Archive for October, 2006

No-Swipe Credit Cards Make it Easy For Identity Theft

Tuesday, October 24th, 2006

Check out the story by ABC News: Companies are touting the newest generation of credit cards, where data are transmitted instantly by radio waves.
There’s no need to swipe or sign to make a purchase.
They may make shopping faster and easier, but some computer experts warn these new cards — now being issued by the millions […]

American Express Will Pay Your Traffic Tickets

Monday, October 23rd, 2006

American Express has introduced a new benefit to reimburse cardholders for the cost of tickets purchased due to a covered incident. The “Event Ticket Protection Plan” will reimburse cardholders if they cannot attend an event due to medical emergency, cancellation of the event, transportation accident or jury duty, subpoena, death or call to active military […]

Man With 700 Credit Cards Gets 12 Yrs for Fraud

Friday, October 20th, 2006

William Kinnaird Jr. had a credit card for every occasion.
During the past decade, the Crestwood, Ky., man used money drawn from more than 700 cards to buy his house, make his car payments and put food on his table. The problem: None of the cards were really his.
A federal judge in Cincinnati sentenced Kinnaird to […]

Funny Credit Card Commercial!

Friday, October 13th, 2006

Be glad that credit card companies don’t do this to get new consumers to apply for their cards.

As annoying as credit cards companies can be thank goodness you don’t have to deal with that!

Celebrity Credit Cards Being Offered

Friday, October 13th, 2006

I understand that everyone has their own tastes and some people like things that others think is just rediculous. However, how far does that transcend to. I mean do people really like to have their favorite celebrity or athlete on one of their credit cards? Below are some of the celebrity credit cards that are […]

Expect More Rewards from Credit Card Companies!

Tuesday, October 10th, 2006

With less and less consumers responding to credit card applications in the mail, credit card companies are going to start offering more rewards to consumers who apply for cards (cardweb). Most credit card companies try to avoid offering to many rewards because the banks actually make less money than general credit cards. So for those […]

Get Out of Credit Card Debt!

Monday, October 9th, 2006

I came across a great tool for those of you who are having issues with managing your credit cards or for those who are trying to get out of credit card debt. I know you tell yourself that you will do these things to get out of debt but most of the time writing it […]