make deposits to their savings accounts more often.
Wachovia Corp. this month began offering a savings account, dubbed Way2Save, that pays a 5% annual yield for the first year, plus an additional 5% annual bonus on the account balance at the end of […]

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1/16/2008 10:58 AM
By Chris Dickerson -Statehouse Bureau

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CHARLESTON - A nearly $12 million settlement with MasterCard and Visa happened because of a number of factors, according to the state’s Chief Deputy Attorney General
Fran Hughes said Wednesday that the $11.6 settlement, reached Monday and announced Tuesday, can be attributed to, among other things, long hours, forward-looking legislators, […]

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