Date: Mon, 7. February 2011 22:30:43

The Atlantic Wire - The latest report from the Federal Reserve shows that consumers added $6.1 billion in credit card debt for December 2010. Filtering out seasonal bursts like the bump in holiday spending, the Fed's report shows that the December totals were not the result of a holiday shopping binge, and can be considered the first jump in credit card debt since 2008. Even more heartening to those holding their breath: the total far outstripped the $2.5 billion in credit card debts that analysts separately polled by The Wall Street Journal and Business Week had expected. As a final cause for bullish outlook, December 2010 marks the third month in a row that Americans eased back into putting purchases on their credit cards. Non-revolving credit, which includes debt for homes, student loans, and cars also rose, jumping 2.8 percent compared with last year.

Date: Fri, 22. May 2009 10:35:00

(AHN) - The Canadian Bankers Association on Thursday warned that the eight-point proposal of Finance Minister Jim Flaherty to regulate the credit card industry may lead to lesser access to credit for consumers.

Date: Fri, 22. May 2009 10:35:00

(AHN) - The Canadian Bankers Association on Thursday warned that the eight-point proposal of Finance Minister Jim Flaherty to regulate the credit card industry may lead to lesser access to credit for consumers.

Date: Thu, 5. June 2008 03:07:29

Free credit card tools designed to improve the chance of getting approved for the most competitive credit cards are now being offered by Finance Globe to help ease the current credit burden in the United States (PRWEB May 28, 2008) Post Comment:Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/pingpr.php/SW5zZS1Db3VwLVN1bW0tWmV0YS1DcmFzLVplcm8=

Date: Tue, 18. August 2009 04:52:48

Businesses may soon find loans easier to come by, but until then, Financial Facts highlights businesses may be forced to use credit cards as an interim measure.- CBI reports that business loans are becoming easier to secure. - Bank of England's July "Trends in Lending" shows business lending remains weak.- Financial Facts can state that 25% of small businesses are still struggling to find affordable finance. (PRWEB Aug 16, 2009) Read the full story at http://www.emediawire.com/releases/uk-business/credit/prweb2753754.htm

Date: Thu, 27. October 2011 20:51:53

Credit card companies Visa and MasterCard are exploring plans to use information about customers? credit card purchases to target them with online advertising, a report says.

Date: Fri, 16. May 2008 23:31:36

One of the chronic pains of being a Capital One credit card customer is that your credit score can suffer even if you pay your bills on time every time. The reason? Capital One has a long-time policy of NOT reporting your credit limit to credit reporting agencies. What it did is to report your actual credit usage as a proxy of your credit limit. How will this affect you? Even if you only tap into a small percentage of your credit limit, you will be seen by credit reporting agencies as using up all your credit lines (in Capital One cards), and that is certainly not good to your credit score. READ FULL POST ... Hot Deal: 5% cashback on everything from Citi CashReturns Mastercard Read more news like this from PFBlog.com, The Unique Personal Finance Blog Since 2003.

Date: Mon, 12. July 2010 15:25:42

pWell, after more than a year of being subjected to ever-increasing checked bag fees, here's a nice little bit of news for business travelers flying on Delta and using a Delta SkyMiles credit card. As of June 1, 2010, travelers flying on Delta and using Delta SkyMiles credit card can check their first bag for free./p pIn addition, the program covers up to eight other people and the checked bag fee for each of them. I guess that means if you fly as a family of people people, you'd save $450 round trip. For all the details on the program (and restrictions on card types), check out a href=http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc#038;zu=http://www.delta.com/traveling_checkin/baggage/checked/first_bag_free.jspDelta's first bag free website/a./p pOf course, I still love the airlines like Southwest, where the bags fly free all the time (that's the way it should be--especially when you see everyone stuffing their bags into the overhead compartments these days)./pp style="background:#f5f3ef;border:1px solid #d5d0bf;clear:both;padding:.5em;"a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc#038;zu=http://businesstravel.about.com/b/2010/06/02/checked-bag-fees-free-skymiles.htm"Finally, a Break on Checked Bag Fees/a originally appeared on a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc#038;zu=http://businesstravel.about.com/"About.com Business Travel/a on Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010 at 14:28:53./ppa href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc#038;zu=http://businesstravel.about.com/b/2010/06/02/checked-bag-fees-free-skymiles.htm"Permalink/a | a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc#038;zu=http://businesstravel.about.com/b/2010/06/02/checked-bag-fees-free-skymiles.htm#gB3"Comment/a | a href="http://businesstravel.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://businesstravel.about.com/b/2010/06/02/checked-bag-fees-free-skymiles.htm#038;zItl=Finally, a Break on Checked Bag Fees"Email this/a/p

Date: Fri, 14. May 2010 06:15:15

WASHINGTON -- Striking at a lucrative bank business, the Senate on Thursday voted to force credit-card companies to reduce fees for debit-card transactions and permit merchants to offer customer discounts based on their payment method.

Date: Thu, 11. March 2010 15:29:22

A New Horizon Credit Counseling weighs in on the new Credit Card Act and what this will mean to consumers. Consumers may now see a return to annual credit card fees. . (PRWeb Mar 8, 2010) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/credit-card-act/debt-consolidation/prweb3689184.htm